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There's a bit of irony packed into the president's fight with the Wall Street Journal, according to one analyst.

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon told Andrew Zucker on his podcast "The Golden Age" that President Donald Trump's reaction to the Wall Street Journal's bombshell report about a letter Trump allegedly sent disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday makes the newspaper's owner, Rupert Murdoch, the true winner of the affair.

The panel on CNN's "NewNight with Abby Phillip" erupted after a MAGA star attempted to downplay the significance of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Kevin O'Leary, CEO of O'Leary Ventures, claimed that the Epstein case is irrelevant to average Americans. His comments come at a time when President Donald Trump is seeking to distance himself from the Epstein saga, which has fractured his base and consumed his administration for the last couple of weeks.

One of President Donald Trump's most vocal critics in the Senate is threatening to sink one of the administration's nominations to a federal ethics watchdog agency, NBC News reported.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told NBC News producer Frank Thorp that he will vote "no" on Paul Ingrassia's nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the agreement of a new 15 percent reciprocal tariffs trade deal with Japan, which was roundly mocked by observers for being worse than the deal the U.S. had with Japan before Trump took office. But this deal does something else he may not have intended, hedge fund manager Spencer Hakimian posted to X: privilege Japanese cars over American ones.

It's a massive reversal from Trump's repeated commitments to adopt "America first" trade policies and encourage domestic production of goods, services, and resources — and it all comes down to simple math.

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee told MSNBC on Tuesday night that his Republican colleagues are at a breaking point with President Donald Trump.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) joined Jen Psaki on "The Briefing" to discuss the House GOP leadership sending lawmakers home.

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board had some harsh words for President Donald Trump as he endeavors to replace the Federal Reserve chairman.

For months, Trump has relentlessly attacked Chairman Jerome Powell because Powell has refused to lower interest rates. Trump has publicly insulted Powell on numerous occasions, including calling him "stupid" and branding him with the moniker "Too Late."

The Trump administration should stop skirting around releasing all the files on the Jeffrey Epstein criminal case, former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen told the panel at MSNBC's "The Weeknight" Tuesday.

This comes as the Justice Department tries to quell the rising anger from President Donald Trump's base by announcing a plan to interview Epstein's convicted sex trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who helped groom the young girls Epstein forced into his "parties" — but that won't do anything, Eisen argued.

A Republican senator has decided not to vote for one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, which could sink the nomination altogether, MSNBC reported.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said in a statement to MSNBC that she will vote "no" on Emil Bove's nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The statement was issued at a time when the Trump administration is seeking any political wins it can muster following the backlash it received for its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

President Donald Trump touted a new trade deal with Japan on Tuesday evening, announcing the agreement on his social media platform and during White House events.

"We just completed a massive Deal with Japan, perhaps the largest Deal ever made," Trump boasted on Truth Social. "Japan will invest, at my direction, $550 Billion Dollars into the United States, which will receive 90% of the Profits."

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is behaving unusually and improperly with their sudden move to question convicted former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, legal expert Lisa Rubin told MSNBC's "The Beat" on Tuesday evening.

"What are we to make of [Deputy Attorney General] Todd Blanche taking this move to try to meet with Maxwell in the coming days?" asked anchor Antonia Hylton.

President Donald Trump received sharp criticism on Tuesday after CNN published a batch of what anchor Erin Burnett called "never-before-seen" photos.

The photos show disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Trump hanging out at some pivotal moments in the two men's lives. For instance, one photo depicts Epstein attending Trump's wedding to his second wife, Marla Maples. Another photo shows Trump and Epstein hanging out at the 1999 Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Trump raged at a CNN reporter who was asking him for comment about a bombshell report on his ties to deceased financier and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and hung up without answering, CNN reported.

CNN's KFILE obtained footage of Trump and Epstein palling around that had not been previously known, including Epstein attending Trump's wedding to Marla Maples in 1993, and the two of them laughing and palling around at the runway of a Victoria's Secret fashion show in 1999.

The Trump administration is under fire from state lawmakers in Virginia over its investigation of George Mason University as it seeks to root out diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and discrimination at higher education institutions.

The federal government launched a fourth investigation in as many weeks into the university, The Washington Post reported Tuesday afternoon. The Justice Department informed the university Monday it plans to investigate possible racial discrimination in policies around admissions and student benefits. That probe came just days after the DOJ launched an investigation into how the university hires and promotes employees.