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Republicans voted to eliminate federal funding for public radio as part of President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" of tax cuts last year — and now some of them want to step in and save the rural and tribal radio stations endangered by this decision.

According to a new report by NOTUS, "Some Republican lawmakers say they’re requesting government funding to save rural and Native American public radio stations nearly a year after the GOP-led Congress voted to claw back public broadcasting funds. Most tribal radio stations will gradually close across the country if Congress doesn’t grant them more funding, according to a survey shared with NOTUS of tribal stations affected by last year’s gutting of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB."

A former federal prosecutor was beside himself on Monday while he discussed a report on the latest court drama regarding President Donald Trump's ballroom project.

Glenn Kirschner discussed a recent CBS News report on Monday detailing a suspicious court filing submitted by Trump's Department of Justice on a new episode of his podcast, "Justice Matters." The report seemed to indicate that the president might be "picking up his beloved Sharpie and making some edits or additions to those court filings before they're submitted to the judge," according to Kirschner.

At a Democrat-led Congressional hearing in late February, children’s author and former TV writer Bess Kalb used a previously unreported incident in Clancy, where she had to cancel a book reading event, to illustrate a point about the broader impacts of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on the First Amendment.

Saying on Feb. 24 it was the first time she was speaking about it publicly, Kalb stated a book reading event at a school in Montana was canceled after parent pushback. The Daily Montanan has since learned the event was scheduled for Clancy School District, and was canceled out of an abundance of caution after Kalb’s publisher learned from the school that parents were upset with some of Kalb’s previous work as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel, best known for his work as a late-night comedian.

The Supreme Court's silence on a key issue has sent a "chilling message" to women across America, according to one expert.

For years, the Supreme Court has seemed reluctant to address questions surrounding qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that shields police officers and other law enforcement officials from damages in civil lawsuits. That refusal has put women who seek abortion care into a corner when their rights are violated, even in instances where they are supposed to be protected by state law, according to Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis and an abortion care historian.

Newly-appointed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin floated a new way in an interview on Fox News to punish cities that don't agree to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement round up residents for mass deportation: strip staffing from their international ports of entry.

"I believe sanctuary cities is (sic) not lawful," Mullin told Fox News' Bret Baier. "Some of these cities have international airports. If they are a sanctuary city, should they really be processing customs into their city? We need to have a really hard look at that."

Democrats remain stuck with weak favorability numbers despite winning a series of special elections and being poised in most polls to win the midterm elections in November, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville told MS NOW's Ari Melber on Monday.

But there's a simple reason for that, and an equally simple way they can fix the problem, he added.

A House Democrat on Monday announced her intentions to introduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran.

Rep. Yassamin Ansari posted on X that Trump's recent threats to strike civilian infrastructure in Iran if the regime does not agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, combined with Hegseth's refusal to stop the president, inspired her move.

Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville told MS NOW's Ari Melber on Monday that President Donald Trump is reaching all-time lows with the public — and upcoming elections give Democrats a chance to twist the knife.

Carville and Melber focused in particular on a moment at Trump's latest press event when he walked out on a question about gas prices spiking.

A Democratic governor unloaded on Republicans who claim their policies are leading to lower energy prices for everyday Americans.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis discussed energy prices in a new episode of the "Politico Energy Podcast" with host Zack Colman on Monday, arguing that President Donald Trump's tariffs, the war in Iran, and expiring energy tax credits have driven energy prices higher for ratepayers.

President Donald Trump's assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, attended the wedding ceremony of Caroline Wren, a prominent activist who helped organize the key January 6 rally affiliated with the "Stop the Steal" conspiracy theory movement.

According to liberal elections outlet Democracy Docket, "Photos posted to social media show Dhillon celebrating aboard a yacht alongside Wren during the Palm Beach wedding festivities — a gathering that brought together figures from Trump-aligned political circles. In one image, Dhillon poses arm-in-arm with Wren, who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021 “Save America” rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol."

A prominent psychologist shared a startling warning about President Donald Trump's newest addiction during a live podcast interview on Monday.

Dr. John Gartner, a former professor at Johns Hopkins University, discussed Trump's "rapidly declining" mental state on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" with host Joanna Coles. He argued that Trump's sense of grandiosity is becoming more "inflamed," which has led the president to develop a new addiction to scaring people and starting wars.