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Epstein haunts Trump's birthday as nation turns on White House fight: report

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event slated to be held at the White House on Sunday is underwater with a majority of Americans, many of whom have bombarded its promotional posts with references to Jeffrey Epstein, Axios reported Friday.

According to a survey of more than 9,200 adults conducted by YouGov, 51% of Americans either “somewhat” or “strongly” disapprove of the event, officially labeled UFC Freedom 250 and scheduled for Trump's 80th birthday.

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Psychologist spots new diagnostic alarm bell in Trump

A prominent psychologist is sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump's increasingly erratic behavior, warning that his fixation on Washington construction projects is a sign of significant mental decline.

Dr. John Gartner, a clinical psychologist and former Johns Hopkins University Medical School professor, told the Daily Beast that Trump's rambling tangents about pet projects — the White House Ballroom, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a planned Triumphal Arch modeled after Paris's Arc de Triomphe — aren't just political theater.

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'Buyer's remorse era': Jen Psaki tracks the real-time collapse of Trump's coalition

President Donald Trump's coalition is falling apart in earnest as more and more of his voters start to break away, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Thursday evening.

"You know that feeling ... when you buy a cute pair of shoes or something like that you saw on Instagram, and then they show up and you wear them for a day or two, and they're just not what you hoped they'd be?" Psaki said. "Or when you buy a movie ticket and halfway through the show, you think to yourself, 'Oh, I should have stayed home or maybe gone to see a different movie?'"

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DOJ agency claims it has no records of Trump's shady IRS settlement

A Department of Justice division claimed it had no records related to President Donald Trump's IRS settlement, a watchdog reported.

According to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the DOJ's Civil Division came up empty-handed when responding to a request for records related to the settlement that led to Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

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Red-state poll is 'canary in the coal mine' that collapse is coming for GOP: Expert

A new poll of Ohio is a "canary in the coal mine" for Republicans, legendary political analyst Charlie Cook wrote in his Substack on Thursday.

The poll of 1,015 registered voters, commissioned by Fox News, suggests "far greater danger for Republicans in November than was previously evident," wrote Cook, the founder of the eponymous Cook Political Report. "The analysis by Dana Blanton, who heads the Fox polling unit, as well as the poll’s topline results and crosstabs, are all worth reading. When reading the numbers that follow, you should know that unreleased, private, high-quality polls conducted for both sides show similar results; this poll is not an outlier."

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'He is lost': Art of the Deal coauthor says Trump 'doesn't have the marbles' to keep going

President Donald Trump no longer has the mental faculties to truly understand what he is doing day to day, let alone perform the functions of a president, said his "Art of the Deal" co-author Tony Schwartz on MS NOW Thursday.

This comes after a week consumed by reporting about the Iran war, Trump's slush fund for his political allies, and additional developments in the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case review, as well as ongoing rants and tantrums on his social media platform.

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Scorned Republican vows 'revenge' against Trump 'for ending' career in fierce comeback

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) shot back at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying she would get "revenge" after the president turned on her, The Hill reported.

Mace, who lost her primary race for South Carolina's governor against a Trump-backed candidate, had a sharp response to the president.

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Trump rages against congressman while endorsing Palm Beach candidate for Congress

Trump raged against Congressman Jamie Raskin (D- MD) while endorsing a congressional candidate from Palm Beach.

In a lengthy Truth Social post about Raskin, Trump called him a "loser in life," adding that Republican lawmakers should "EXPEL THE BUM." He wrote that Raskin "failed" to impeach him during his first term.

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MAGA lawmaker dragged online after bizarre claim about Trump being a 'special baby'

A MAGA congressman faced online roasting after he went on a bizarre rant about President Donald Trump being a "very special baby."

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) told a reporter, "Donald Trump is the best thing to happen to this country in a hundred years," but his flattery didn't stop there.

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Top doctor drops bombshell Trump dementia warning: 'It’s about to get worse'

A prominent clinical psychologist revealed that President Donald Trump's rambling tangents could indicate something disturbing ahead, according to a report on Thursday.

Dr. John Gartner, former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, told The Daily Beast that Trump's "lengthy monologues about his construction projects" show that he has "growing signs of dementia and malignant narcissism—and it’s about to get worse."

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Another Trump golf club slapped with 'critical' health violation: report

Yet another one of Trump's golf clubs has been hit with health code violations, according to reporting by NOTUS.

The culprit this time is the Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Hopewell Junction, New York. The club was flagged for a "critical violation" at its restaurant by a Dutchess County health inspector in April, according to NOTUS, which looked at state records.

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Mike Johnson shredded by analyst for 'dumb' move to kick politics' biggest hornet's nest

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) got a tongue-lashing from The Bulwark's Joe Perticone on Thursday for going after one of the most beloved and fiercely-guarded programs in America: Social Security.

“The reason we’re in trouble is because over seventy-four percent of federal spending is on autopilot — mandatory spending, that is your entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and things like Social Security — they have to be adjusted and fixed,” Johnson said on the Moon Griffon Show. “We have a plan to do that next year, and it’s critical, because we’re at $40 trillion-plus in debt. At some point, you get into a hole so deep you can’t climb out of it, so desperate times call for desperate measures.”

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Trump threatens to snatch city if mayoral candidate wins: 'We won’t put up with it'

President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed he would take over Washington, D.C. if the mayoral candidate he doesn't want to win gets elected, according to The Washington Post.

Trump made it clear for the first time that he was opposed to democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George winning the Democratic primary next week.

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