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Steve Bannon's prison stall tactics have done serious damage to Trump: prosecutor

Reacting to Steve Bannon being scheduled to turn himself into prison Monday, State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg claimed the former Donald Trump advisor has "only himself to blame" for not being able to use his podcast for the next four months to rally the former president's troops in the lead up to the election.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," the prosecutor smirked while describing Bannon's failing efforts to stay out of jail.

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Trump’s 'blizzard of deception' will 'only grow uglier': analysis

President Joe Biden's widely criticized debate performance has been followed by very different reactions from critics of presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The editorial boards of the New York Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution are arguing that Biden needs to drop out of the race, while Biden's defenders — from liberal MNSBC host Mika Brzezinski to Never Trump conservatives such as The Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson and veteran conservative strategist Stuart Stevens — have maintained that Democrats shouldn't give up on Biden because of one very bad debate night.

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George Conway takes snide dig at Trump in plea for both candidates to 'retire'

George Conway on Monday became the latest to demand President Joe Biden retire — but he wants the Republican’s presumptive nominee to do the same.

But Conway, a Republican but outspoken Donald Trump critic, thinks Biden’s retirement should be a lot more comfortable than the former president's.

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'Who will get the rose?' Bill Maher uses 'Golden Bachelor' to urge Biden to quit

Talk show host Bill Maher added his name to the list of those calling for President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race.

The president set off age-related alarm bells Thursday night in his first debate against Donald Trump, and on Monday the New York Times published a column by the "Real Time" host urging the 81-year-old Biden to drop out to allow a stronger candidate to take on Trump in November's election.

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'Should be on a psychiatrist couch': Trump VP contender mocked on MSNBC over Jan. 6 claim

The panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" dissolved in laughter on Monday after watching a clip of Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) claiming on Sunday that there was a "smooth" transition between the Donald Trump and Joe Biden administrations in 2020.

As the panelists laughed, "Morning Joe" regular John Heilemann suggested the North Dakota Republican should seek mental health care.

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MSNBC's Mika puts N.Y. Times editor on the spot for calling on Biden to step aside

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski on Monday challenged one of the New York Times editors who called on President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

The newspaper's editorial board formally called for Biden to step aside after his faltering performance in Thursday night's presidential debate against Donald Trump, and board member Mara Gay justified that position Monday on "Morning Joe."

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NRA no longer 'human rights group' on Google

Google no longer lists the National Rifle Association as a "human rights group" following a Raw Story article last week that highlighted Google's own search description of the gun rights organization.

Google did not return Raw Story requests for comments about the change, which affects the NRA's prominently placed "knowledge panel" — a Google-generated box containing descriptive and statistical information that appears when someone searches for the group.

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'Disgrace!' Furious Marjorie Taylor Greene melts down as Steve Bannon prepares for prison

A furious Marjorie Taylor Greene went on a late-night meltdown just hours before her ally Steve Bannon was due to report to prison Monday.

The Georgia Republican lashed out on X, calling the conviction for contempt of Congress a “disgrace."

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'We need to stop whining': Rev. Al Sharpton snaps at Democrats for doing Trump's work

Reacting to Democratic lawmakers who, behind the scenes, are trashing President Joe Biden to reporters after his poor debate performance, MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton claimed they are lending a hand to Donald Trump's attempts to destroy his rival.

The visibly fuming Sharpton hammered liberals' kneejerk response to Biden's admittedly bad showing before the dust had settled — and said everyone needs to stop whining.

"He had a bad night, he had a terrible night, but do we not say, 'Wait a minute, he helped to preserve and maintain affordable care, he fought for police reform giving the executive order on George Floyd, brought unemployment numbers down after a catastrophe that Donald Trump handed us,'" he told the MSNBC "Morning Joe" panel.

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'Backroom coup': Scathing editorial hammers years-old Biden flub that cripples replacement

President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance was made much worse by another catastrophic decision he made years ago, according to a scathing rebuke from the Wall Street Journal Monday.

The conservative newspaper first hit out at media coverage, accusing the columnists now demanding Biden step aside of shrugging off the president’s problems for months.

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Trump snaps at 'sick puppy' Pelosi after she calls him a liar

Hours after Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called out Donald Trump during an MSNBC interview as a liar for trying, once again, to blame her for the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, he lashed out on his Truth Social platform

During her appearance, the former House speaker mocked Trump's assertion in the Thursday CNN debate, and then told MSNBC's Jen Psaki, "How can you have a legitimate debate when somebody is totally lying?

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Trump attacks Black barbershop owner who said he was 'betrayed' over campaign event

Donald Trump is now attacking the Black owner of a Georgia barbershop who claimed he was suckered into becoming part of a Trump campaign event.

Speaking with both Atlanta News First and News 11 Alive, Rocky Jones, owner of Rocky's Barbershop in Buckhead, said he was blindsided when Trump called to the get-together and the exchange was filmed and used to promote the ex-president who was in town for his debate with President Joe Biden.

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'Not a stable adult': Liz Cheney tells Trump exactly what makes him 'not fit for office'

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R- WY) called out Donald Trump on Sunday, showing the former president exactly why he is "not fit for office."

Cheney was responding to a report that Trump shared a picture calling Cheney "guilty of treason" and saying she should be prosecuted in "televised military tribunals."

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