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MS NOW host blows a fuse as Trump admin makes move that 'everybody feared would happen'

An announcement by President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on childhood vaccine scheduling for a personal response on MS NOW Tuesday morning.

On Monday, the two announced changes that are contrary to advice from medical experts, based on Trump and Kennedy’s mistaken insistence that there is a causal relationship between vaccines and autism.

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'Paranoid' Trump's fear of violent death leading him into 'very strange places': analysis

Nearly a decade into his on-and-off presidency, Donald Trump rarely manages to shock anymore, but a new report detailing how he secretly swapped planes en route from last month's NATO summit has done exactly that, according to a political columnist.

The Washington Post reported that U.S. intelligence had received credible threats last month that Iran-linked groups might attempt to shoot down Air Force One amid heightened tensions following Trump's war with Iran. Political editor James Ball published a column for The i Paper showing how the new reporting revealed troubling aspects of his psyche.

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'This isn't a winner': Trump insiders recoil as far-right takes the 'bait' and attacks AOC

Insiders in President Donald Trump's White House are cringing at the latest conservative attack on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

According to a report from Marc Caputo at Axios, there was a groundswell of sneering aimed at the popular New York lawmaker who admitted she plans to freeze some of her eggs, should she want children at a later date.

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Trump allies panic as president follows eerily similar path to historical gaffe: report

A number of President Donald Trump’s supporters are growing “increasingly aware” that the president is on course to “tank Republicans’ chances in the midterms,” Semafor reported Tuesday, and in a manner eerily similar to a past crisis that sank the reelection bid of former President Jimmy Carter.

“Let me refer you to Jimmy Carter,” a person “close to Trump” bluntly told Semafor on the condition of anonymity, referencing the bind the president had gotten himself into regarding his deeply unpopular war against Iran, which has sent oil and food prices soaring.

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Vague Trump promises throw a wrench into massive hometown project

New York Democrats say they want to believe President Donald Trump will pay for a signature infrastructure project – they just don't believe him.

At the center of the standoff over Penn Station's $8 billion redevelopment is a promise – which may or may not exist – that the federal government will cover the full cost of rebuilding the transit hub that moves half a million people a day through the heart of Manhattan, reported Politico.

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Trump's odd window shade remark flagged by Kaitlan Collins after decoy plane revelations

CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Monday revisited a July remark from President Donald Trump that reads differently now that reporters know he wasn't on the plane with them.

On her program "The Source," Collins — who has pressed Trump on the Iran war before — replayed a gaggle from July 8, when Trump left a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. The press pool had been told to lower their window shades before takeoff, an instruction Collins noted was unusual, and reporters pressed him on why.

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Trump menaces in overnight finger-pointing frenzy: 'Liars must be held accountable'

President Donald Trump went on a rage bender late Monday over a report that accused him of wasting almost $1.7 billion and now plans to sue the donors of the think tank that produced it.

According to a report from the Daily Beast, the central focus of Trump’s ire is Chandler Hall, the associate director for public safety at the Center for American Progress, who reported that the deployment of National Guard troops to American streets has been a financial boondoggle.

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'Crazy': Critics roast Karoline Leavitt's 'incredible' claim about Trump's economy

President Donald Trump's chief spokesperson was roasted by critics on Monday night after she uncorked a wild claim about Trump's economy on Fox News.

Karoline Leavitt, Trump's press secretary, joined Fox News host Sean Hannity on his eponymous show, where she vigorously defended Trump's alleged economic achievements.

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'Incredibly disturbing' Trump images shock analyst as golf outing sparks health concerns

Images of President Donald Trump at one of his golf clubs over the weekend shocked a political analyst and raised fresh health concerns.

Trump was photographed at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league held its LIV Golf New York event last weekend. Several photographs showed Trump with bruising on his hand, and at one point, he seemed to labor as he went from one golf cart to another.

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Trump's 'slow decline' could end with a surprising figure gaining power: expert

President Donald Trump appears to be in the midst of a "slow decline" that could end with a surprising figure ascending to power, according to one expert.

Questions have swirled about the president's health throughout his second administration. He's been spotted with bruising on his hands on several occasions, and has been photographed with swollen ankles, which some experts have said are signs of a heart condition. Trump's mental health has also been called into question as the president has admitted to taking multiple cognitive exams.

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Rachel Maddow flabbergasted as company tries to enlist her in Greenland oil scheme

President Donald Trump's obsession with Greenland has inspired a new harebrained business venture, Rachel Maddow told her viewers on MS NOW Monday night — and it already appears to be falling apart.

But before that, she said with some bemusement, the venture actually tried to get her to promote it.

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Todd Blanche's 'wordsmithing' against senators he courted alarms ex-Trump lawyer

One of President Donald Trump's former lawyers sounded the alarm on Monday after it became evident that Attorney General Todd Blanche would use his "wordsmithing" against the senators whom he courted during his confirmation process.

Ty Cobb, who served as special counsel during Trump's first term, told CNN's Erin Burnett that the deal Blanche struck with Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), declaring that the $1.776 billion so-called "anti-weaponization" fund is dead, was "pure theater." Trump made that clear on Monday when asked by a reporter in the Oval Office whether the fund is dead.

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MAGA fan caught running a massive — and 'clearly fraudulent' — anti-trans bot campaign

Someone associated with the Make America Great Again movement staged a massive — and "clearly fraudulent" — bot campaign in support of a measure that would restrict gun ownership by transgender people, according to a new report.

The Advocate reported that a flood of comments in support of a rule that transgender people list their assigned sex on their firearm paperwork were submitted during a public comment session as it came to a close in late July. Over the course of three days, public comment traffic spiked from roughly 1,000 commenters per day to over 1,800, in patterns that one anonymous data reviewer described as "clearly fraudulent."

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