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'Cowardice!' Cory Booker loses it after Mike Waltz blames Biden for Signalgate

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) lashed out at Mike Waltz after he suggested former President Joe Biden's administration shared some of the blame for the so-called SignalGate scandal, where he shared secret war plans with a journalist on a group messaging app.

The New Jersey senator chewed out President Donald Trump's nominee for United Nations ambassador at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

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'Just so you know': MAGA rep schooled live on CNN as he tries to dismiss scandal

MAGA Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) wasn't convinced of the merits of appointing a special counsel to investigate the elusive Jeffrey Epstein files when asked about conservative activist Laura Loomer's suggestion on Monday.

Loomer, who appears to have President Donald Trump's ear when it comes to firing "disloyal" White House staffers, has been calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi's ouster over her bungling of the Epstein issue.

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'Laughing at us': War vet slams Trump after jarring gaffe with foreign leader

President Donald Trump had a cringeworthy moment with world leaders this week, an MSNBC panel argued on Thursday.

Trump was meeting with five African leaders, including Liberian President Joseph Boakai.

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'Go a little bit quicker': Trump scolds African leaders for talking too much

President Donald Trump scolded the leaders of several African nations because he said they were talking too much.

At a luncheon with the leaders on Wednesday, Trump spoke at length about his accomplishments before handing the floor over to the president of Mauritania. Within minutes, however, the U.S. president lost his patience and signaled for the leader to wrap up his remarks.

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'You need to shape up!' Dem senator shreds 'unprepared' Trump nominee

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) scolded President Donald Trump's nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Singapore.

During a Wednesday confirmation hearing, Duckworth expressed doubt about Anjani Sinha's ability to do the job.

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‘Our sons are not bargaining chips!’ Parents outraged at Trump deportation deal

Parents of Venezuelan immigrants deported from the United States to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison are saying that President Donald Trump is using their children as "bargaining chips," according to a new report from The New York Times.

The backlash comes at a time when U.S. and Salvadoran officials work to negotiate a prisoner swap involving "several Americans and dozens of political prisoners held in Venezuela in exchange for sending home about 250 Venezuelan migrants the United States had deported to El Salvador," the Times reported.

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'Humiliating': MSNBC panel says Putin 'laughing' at 'snowflake' Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin is laughing at President Donald Trump, said one MSNBC host on Tuesday.

Trump has been asked about Putin and the state of the war against Ukraine after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused a weapons shipment to the war-torn country.

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Republican senator blasts Trump's Pentagon over new 'mess' to 'clean up'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth halted shipments of weapons to Ukraine that were already loaded onto trucks in Europe and ready for delivery. However, on Monday night, President Donald Trump intervened and instructed the aid be sent, and Republicans are celebrating that the president is embracing a defense against Russia.

Hegseth had previously claimed that sending the weapons would jeopardize the United States' readiness, but experts disagreed, NBC News reported last week.

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'Faded away': Expert despairs as Supreme Court ends 'glimmer of independence'

Any sign that the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court were interested in checking President Donald Trump's power have subsided, legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern wrote for Slate in a scathing roundup of the court's agenda this term.

He focused particularly on the abrupt heel-turn of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's third appointee.

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Trump aide blames failed trade deals on foreign comfort: 'They have it so good'

President Donald Trump announced nearly 15 new tariffs that will take effect Aug. 1, as the countries have not been willing to make a deal with the United States.

July 9 was the initial deadline for Trump to reach 90 trade deals in 90 days, but he's looking to push that deadline back after it became clear the president couldn't meet his "deals" goal.

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Trump escalates trade war with steep new tariffs on slew of additional countries

President Donald Trump slapped a series of tariffs on several more countries Monday afternoon as the deadline for his "90 Deals in 90 Days" pledge approaches.

Trump, who penned several letters sent to leaders of Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, and South Africa, issued another list a few hours later.

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Trump uncorks massive new tariffs and sends warning shot if countries respond

President Donald Trump posted several letters he sent to the leaders of Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, and South Africa, telling them that as of Aug. 1, he will increase the tax on goods coming into the United States from their countries from 25-40%.

"If for any reason you decide to raise your tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 25% that we charge," he told the Malaysian prime minister in the letter.

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'Leave Bolsonaro alone!' Trump furious as Brazil's ex-leader faces coup trial

President Donald Trump took time on Monday to lament the trial of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, on charges of money laundering, criminal conspiracy related to undeclared diamonds and an attempted coup.

"I have watched, as has the World, as they have done nothing but come after him, day after day, night after night, month after month, year after year!" Trump exclaimed in a post on Truth Social. "He is not guilty of anything, except having fought for THE PEOPLE."

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