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'We’ll take care of you, Scott': CNN hammered after conservative joins Trump on stage

President Donald Trump added to the chaos of his fiery Michigan rally on Tuesday by unexpectedly calling up CNN conservative Scott Jennings – and the internet immediately took notice.

“He defends me really well, but he can’t go too far because if he goes too far, he’ll get fired,” Trump told a crowd of supporters. “I watched him for years – I don’t know him – but he likes Trump,” he added.

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'Terrible': Expert shreds Trump official's 'empty shelves' defense

A prominent economist is challenging U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claims about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff war on Americans’ ability to access goods in stores and online.

Bessent, a hedge fund manager and Trump donor and fundraiser, was asked on Monday if he’s worried about the possibility of empty shelves.

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'Souring': Analysts warn Trump moves risk alienating key new GOP voting bloc

President Donald Trump's mass deportation program is testing the limits of his constitutional authority and breaking up his MAGA coalition.

Naturalized immigrant voters played a key role in Trump's return to the White House, picking up on gains he made in his losing 2020 race, with surveys showing he picked up 46 percent of their two-party vote. But his crackdown on undocumented immigrants, foreign students, and legal residents could erase those gains, wrote a pair of data analysts in a Washington Post op-ed.

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'Thought it was a guy!' Trump mocks 'lunatic' heckler at rally

President Donald Trump encountered a heckler during his 100-day celebration rally in Michigan, and went off ranting about the person before confusedly correcting himself on their gender.

"What's the problem over there? Is that a radical left lunatic?" said Trump in response to the heckling. "He's just a child. Get him out."

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'Nothing will stop me': Trump 'hopes' Supreme Court will back him — but makes grim vow

President Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his hardline MAGA agenda – and he made that crystal clear during a fiery rally in Warren, Michigan, as he marked the 100th day of his second term in office.

Ripping into what he called “communist, radical-left judges,” Trump warned rallygoers that courts across the country have attempted “to obstruct the enforcement of our laws and assume the duties that belong solely to the president of the United States.”

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CBS owner moves toward possibly settling with Trump in Harris interview lawsuit: report

The parent company of CBS News is preparing for mediation in President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the network — and may be open to settling, according to a new report in The New York Times.

Lawyers for Trump and Paramount plan to begin mediation on Wednesday over the lawsuit, brought by Trump accusing “60 Minutes” of airing a deceptively edited interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

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'Serfdom': Scathing analysis rips Trump admin’s vision of generational labor trap

The Trump administration has a draconian vision to "bring back serfdom" for the American people in enacting its controversial tariff regime against the entire rest of the world, Malcolm Ferguson wrote in a scathing analysis for The New Republic published on Tuesday.

Specifically, Ferguson wrote, Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaking on MSNBC, laid out a dream of Americans trapped forever in the manufacturing industry, working in the same factories their parents and grandparents did.

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'Vote them the hell out': Trump directs MAGA fans to go after GOP's own

President Donald Trump marked the 100th day of his second presidential term with a fiery rally in the battleground state of Michigan, but he quickly turned his focus on members of his own party.

“If our bill doesn’t pass – we have 100%, just about, Republican support – but it’d be nice if we had just a couple of Democrats just to make sure,” Trump told the rallygoers on Tuesday. “Because once in a while, you have a grandstander Republican – we have some grandstanders.”

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'Don't like it': Republican 'concerned' as GOP blocks probe into embattled Trump official

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters Tuesday that he would not allow a vote on whether there should be a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's mounting Signal scandals.

In a vote that same day, Republicans approved a rule that would block Democrats calling for a probe into Hegseth, who has been caught using the app twice, revealing classified information to unauthorized individuals.

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'More responsible than anyone': Analysts blame top Trump ally for dismal poll numbers

President Donald Trump is being undermined by his top aide, Stephen Miller, according to two experts fighting to maintain American democracy.

Joshua Kolb and Susan Corke, from State Democracy Defenders Action, penned a column on Monday for MSNBC.com that analyzed the latest polling data, showing a sharp decline in trust and popularity for Trump. They think they know who's impacting the numbers.

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‘Primary death wish’: Dem leader reamed as camera catches warm hug with Trump

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer caught fire from progressives and Democratic activists after cameras caught her warmly embracing President Donald Trump during his visit to Michigan on Tuesday as he marked the 100th day of his second term.

Once a vocal critic of Trump, Whitmer shared a hug with the MAGA leader as he landed in Harrison Township, Michigan, where they announced a new fighter jet squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

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'Failure is not an option': Conservatives warn tariff chaos could doom GOP in 2026

President Donald Trump is gambling the Republican majorities on a risky move that has many conservatives nervous outside the administration.

The president promised Americans on his first day back in office that he would quickly bring down prices and stabilize the economy, but instead his chaotic first 100 days have tipped the country into turmoil and rattled financial markets – which have dragged down his poll numbers and threatens GOP chances in next year's midterms, reported Politico.

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'Rubber meets the road': Project 2025 architect warns 'boiling point' coming in Trump 2.0

Tuesday marks President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, and one organizer for "Project 2025" knows what he needs going forward.

NBC News described it as "undoing liberal gains dating back to Franklin D. Roosevelt."

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