Donald and Melania Trump (Photo via Eva Marie Uzcategui for AFP)
"The View" co-host Ana Navarro busted Donald Trump's latest excuse to try to delay his New York fraud judgment.
The former president's attorneys had asked Justice Arthur Engoron to delay closing arguments in the trial, which had been scheduled for Thursday, to be paused until at least the end of the month after the death of his mother-in-law, and Navarro ripped the request as disingenuous.
“Let’s just put this in context," Navarro said. "On New Year’s Eve, Trump was throwing a party, and hosting a party at Mar-a-Lago while Melania was sitting with her dying mother in a hospital in Miami. The day before this trial, Trump was in Iowa, on a town hall on Fox News, while his wife was grieving the mother.
"So it seems that his desire to want to be with his grieving wife is very selective for when it is convenient for him," she added. "So, it’s a hard sell to make.”
The judge ended up denying the request, saying that other cases were already scheduled, and co-host Joy Behar reminded viewers the former president had cheated on his wife Melania with porn actress Stormy Daniels.
“I mean, he’s not exactly the husband of the year,” Behar said.
A Democratic lawmaker Wednesday said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was not likely to keep her job in the Trump administration.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) told MS NOW anchor Chris Jansing that concerns over Noem's leadership have put her in a tough position among lawmakers. Noem has been testifying before congressional leaders this week in Washington, D.C., where she has faced multiple calls to resign and heated confrontations with several leaders, including longtime Republicans, who expressed their frustration and disappointment with her leadership.
Lawmakers have been critical of Noem's response to disasters and accused her of suppressing FEMA disaster relief funding. They have also called for justice following the death of two American citizens in Minneapolis at the hands of federal law enforcement officers, citing aggressive tactics and unlawful activities under her leadership.
"I think the most important thing, Chris, is that DHS is led by somebody with zero accountability, that ICE and CBP are running wild, killing U.S. citizens, detaining U.S. citizens," Jayapal said. "That's what my question line was about. And locking up people who have committed absolutely no crime — 75% of people that have been detained and are being incarcerated in for-profit jails across the country have committed no crime. And Kristi Noem is a test of failed leadership. That's what I said. That's what I believe. And actually, I think that she does not have a long career here. Her corruption at the agency, combined with the lawlessness of these ICE and CBP agents on display for everyone to see, is going to bring her down."
This is the first time Noem has testified under oath with lawmakers since the deaths of two Minneapolis citizens.
"I think it's been overthe last month and a half or soas people have watched thecourageous people of Minnesotaand really seeing Noem, youknow, come out, call Renee Good and Alex Pretti domesticterrorists, refused to conductinvestigations until wedemanded it, and the people of Minnesota demanded it," Jayapal added. "And Ithink that trajectory hasbeen very bad. I mean, look,she's done something quiteremarkable, which is she hasturned 50% of the countryagainst ICE. There was a brandnew poll out saying that 50% ofpeople across this countrybelieve that ICE should nolonger exist. And I thinkthat's, you know, that's sortof a stunning place to be."
People in the U.S. feel misled by the Trump administration, Jayapal explained.
"ButI think what Americans areseeing is that... theythought that this was anadministration that was goingto go after the worst of theworst, and they happened toknow and see the people thatare being picked up in theirneighborhoods, in their cities," Jayapal added. "They see the militarization ofthe streets by the federalgovernment. They see childrenbeing detained and held incamps and separated from theirfamilies, and they don't like it. And so, once again, peopleare being reminded that we area nation of immigrants. We dovalue the immigrants that arein our country. We want a fixto the broken immigrationsystem. Legislatively, we donot want the government to goafter all of these people oncivil immigration offenses, andwe certainly don't want ourgovernment militarizing ourstreets, killing U.S. citizens,and detaining U.S. citizens."
An internal email sent from Liberty University Law School to its first- and second-year students reveals the Trump administration's prioritization of loyalty over qualifications.
The evangelical university's law school emailed students Friday afternoon publicizing “exciting opportunity to intern with the Department of Labor in DC" that promised "incredible connections that will payoff [sic] later" and the possibility of full-time job offers after graduation, reported journalist Judd Legum in his Popular Info newsletter.
"The two most important requirements are you MUST be aligned politically with President Trump and his administration and you must be willing to work hard," read the email sent by Derek Green, an associate director at the law school. "Don't be scared off by the transcript requirement. GPA is not a strong factor. If you meet those two requirements, you have a shot."
Legum obtained the email from a university source who requested anonymity, and Green declined to comment on the message without approval from Edie Swann, the law school’s director of public affairs, but she did not respond to a request for an interview.
Green's email encouraged students to apply because “the person conducting the interviews is Vittoria D’Addesi, a 2025 graduate of Liberty Law, along with a representative of the White House Liaison Office," and he tipped off potential applicants that they would be screened on several political questions.
"Did you vote for President Trump?” Green wrote, as one example, and provided another. “Do you disagree with the President on anything?”
Green told students he hoped to have "double digit Liberty Law students" enrolled in the program this summer.
The email included a message from DAddesi, who said applicants must be wiling to advance the president's initiatives and deliver "wins for the American Worker," and she described the position as "a political position in which interns will serve the Trump Administration for the duration of their internships."
CNN host Kasie Hunt was visibly stunned after airing an expletive-laden montage of prominent MAGA figures sharply criticizing President Trump's Iran strikes on Tuesday. The montage featured Megyn Kelly expressing "serious doubts" about the military operation despite Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, Blackwater founder Erik Prince calling the strikes contrary to American interests, and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene demanding a serious national conversation about the government's direction. Greene, who left Congress in January citing her Epstein files dispute with Trump, used profanity-laden language to challenge the administration's decision-making. The footage exposed deep fractures within Trump's MAGA coalition over the Iran war. Hunt's sarcastic response, "Well, how do you really feel?" reflected her surprise at the intensity and bluntness of the criticism from figures traditionally aligned with the president.
