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Kash Patel may have violated FBI rules as locker room antics 'disgust' agency insiders: MS NOW

Count current and former FBI officials among those who were appalled watching FBI Director Kash Patel chugging beer and partying with the Olympic hockey team in Italy, as if he had some part in their 2-1 overtime victory over Canada.

According to MS NOW’s Ken Dilanian, Patel claimed he had important business in Italy, and it was just a coincidence that the Winter Olympics, awarded to Milan in 2019, happened to be running concurrently.

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Secret Epstein lockers could hold stash of files that have never been seen: report

Late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reportedly had six secret lockers that have never been searched, according to reports Monday.

A report from The Telegraph found that Epstein apparently paid private investigators to remove computers and photographs from his Florida home, including computers from his private island in the Caribbean, and hide the items in an attempt to obstruct investigators. Credit card payments for the storage units continued through 2019, the year he died while awaiting trial on federal charges related to his exploitation of underage girls.

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'Unpredictable' Trump's 'impossible' Iran dream is threatening a bloodbath: expert

Donald Trump's long-term plan for Iran may not be as achievable as the president wants it to be, according to a political analyst.

Professor Anthony Glees believes the Trump administration is looking to topple the Iranian government and bring about a friendlier relationship between Iran and the US as a result. This would be a tall order for the president's team, though, as Glees notes that finding a suitable replacement for ayatollah Ali Khamenei after the military action would be hard.

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Alarm as 'unknown' company with deep Trump links in running for $25B government deal

An 'unknown' nuclear industry company with ties to Trump donors — that has never completed a nuclear energy project — has been under consideration for a $25 billion contract in a trade deal orchestrated between President Donald Trump and Japan, Politico reported Monday.

It's "a prospect that’s raising red flags among some U.S. investors" as the three-year-old company Entra1 Energy — with apparently less than five employees and a headquarters at a Houston WeWork — could be a finalist to develop new energy infrastructure with some of the $550 billion Japan's government promised to steer clear of Trump's tariffs, Politico reported.

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Republicans 'in for a world of hurt' after 'killer' Trump poll: conservative analyst

During an appearance on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” conservative journalist David Drucker suggested that, unless the Donald Trump White House makes a radical U-turn on some of his least popular policies, the Republican caucus can expect an apocalypse in November when voters go to the polls.

After co-host Jonathan Lemire reported the GOP lawmakers are likely “slamming their heads on their desks” after the president insisted he will bring back his unpopular tariffs after Friday’s Supreme Court 6-3 smack-down, Drucker agreed and cited a new Washington Post/ABC News/ IPSOS poll that shows the president’s approval numbers are in a death spiral.

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Trump brags Supreme Court just gave him 'license to do absolutely terrible things'

Donald Trump continued his war on the Supreme Court early Monday, apparently still smarting from the bruising landmark 6-3 decision limiting his ability to levy tariffs that was handed down on Friday.

After lashing out at the six justices who did not bend to his will at an impromptu White House press conference, calling the ruling a “disgrace to our nation,” he opened up a new front and insisted the nation’s highest court had already given him free rein to do as he pleases.

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Expert flags 'turning point' that could lead to key Trump official's impeachment

Attorney General Pam Bondi may be much closer to being impeached than she thinks, according to one expert.

About two weeks ago, Bondi attended a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee about the Trump Department of Justice's efforts to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, as they are required to do by federal law. Bondi appeared combative during the hearing and refused to acknowledge survivors of Epstein's crimes.

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Critics say Trump's 'frankly unreal' Greenland post shows he's 'suffering from dementia'

President Donald Trump made the bizarre announcement Saturday that he would be sending a hospital ship to Greenland on an apparent humanitarian mission, and with no explanation for what prompted the expedition – but critics have zeroed in on what they say is “almost certainly” the cause for the president’s confusing statement.

There is no documented health crisis in Greenland, a territory of Denmark, with all of its citizens entitled to universal health care that’s free at the point of service, as it is in most moderately wealthy nations other than the United States. Nevertheless, Trump suggested that he would be deploying the USNS Mercy to the arctic island, and that the hospital ship was already “on the way.”

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Legal tourist's vacation turns into six-week nightmare in ICE center: 'I want to go home'

A tourist from the United Kingdom to the United States is sounding the alarm and warning others after her nightmare ICE experience.

The Guardian heading into the weekend reported on the story of Karen Newton, who found herself in ICE custody for six weeks despite being a legal visitor.

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Historian breathes sigh of relief over Trump's crippling blow: 'James Madison is smiling'

A historian Friday described the historic impact of the Supreme Court's decision in its ruling against President Donald Trump's tariffs — something the nation's founders would have appreciated.

Tim Naftali, CNN's presidential historian and former head of the Nixon Presidential Library, explained why the high court's ruling was an active practice of what the Constitution was intended to do.

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'Seething!' CNN anchors struck by Trump's fury towards Supreme Court justices

CNN hosts were taken aback by how angry President Donald Trump was Friday after the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs.

Anchors Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar were talking to senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes about Trump's reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling — and how noticeably upset he appeared to be during it. Trump called the move "deeply disappointing" during a press conference and his first public reaction to the high court's decision. He also said that the SCOTUS justices who voted against his tariffs are "barely" invited to his State of the Union address next week, saying, "I couldn't care less if they come."

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'I wanted to be a good boy': Trump gripes about Supreme Court loss despite 'modest ask'

President Donald Trump slammed liberal justices after the Supreme Court ruled against his tariffs on Friday.

In his first public comments since the decision, Trump called the high court's ruling "deeply disappointing" and described his frustration following the 6-3 vote during a White House press briefing.

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Trump in for 'rude awakening' after Supreme Court order with more losses coming: analyst

President Donald Trump could face even more legal challenges after the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs, according to an analyst.

Ken Dilanian, justice and intelligence correspondent for MS NOW, pointed to how Trump has plenty of success with the high court and previous rulings in his favor — yet not this time.

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