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'Not just DOJ': J6 investigator walks through ways Trump used government to target foes

A former House investigator of the Jan. 6 attacks warned Tuesday that Trump looks at federal agencies as "tools of his own exertion of power" — and warned it's not just the Justice Department.

Tim Heaphy served as a senior investigator to the House Select Committee that probed the 2020 election overthrow attempts and Jan. 6 attacks.

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Trump enters plea in slimmed-down D.C. election interference case

Former President Donald Trump is pleading not guilty to charges following his re-indictment in special counsel Jack Smith's election interference case in Washington, D.C.

Last month, Smith tweaked the charges to remove references that Trump tried to order the Justice Department to carry out corrupt acts to obstruct the election. The references couldn't be proven under the Supreme Court's ruling because they rely on evidence that is immune from review.

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Federal court deals Trump a blow in hush money case

For the second time in a week, a federal court has rejected Trump's request to move his Manhattan criminal hush money case to federal court, reported MSNBC legal expert Lisa Rubin.

Trump has sought to move the case because some of the planning to send the illegally disguised hush payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, which formed the basis of the felony conviction against Trump for falsifying business records, occurred while he was in office. He wanted the case moved to federal court to lay the groundwork to classify his actions as at least partially in his official capacity, taking advantage of a Supreme Court decision that presidents have a presumption of immunity for such acts.

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'Never seen anything like this': Senator slams Trump after Arlington cemetery incident

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) laid into former President Donald Trump on CNN on Tuesday afternoon over his move to try to manufacture a political campaign event at Arlington National Cemetery, where his staff reportedly got in a fight with an Army caretaker who told them it was against the rules.

"Several gold star families of service members killed in the terrorist attack during the Afghanistan withdrawal have now defended the Trump campaign in taking pictures and cell phone video from his visit to Arlington National Cemetery last week, and they — these families criticized Harris, Vice President Harris, for calling it a political stunt," said anchor Jake Tapper. "Some of them are blaming the Biden administration for their loved ones' deaths, that horrible day in 2021. One of them said, 'You've never spoken to me, never reached out to me. You failed in your duty as vice president."

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'Rounds of golf aren’t going to play themselves': Trump mocked as he leaves campaign trail

Former President Donald Trump spent much of 2020 accusing then-candidate Joe Biden of campaigning from the basement while trying to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus. Now, Trump is facing questions over campaigning from home.

At the top of MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace's "Deadline White House," former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) mocked Trump for campaigning from the back nine.

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Trump's media stock falls again — this time below $18

Donald Trump's media company stock has fallen again, this time down to $18.

At the end of last week, DJT dropped below $20 after topping out at over $79 at one point. A year later, CNBC showed that the Truth Social parent company is suffering far worse than his presidential campaign numbers, which are down (43 percent) against Kamala Harris' 48 percent, a USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll said.

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NY Times shares photo montage to give stark warning about election

A damning photo and video montage published Tuesday detailed major events that occurred during former President Donald Trump's term in office — and warned that the consequences of awarding him a second one could be even worse.

When Trump was in office, The New York Times wrote in its preface, "the country lurched from one crisis to the next, from the migrant families separated at the border to the sudden spike in prices caused by his trade war with China to the reckless mismanagement of the Covid pandemic. And he showed, over and over, how little respect he has for the Constitution and those who take an oath to defend it."

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'We're so moving on': Peter Doocy cut off by Karine Jean-Pierre over 'insane' question

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre cut off Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy after he asked if Vice President Kamala Harris had a Southern accent.

During Tuesday's White House briefing, Doocy claimed that Harris' speeches in Detroit and Pittsburgh sounded differently.

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Trump says ‘purposefully’ hasn’t read Project 2025 — but everybody would like parts of it

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insisted that he "purposefully" hasn't read a conservative plan to reshape the country because he wants to be able to distance himself from it in media interviews.

While speaking to influencer Lex Fridman this week, Trump was asked about Project 2025, which was authored by more than 100 former staffers as a blueprint for his next administration.

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Donald Trump says he was at Arlington to 'celebrate' anniversary of soldiers' deaths

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump defended his campaign's recent trip to Arlington National Cemetary by saying he was there to "celebrate" the anniversary of the deaths of soldiers who died in Afghanistan.

During an interview with influencer Lex Fridman that aired on Tuesday, Trump tried to explain why he spent so much time attacking Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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George Conway mocks Trump after rage post: ‘Easy to manipulate and impossible to control’

Lawyer and Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway is mocking Donald Trump for his latest Truth Social meltdown.

Conway now runs a super PAC that aims to use psychological tactics to troll Trump — and is open about its intention to prompt him to react.

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'American people deserve to know': Dems demand answers from Trump on $10M Egypt donation

The Washington Post last month reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi "sought to give" Donald Trump "$10 million to boost his 2016 presidential campaign,” noting that in January 2017 — five days before Trump was sworn in as president — almost $10 million was withdrawn from a bank in Cairo.

A month after that article was published, the newspaper reported Tuesday that the top Democrats on the House Oversight Committee — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) — have sent a letter asking Trump "if he ever illegally received money from the government of Egypt, and whether money from Cairo played a role in a $10 million infusion into his 2016 run for president."

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Trump rushes to control fallout after damaging report on his New Hampshire campaign

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday rushed to contain the fallout of a damaging report about his 2024 presidential campaign's chances in New Hampshire.

The drama began after Tom Mountain, a Trump campaign insider from Massachusetts, wrote an email saying that New Hampshire was "no longer a battleground state" and that Trump was "sure to lose by an even higher margin" than in 2020, when he lost it by seven points to President Joe Biden.

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