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'This is what you get!' Morning Joe hoots with joy as White House fights with Jeff Bezos

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough hooted with derision at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos after the White House took aim at his company's latest move.

The online retailer announced it would display the costs added to individual items because of President Donald Trump's tariffs, which White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt branded a "hostile and political act."

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White House outraged as it accuses Amazon of 'hostile' tariff move

UPDATE: Amazon released a statement shortly after Karoline Leavitt's comment in which it said the plan was "never under consideration."

Amazon’s new policy is creating a “hostile act” against the Trump administration, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The massive retailer, which has multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos as its largest shareholder, announced Tuesday it will start showing how much the price of items are increasing due to President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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'Mobilizing the world!' Critics rejoice as Trump triggers spectacular upset in Canada vote

The Liberal Party of Canada pulled off one of the most spectacular comebacks in recent political history, going from being down 25 points in polls to retaining their governing majority in this week's elections under Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The party won so decisively that Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader once thought to be a lock for the next prime minister, lost his own riding in Parliament.

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'Parade of horribles' awaits as thousands of animals become latest victims of Trump

President Donald Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal budget is putting the lives of thousands of lab animals in jeopardy.

The Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in university research funding and laid off thousands of employees at federal health agencies, and the New York Times reported that these cuts have profound consequences for the lab animals that serve as the basis for biomedical research.

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'Worth a chuckle': Republican claims nobody in party takes Trump's Canada threat seriously

Republican Congressman Mark Amodei (NV) laughed off his party leader's repeated vows to take over Canada as America's 51st state Tuesday — and promised to impose steep tariffs on the nation.

Speaking to CNN’s Kate Bolduan to discuss Trump’s first 100 days in office, Amodei veered off to comment on the election result in Canada Monday.

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'Probably a short-timer': MSNBC's Jon Lemire says Trump 'starting to cool on' top official

President Donald Trump has publicly maintained support for his embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire said he's "starting to cool" on him.

The Signalgate scandal continues to resonate because it's fairly easy to understand and even Republicans have criticized his use of a non-secure app to discuss military operations, Lemire said. "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough added that some Trump allies have been aggravated by Hegseth since he was first nominated.

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'The dam is breaking': Podcast host claims pushback is leading Trump to destruction

“Protests, polling, and pushback”: These are the three things The New Abnormal pcodast host Jesse Cannon believes show the “Trump dam is breaking.”

Cannon believes small wins like the lowest 100-day approval rating in 70 years are “super important” because they chip away at the “Achilles’ heel" of the president.

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'Face to the cruelty': MSNBC sees Trump repeating same error that crashed last presidency

MSNBC's John Heilemann warned that President Donald Trump was making the same mistake that caused him to lose support during his first term for one of his strongest campaign issues.

The president is bleeding support for his handling of immigration 100 days into his second term, with 46 percent of adults in one poll saying they approve while 53 percent disapprove, a three-point swing in each direction since last month. Heilemann said that horrific stories about individual families were once again dragging Trump down.

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Furious Trump continues rage about polls as he vows: 'We will be making a fortune'

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social late Monday night to continue his furious reaction to polls claiming he was losing support — and promising the U.S. would soon be rich.

In the posting tirade, he first alleged, “The USA lost Billions of Dollars A DAY in International Trade under Sleepy Joe Biden. I have now stemmed that tide, and will be making a fortune, very soon.”

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'Fork in the road': DOGE sets sights on peace

The Peace Corps is bracing for major staff cuts after a sweeping review by the Department of Government Efficiency spurred a significant restructuring effort at the agency, the Guardian reported Monday.

As part of the shakeup, the agency is offering staff a second voluntary resignation program – referred to as a “fork in the road” buyout – aimed at reducing its workforce. The buyout, officially titled “DRP 2.0,” will be available to both domestic and overseas direct hire and expert staff between April 28 and May 6, according to an email sent by Allison Greene, the chief executive of Peace Corps.

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'Relationship is over': Canada's new leader unloads on Trump in victory speech

Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a warning message against President Donald Trump in his victory speech.

“As I’ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country,” Carney said in Ottawa late Monday night. “These are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us. That will never, ever happen.”

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'Popular as bed bugs': Rachel Maddow rips into Trump policy that has people 'freaking out'

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow ripped into President Donald Trump Monday night as she blasted his latest political threats against his own party as a desperate attempt to salvage his deeply unpopular MAGA agenda.

“Today, Donald Trump started threatening Republican U.S. senators that they better not vote against him this week on this tariffs bill,” Maddow told viewers about the looming Senate vote that she gave “precisely zero chance of becoming law.” Still, Trump appeared panicked that GOP senators might oppose him publicly, the MSNBC host added.

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'Screamingly obvious': Columnist tears into Trump's coming betrayal

New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg says Trump’s real motives are clear behind his battle against antisemitism.

“About a decade ago, conservatives would often denounce Muslim immigration on the grounds that it threatened Western progress on gay rights. This posture, sometimes called homonationalism, got its start in Europe, then made its way into American politics with Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign,” she writes in the New York Times.

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