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'Tough position': Todd Blanche gets stark warning as he ponders Trump betrayal

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will have to betray President Donald Trump if he has any hope of getting a positive Senate confirmation vote before the chamber adjourns, a new political analysis contends.

Senate Republicans' mounting resistance to Trump's demands has only shortened the odds of Blanche's confirmation making it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, MS NOW host Ali Vitali argued Thursday.

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Florida 'has not been hacked': Trump election claim crumbles as states start to speak up

President Donald Trump's grand claims of a Chinese conspiracy to undermine U.S. elections in 2020 is already falling apart, according to a new report.

Twelve out of the 15 states listed as "compromised" in documents declassified by the president "said officials never notified them of a data breach," The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

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Trump's 'sure loser' court case about to 'blow up' in DOJ's face: expert

Embattled Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is on track to have a high-profile prosecution “blow up in his face,” an expert said Thursday.

Thee Justice department's "seashell" case against former FBI Director James Comey is a farce that should never have seen the light of day, former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg claimed on MS NOW.

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Trump pick face-plants in first major address: 'Exactly what you don’t want'

President Donald Trump's handpicked chair of the Fed is off to a rough start after a major economic face-plant on Wednesday, according to a new report.

Kevin Warsh's second news conference as Federal Reserve chairman was met with dismay as he lectured reporters about the Fed's commitment to fighting inflation and financial markets immediately called his bluff, the New York Times reported Thursday.

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'What happens now?': Trump reportedly caught flat-footed by GOP revolt

President Donald Trump's thought Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche would face smooth sailing to replacing fired AG Pam Bondi — and he's been shaken by a rare GOP revolt, according to a new report.

The White House inner circle was not prepared for the pushback being led by Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) with more GOP lawmakers now raising questions about the president's former lawyer, MS NOW reported Thursday.

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Trump's deep-state crusade just gutted terrorism security: Damning Senate report

President Donald Trump's deep-state crusade has left post-9/11 security institutions gutted, a damning Senate report has warned.

A new 37-page report from Senate Democrats accuses Trump of weakening intelligence agencies through mass firings, budget cuts, diverting remaining staff to immigration enforcement, and forcing counterterrorism units to focus on "left-wing extremism," MS NOW reported Thursday.

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Trump's frustrated base fumes he's 'not the end all, be all' anymore: report

President Donald Trump's iron grip on a red state stronghold is showing signs of rust — two weeks before an important election.

The president's popularity is deflating in South Carolina and the proof is in the pudding of Sen. Darline Nordone's Trump-endorsed bid to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

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Trump's 'cognitive decline' already cost him a key talent: family member

President Donald Trump has lost a long-time talent because of his "cognitive decline," one of his family members said.

During an episode of Fast Politics, host Molly Jong-Fast spoke with Mary Trump, who is the president's niece, a psychologist, and a frequent critic. The two were talking about Trump's speech at Lindsey Graham's funeral and the White House Correspondents' Dinner when Jong-Fast asked if Trump had lost the ability to read the room.

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'Serious case of lie-abetes': MAGA pundit slammed after downplaying Trump polling slump

A CNN panel piled on a MAGA pundit who downplayed a key reason polls show that Americans disapprove of Trump.

The panel, hosted by CNN anchor Abby Phillip, was discussing why Trump's approval ratings were underwater on key issues with a few months to go before the midterms. When immigration came up, MAGA commentator Jason Rantz found himself in a corner as the panel shut him down.

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Trump White House rages at singer Noah Kahan for refusing to let it use his music

The Trump White House lost its cool with a popular musician after he called out Trump for using his song without permission.

The White House used the song "American Cars" in its social media posts earlier this week, pairing it with images and video of President Donald Trump's Monday visit to a General Motors facility in Michigan. The song's artist, folk-pop star Noah Kahan, called out Trump for using it without his permission.

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'Oh my God!' Todd Blanche's 'slippery' escape from near-certain rebuke stuns onlookers

The delayed vote to advance the confirmation of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is drawing sharp online reactions.

On Wednesday, reporters revealed that the Senate Judiciary Committee planned to delay the markup and vote on Blanche's nomination to be President Donald Trump's attorney general, with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the committee chair, saying he's working to help shore up votes to advance the nomination.

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'Who cares?' Joe Rogan lays into MAGA's latest culture war obsession

Podcaster Joe Rogan has no patience for the latest MAGA world culture war obsession, The Daily Beast reported.

Speaking on his show, he laid into people who were slinging hate at the new rendition of "The Odyssey" in which Christopher Nolan cast Black actress Lupita Nyong’o and transgender actor Elliot Page in key roles. The topic came up in a conversation with actor Tim Robbins about their longing for older days of moviegoing.

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Republican inadvertently calls Trump's biggest success the 'scandal of my lifetime'

A GOP senator accidentally called President Donald Trump's biggest success the "scandal of my lifetime" with his comments on Fox News.

Sen. Ron Johnson spoke with Fox News on Wednesday about COVID vaccinations in light of the recent testimony by Anthony Fauci. He told anchor Laura Ingraham that "these injections cause death" and that the COVID vaccine is the "great government scandal of my lifetime."

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