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Fox News commentators have flipped reality on its head to paint a "cult" like narrative about former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan that gives off "North Korea vibes," argued Greg Sargent in a blistering analysis for the New Republic.

This analysis arrives as the former president faces an ongoing trial which has been rife with mishaps that include reports of frequent courtroom naps, a contempt ruling and a threaten of jail from judge Juan Merchan over multiple gag order violations.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) vowed Wednesday to go through with an attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) with a so-called "motion to vacate" next week.

An animated Greene clarified her intentions at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol. But she noted that Democrats were poised to save Johnson's speakership.

Donald Trump's team is scrambling to keep him out of jail if the former president keeps running his mouth about his criminal trial.

New York Judge Juan Merchan found the ex-president in contempt of court Tuesday and fined him $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order, and Trump's allies and advisers are hatching a plan to keep him out of jail if the judge eventually determines it's necessary to keep him in line, reported Rolling Stone.

Former President Donald Trump's recent remarks that abortion should be left to the states is "ridiculous," said Amanda Zurawski on CNN.

Zurawski, who nearly died as a result of Texas' total ban on abortion after suffering a miscarriage and is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state for her suffering, discussed the problem as Florida's near-total abortion ban takes effect — and as voters there are presented with a ballot measure to reverse it.

A predominantly white section of Baton Rouge has now been allowed to secede from the Black-majority Louisiana state capital.

Local news station WGXA reports that an eastern Baton Rouge parish will now be known as the city of St. George after Louisiana's state Supreme Court overturned lower courts' rulings that denied residents in the parish to form their own city.

Donald Trump has boasted that he's responsible for the U.S. Supreme Court decision ending abortion rights, but a contributor to MSNBC's "Morning Joe" warned that he had even more malicious intentions toward women.

The former president told Time Magazine in a wide-ranging interview that states that limited reproductive rights should be allowed to monitor women's pregnancies to determine whether they had an abortion, and writer Molly Jong-Fast said that reminded her of the totalitarian society described by Margaret Atwood in her novel "The Handmaid's Tale."

Donald Trump has been notably alone through his criminal trial in the Manhattan hush money case, and one of his former White House staffers said the ex-president was clearly troubled by his lack of family support.

His son Eric Trump did show up Tuesday in court, where he heard witnesses testify about the catch-and-kill scheme that prosecutors say was intended to illegally assist his 2016 campaign, but former White House director of communications Anthony Scaramucci told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the former president has largely been abandoned by his family.

Republicans' tolerance for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) antics seem to be reaching a boiling point, and Politico's Playbook reports that she could face serious consequences if she keeps trying to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Greene's proposed motion to vacate the chair is doomed to fail now that Democratic leaders in the House have said that they will oppose it, but the Georgia congresswoman has nonetheless scheduled a 9 a.m. press conference where she's expected to demand a vote on her motion to vacate Johnson.

A former adviser to former President Donald Trump sent him a warning shot about his latest statement about violence related to the 2024 presidential election.

In a lengthy interview with Time Magazine, Trump was asked about the prospect of political violence by his supporters this year.

Eric Trump attended his father's trial in the hush money case involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels, and a courtroom observer described what she saw as a "sad" spectacle.

Former President Donald Trump is facing a criminal trial on charges of falsifying business documents to conceal payments to the adult film star to prevent her from telling voters in 2016 about their alleged extramarital affair, and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" about the atmosphere Tuesday in the courtroom after the trial resumed.

Conservative lawyer and outspoken Donald Trump critic George Conway appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday to recount his momentary stare down with former President Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom.

While being interviewed by MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle, Conway was asked about his experiences observing the trial with other reporters in the courtroom.

Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday morning that he was supporting his friend, Donald Trump, during his hush money trial in New York.

The Texas leader wrote via X (formerly Twitter), "With President Trump in NYC to sit through this sham of a trial. This trial is a travesty of justice. I stand with Trump."