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CNN's Scott Jennings is considering a race to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell as Kentucky senator.

The MAGA mouthpiece has been mentioned as a potential candidate in a growing Republican primary field as the successor to the longtime GOP Senate leader, who is retiring after more than 40 years as a senator, but he's waiting to receive president Donald Trump's blessing, reported The Daily Beast.

Donald Trump's rally Tuesday night at at Macomb Community College in suburban Detroit was not heavily attended according to one MSNBC guest who did take the time to show up.

During an appearance on MSNBC on Wednesday morning, former White House Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri was asked how the president was received by the crowd as he marked the 100th day of his second term in office.

After watching clips from the evening's proceedings, which CNN characterized as "familiar grievances, an ebullient crowd and a difficult task ahead," co-host Jonathan Lemire commented, "There is an awareness, I'm told, from senior advisers that, look, they see the poll numbers. They're not panicking but there's a concern here about the impact the tariffs are having on the economy and then on Trump's political standing."

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"So Jen Palmieri, you were there in Michigan last night for the president's event and there aren't too many sort of old political cliches that apply to. Donald Trump because he has broken so many molds and norms but this one, I think does: if you're explaining, you're losing," Lemire prompted his guest. "And he last night [he] had to explain and defend and spin these tariffs because he knows there's already been some impact."

"Yeah, one of the most telling things I saw in Michigan was an ad for a local furniture store yesterday that was advertising tariff-busting prices," she responded. "So it, you know, it's something and also a lot there was there was a UAW worker there last night that spoke, that's a big supporter of President Trump and spoke in favor of it and said, we have to like, hang in there because this is worth it in the in the long term."

"The tariff section was not the section of the speech that got a good applause last night," she continued. "And I would say, you know, I saw some of our colleagues there that were covering the rally, and one of them told me, 'Don't focus on the crowd size.' But who focuses on crowd size? Donald Trump focuses on crowd size and this was the far and away the smallest rally I've ever been to of Trump."

"Doesn't mean there's still not a lot of support for him, but there was definitely a dutiful element to the to the rally, both in his delivery and the crowd's responses," she elaborated. "You know, they wanted to hear about immigration –– that's what got them excited –– they wanted to hear about him saying that, you know, he's going to put a stop to gender nonsense. That got a good response. 'Crooked Joe' was the biggest applause line of the night, it was not anything that he had to say about the economy."

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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social complaining about the latest economic report on Wednesday Morning.

“This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s," the President said.

“Bizarre times and the Twilight Zone” is how CNN legal analyst, criminal defense attorney Joey Jackson, views President Donald Trump’s most recent comments about not bringing back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

“We're in very troubling and difficult times, and I don't want to overstate it at all. But I do want to be objective and I want to be fair and I want to be honest,” Jackson said on his CNN News Central appearance.

CNN's Kate Bolduan challenged a conservative commentator who downplayed president Donald Trump's comments about a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

The president said in an interview that he had the ability to help return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an overseas prison but isn't willing to do so, which contradicts his the Justice Department's position that it was up to the Salvadoran government to release him, but CNN commentator Shermichael Singleton insisted Trump's statements were consistent with his administration.

The Trump administration suffered "another setback" in the courts, according to CNN media analyst Brian Stelter.

The reaction comes after a Federal Judge ruled U.S.-funded international broadcasters should receive the money designated to them from Congress. The Trump administration has been trying to stop funding several outlets because they believe "taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda."

President Donald Trump's tariffs could endanger a Republican proposal to generate more revenue to offset the elimination of the federal gasoline tax.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has proposed a $20 annual fee on most passenger cars as part of the GOP budget bill, which lawmakers say would allow the federal gasoline tax to be phased out, but hardline conservative Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) was outraged.

A major announcement by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he is canceling the Women Peace and Security program at the Defense Department that was instituted during Donald Trump's first term left an MSNBC panel scratching their heads Wednesday morning.

According to a report from Politico on Tuesday, Hegseth described the program in a post on X as: "yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING."

While talking trade on CNN, the editorial director of the Economic Innovation Group and host and co-creator of the New Bazaar podcast, Cardiff Garcia, said President Donald Trump has given China an opening to our allies.

“So what's happening now is that there's just a standoff between the two countries?" Host Audie Cornish asked.

President Donald Trump's meeting with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the pope's funeral went a lot better than their confrontation in the Oval Office, and sources say there's one big reason for that.

The pair briefly met Saturday at the Vatican while attending Pope Francis' funeral, and Axios reported new details of that tête-à-tête as Trump and Zelenskyy attempt to reach an agreement to end Russia's invasion.

The over-the-top reaction by the Donald Trump administration to a report that Amazon would show the increase in cost on goods affected by his tariffs effectively revealed that they know his trade war is grossly unpopular.

On Tuesday there was a back-and-forth squabble between the administration and Amazon before the company backed down, reportedly after Trump made a call to billionaire founder Jeff Bezos.

President Donald Trump revealed a "clear sensitive spot" during a contentious interview on his handling of immigration, according to a CNN analyst.

The president defended his administration's refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, in defiance of court orders to "facilitate" his return to the U.S., and CNN's Washington bureau chief David Chalian flagged his comments on the legality of mass deportations as significant.

Donald Trump’s exclusive new interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran quickly lit up social media – and not in a positive way for the president as he marked his 100th day of his second term on Tuesday.

The Oval Office sit-down delivered a series of viral moments – from defiant outburst to doubling down on misinformation – which critics wasted no time pouncing on.