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Donald Trump is "burning down the house" with his economic policy, according to the former chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers.

Noted economist Jared Bernstein appeared on MSNBC on Wednesday, where he was asked about Trump's recent decision to impose "punishing" tariffs on China. Bernstein claimed that the "consequences have been real."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer found himself under the microscope late Tuesday when a CNN anchor pressed him on whether he ought to retain his leadership role in his chamber.

Anchor Brianna Keilar ended her 10-minute interview with Schumer by showing the New York Democrat a clip of fellow Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (NJ) telling a podcast host he shouldn't be the new minority leader.

Legal experts applauded two law firms late Tuesday that sought permanent relief after being targeted by President Donald Trump's executive orders.

Trump targeted the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale through executive orders due to their ties to investigations and legal actions that he alleged were politically motivated

The turmoil set off by Donald Trump’s Rose Garden “Liberation Day” announcement that ushered in a sweeping set of tariffs on international goods and sunk markets to historic lows is also having a major effect on the president’s popularity, Puck News’ Peter Hamby reported Tuesday.

And that could spell the end of his second term post-inauguration honeymoon, which one polling analyst noted traditionally “don’t end in April.”

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tore into President Donald Trump's Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, over a recent report that he is ordering federal employees to essentially cater to his every whim, including doing things that are not in the interest of taxpayers.

One particular story that got her cracking up was Burgum's apparent demand to be served warm, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies.

While President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to roil China, Vice President JD Vance created an uproar of his own after making comments about “Chinese peasants” that quickly spread throughout the foreign country – and incited the fury of Beijing officials.

That’s according to CNN, which reported Tuesday that Vance’s comments in a Fox News interview last Thursday have since shot to the top of one of China’s leading social media platforms Weibo.

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board took far-right House Republicans to the woodshed for threatening to blockade the Senate's budget framework, warning them that they were essentially derailing the very pro-Trump agenda they claimed to stand for.

This comes as the same board has gone after President Donald Trump aggressively for a huge new tariff regime the board sees as self-defeating. It also comes after months of infighting among the House and Senate Republicans over exactly how to implement Trump's desired vision for tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security in a single, all-encompassing package almost certain to be voted on by party lines.

The acting head of the IRS is reportedly stepping down over a deal her agency struck with the Trump administration, according to reports.

Melanie Krause has been serving as the acting commissioner of the IRS since Feb. 28, following the retirement of Doug O'Donnell.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) launched a verbal tirade against one of her constituents who called into a telephone town hall and clearly struck a nerve with the MAGA lawmaker.

“You’re probably one of those people – one of those fake town hallers who want a fake town hall – because you’ve never shown up to one. So you can just sit right back down. I’m not going to have any of it,” Mace said.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is declaring his candidacy in the Senate primary against longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, reported Punchbowl News' John Bresnahan.

The move sets up what could potentially become one of the most expensive and bruising primary battles of the 2026 Senate elections.

by Jennifer Shutt, Daily Montanan

April 8, 2025

The Supreme Court permitted President Donald Trump this week to resume mass migrant deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a ruling that had many of Trump's legal critics fuming and Trump's team proclaiming victory — but it wasn't quite that cut and dry, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig explained during a CNN panel on Tuesday.

"This is a victory for the Trump administration, one of the more significant ones they have netted before the high court," said legal reporter Paula Reid. "But it's a partial victory because they will be expected to follow process, small-p."

A prominent civil liberties organization celebrated the courtroom win handed to The Associated Press on Tuesday in a legal ruling that made near-identical points as the group did over two months ago.

The victory lap came after U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden scorched the Trump White House’s expulsion of the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One as “brazen” and likely unconstitutional.