María Teresita Armstrong-Matta

BBC lawyers were physically blocked by police while attempting to serve subpoenas on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at their Miami residence.

According to Politico, this was part of an escalating legal battle in President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit against the broadcaster.

The BBC seeks to subpoena Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Kushner for documents and deposition testimony, arguing they have direct knowledge of Trump's Jan. 6 speech intentions.

According to House January 6 Committee testimony, Trump Jr. and Ivanka were present during speech revisions and delivery, while Kushner drafted a violence-condemning statement.

Trump's lawsuit claims a 2024 BBC documentary defamed him by editing disparate speech portions to suggest he endorsed the Capitol attack.

The BBC has apologized for the edit but denies it constitutes defamation.

Previous service attempts at Miami and Trump Tower locations failed after the Secret Service and Trump's legal team refused to accept subpoenas.

The case faces additional setbacks, with the presiding judge threatening to expose the Trump family's finances.

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Iran experts expressed extreme alarm Friday.

According to The Wall Street Journal, details emerged about President Donald Trump's emergency escape from a missile threat during a NATO summit in Turkey.

Trump was smuggled onto a different plane in a catering container, while the press and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remained unknowingly vulnerable aboard the original Air Force One, reportedly accompanied by jet fighters.

U.S. officials defended the response, arguing the intelligence revealed the threat was serious enough to warrant the Secret Service's decoy plan, according to The Wall Street Journal.

"There are also growing fears about what the maneuver reveals: an administration genuinely concerned that Iran-linked assassins could, even in a friendly nation, endanger Trump," the outlet added.

Iran expert Holly Dagres from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy called the situation "quite extraordinary."

And noted, "While the Trump administration touts the weakness of the Islamic Republic, its reach remains extensive enough to allegedly try and kill the most heavily protected leader in the world."

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed President Donald Trump's food preferences aboard Air Force One.

According to The Hill, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disclosed that Trump loads the aircraft with McDonald's meals whenever he travels.

"When you get on his airplane, it's just boxes and boxes of McDonald's," RFK Jr. said during an appearance on the "Net Positive" podcast.

RFK Jr. deflected when asked if Trump's diet conflicted with his Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, agenda, The Hill added.

"I'm not like a scold," he responded. "He eats really good food most of the time, but when he's traveling, he likes to eat food from national chains because he's scared of getting food poisoning."

A Florida lawmaker previously described Trump's McDonald's orders as "hot fries," a Filet-O-Fish, Quarter Pounder, and Big Mac, "combined" together.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz joked about Trump's beverage choices, pointing out to Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., “Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass. It’s poured on grass, so therefore must kill cancer cells inside the body."

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President Donald Trump is scrambling to save his endorsed candidate in South Carolina's Aug. 25 Senate runoff.

Sen. Darline Graham now faces Rep. Ralph Norman, and the race is allegedly splitting the MAGA world, The Washington Post reports.

After multiple embarrassing primary losses this cycle, Trump is turning to surprising allies, including former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.

Sanford became a vocal critic of the president in 2018 and challenged him in 2020.

In a previously unreported call, Trump asked Sanford for an endorsement, but Sanford declined to commit.

Trump also reached out to Rep. Russell Fry, who came in third place in the special Senate Primary to fill Graham's role.

The race has split the MAGA world, with Norman backed by South Carolina's former Gov. Nikki Haley and Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT). Turning Point Action and CPAC also support his candidacy.

Darline Graham has support from Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Tom Cotton (R-AR).

Trump is considering either a pre-runoff rally for Graham or a dual endorsement of both candidates, a strategy that previously backfired in South Carolina's gubernatorial primary.

Trump appointed Darline to finish her late brother Lindsey Graham's term in July.

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President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment.

Trump told reporters Friday that sailors hadn't been deployed "nearly long enough."

The carrier's 5,000 sailors and Marines are nine months into a deployment that was supposed to end in May, with no return date announced.

Doctors aboard the ship warned crew members are "losing their minds," as multiple sailors have attempted to jump overboard.

Families report moldy showers, broken toilets, weeks without laundry, and inadequate meals such as two tortillas and half a cup of rice.

One sailor's wife said her husband, on medical hold after an overboard attempt, fears a dishonorable discharge will end his 13-year Navy career.

The Lincoln has spent over 260 days at sea without port calls, setting a U.S, carrier record, according to The Guardian.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed reports were "completely misrepresented," ABC News reported.

Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) condemned Hegseth's dismissal of families' accounts.

"These men and women signed up to serve their country. The least their country owes them is hot water, a working toilet and a real meal. Hegseth cannot even manage that, and he has the nerve to look their families in the eye and call them liars," Levin said, The Guardian reported.

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A sailor who jumped overboard from the USS Abraham Lincoln had repeatedly reported vision problems to superiors.

The 19-year-old sailor was allowed to continue working on helicopter repairs on the flight deck, despite his complaints, reported MS NOW's Priya Sridhar.

His wife explained her husband's expired contact lenses impaired his ability to see, causing him to fear making mistakes. She added, when her husband reported these concerns, superiors "yelled at him" rather than addressing the safety issue.

“They still allowed him to work,” she added.

The USS Abraham Lincoln was off Iran's coast when the sailor reportedly jumped overboard.

The sailor was in the water for over an hour before he was rescued and the Pentagon took four days to notify his wife of the incident.

His wife also reported he expressed panic about mental health issues stemming from the carrier's extended 9-month deployment, which has now been extended twice with no end date announced.

MS NOW reported, ”Many family members are concerned about potential exhaustion, low morale and the mental health of those on board, as the aircraft carrier’s deployment at sea appears to have been extended twice during the ongoing Iran war, with no clear end in sight.”

The incident has intensified criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's handling of the deployment.

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A roadside President Donald Trump Superstore near Knoxville, Tennessee, is closing due to declining business.

Initially, reports claimed "Trump Superstore" was closing due to the owner's retirement, sparking concerns from friends and associates. But the owner, Bill Hays, told Slate the reporter "did not know what she was talking about.”

He clarified, “I don’t think she wanted to say we were closing for lack of business, but that’s why we’re closing.”

Dan, a part-time employee, noted the store once drew 86 visitors on peak days, especially after major news events. But now, the store faces empty parking lots and picked-over inventory at 50 percent discounts.

"We're not busy anymore," Dan said.

Unprompted, he attributed the decline to Trump's "dwindling, dwindling, dwindling" popularity and Republicans' financial hardship.

"People really are saying, 'I don't know if I'm going to do a full load of groceries or I'm going to put my electric bill on a credit card this month,' " he added.

Hays told Slate, Dan's opinions had "nothing to do with the store whatsoever."

"It's all about making money," he said, and claimed other Trump-inspired businesses remained open.

Trump's approval ratings have dropped to the 30s, according to The Economist, and traffic to Truth Social has fallen sharply, The New York Times reported.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's frantic appearance in front of reporters in Panama City on Thursday sparked drug accusations.

According to The Daily Beast, California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom argued Hegseth may need drug testing or intervention after witnessing his behavior in Panama.

"He's delusional, manic, agitated. Has Pete Hegseth done a drug test lately? Why are the results not public?" Newsom's Press Office's X account posted.

In front of reporters, Hegseth spoke rapidly when defending the extended deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln near Iran, and claimed, "We make sure that every ship, every crew, every captain, has everything we can provide them at every single moment."

Pentagon insiders have previously raised concerns about Hegseth's "manic" behavior, according to The Daily Mail.

Hegseth, 46, has a documented history of substance abuse concerns, with his ex-wife telling the FBI he "drinks more often than he doesn't," and former Fox News colleagues reporting he reeked of alcohol before broadcasts.

He pledged abstinence ahead of his narrowly approved Senate confirmation.

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Biographer Michael Wolff addressed widespread rumors about President Donald Trump's hygiene.

Wolff revealed people constantly ask him if Trump wears adult diapers during an episode of "Inside Trump's Head," by The Daily Mail.

"There are very few conversations I ever have that are not about Donald Trump, but then the question comes up, and it's asked, always in a sincere way, as people want to know," Wolff said. "Does Donald Trump wear diapers?"

The adult-diaper rumor circulated throughout Trump's second term, fueled by concerns about his age, and has now extended to White House aide Natalie Harp after she was seen carrying a bag. Harp has been mockingly dubbed Trump's "diaper nurse."

"The follow-up question to that is, 'When you are around Donald Trump, is there a smell?'" Wolff said. "And again, this is asked not in a spirit of mockery, but in a spirit of everyone kind of believes this to be true."

"I don't know what's happened and what might have happened in two years," Wolff acknowledged.

"But certainly up until that point, the last time I was with Donald Trump, there was no odor that surrounded him."

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Court documents revealed Playboy magazine's founder and former Editor-in-Chief, Hugh Hefner, reported Jeffrey Epstein to the FBI and notified authorities that a Playmate had been sexually abused and trafficked by the financier.

Former Playboy Playmate Audra Christiansen told Hefner in 2005 she was an Epstein survivor and asked him to contact the FBI, hoping authorities would be more receptive to his call, NewsNation reported.

Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brow reported on the legal complaint filed by 34 Epstein survivors in her Substack.

The complaint against the United States in the Southern District of Florida alleges the FBI "violated mandatory policies and protocols" and "created a foreseeable zone of risk to future victims" by failing to investigate Christiansen's allegations, according to NewsNation.

"For about fifteen years, the FBI did not investigate Ms. Christiansen’s tips or follow up on her allegations," according to court documents.

Christiansen did not hear from the bureau until October 2020.

Court records state Christiansen was "raped by Epstein" and "trafficked for 10 years."

"And 'failing to investigate credible tips, such as Ms. Christiansen’s allegations, the FBI created a foreseeable zone of risk to future victims of Epstein’s sex trafficking enterprise, including Plaintiffs,' " NewsNation reported.

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The Kennedy Center board voted Thursday to inscribe "Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump" beneath the venue's main signage.

Adding the president's name back to the facade would directly circumvent a federal law banning new memorials or plaques at the performing arts center, The New York Times reported.

According to MS NOW, the resolution states, "The center desires to recognize and honor President Trump's existential and unprecedented contributions to the survival of the center by all legal means."

The move represents an end-run around a federal court order, where U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper previously ruled that only Congress has authority to rename the institution, forcing the center to remove Trump's name in June.

The board also voted to shutter the main building for two years of renovations, a plan Trump originally proposed in February.

Both decisions now face scrutiny from Judge Cooper, who previously blocked a closure attempt after finding the board's vote "ill-informed and seemingly preordained."

The resolution claims Trump made "existential and unprecedented contributions to the survival of the center."

Critics reacted swiftly, with former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta calling it "insanity" on social media and former "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd questioning Trump's self-esteem.

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Historian Heather Cox Richardson warned President Donald Trump's political coalition is falling apart.

In her latest video, Richardson cited mounting evidence of weakness both domestically and internationally.

"MAGA certainly seems to be coming apart in a lot of different ways," she said. "And what we're seeing come together is a new kind of larger democratic tent."

Domestically, Richardson cited Trump-backed candidates Mike Lindell and Rep. Andy Ogles losing primaries by significant margins as indicators of his waning endorsement power.

She also noted staff departures, including White House counsel and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, stemming from aides' reluctance to engage in legally risky activities. Additionally, she highlighted Trump's declining approval rate, explaining most Americans now describe Trump as dishonest and too old for the job and view the country as out of control.

Internationally, Trump "looks completely weak," with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly breaking with him and Iran dominating negotiations.

Richardson attributed the coalition collapse to Trump's failed 2024 promise of a "permanent realignment," arguing he couldn't hold together white supremacists, Latino voters, and young people simultaneously.

"Trump was promising everything to everybody," she said, "and it was not going to be possible."

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Jared Kushner drew sharp criticism Thursday after sharing a post on social media.

"Six years ago, President Trump launched the Abraham Accords and opened a new chapter of peace, partnership, and prosperity in the Middle East," Kushner began.

He then claimed Trump delivered what many said was impossible.

"What began as a bold vision has delivered billions in trade, joint innovation, new friendships and partnerships, and a powerful alternative to the failed approaches of the past."

Despite Trump's son-in-law's claims, Trump launched strikes against Iran on February 28, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior military figures, igniting a regional conflict that has drawn in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen. Including Israel's separate war in Lebanon has killed more than 4,300 people, including at least 253 children.

Critics reacted.

Former President Barack Obama's national security spokesman Tommy Vietor replied, "Yes the Middle East has been so peaceful since the signing of the Abraham Accords. No new wars. No slaughter of innocent people."

Former diplomat Alan Eyre wrote, "Magical thinking is the new norm in this US administration."

According to CNN, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed with U.S.-Iran negotiations stalled.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced she is abandoning her official role to become an informal adviser to President Donald Trump.

The move raised concerns during an MS NOW’s “On The Line” panel discussion with host Alicia Menendez on Thursday.

The timing coincided with Attorney General Todd Blanche's controversial memo extending executive privilege to private citizens advising the president.

Legal correspondent Lisa Rubin explained, “It remains to be seen whether a court will say that its construction of who is entitled to executive privilege is valid or not.”

“But, at least as the DOJ considers it, is Karoline Leavitt, an outside adviser when she leaves the presidency, the presidential administration, and continues to talk to Trump on the phone and give him advice?"

Menendez compared the development to giving out cars, suggesting Trump officials now receive legal shields they previously lacked.

Conservative critic Amanda Carpenter suggested, “What Trump is trying to do here, and through this memo is shield any kind of accountability that may come later. I view this as a kind of preemptive strike against any accountability that might come after the midterm elections.”

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Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller erupted on Fox News Wednesday.

In conversation with anchor Will Cain, Miller accused Democrats of obstructing Trump administration policies on immigration, border security, and ideology.

"Everything he's done to try to dismantle that ideology, the left is taking him to court. Every beautiful thing he wants to build, they want to block. Every mile of the border he wants to secure, they want to stop. Every illegal alien he wants to deport, they want to keep here," Miller said.

The comments sparked immediate backlash on social media, with critics noting the irony given President Donald Trump's own history of sexual misconduct allegations and the GOP's protection of accused abusers, The 19th reported.

Mehdi Hasan, former MS NOW commentator and founder of Zeteo News, wrote, "Putrid and hateful guy who works for an adjudicated sexual abuser has views."

Democratic strategist Leslie Marshall pointed out, "Republicans won't investigate or prosecute anyone in the Epstein Files. Ken Paxton let a pedophile off the hook with a slap on the wrist, and he doesn't even have to register as a sex offender in Dallas, and Max Miller's still in office."

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