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MSNBC's primetime show bleeds viewers as Rachel Maddow steps away

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki failed to keep a grip on Rachel Maddow's 9 p.m. MSNBC audience when the network began its revamped primetime lineup on May 6, data from Nielsen Media Research showed.

Maddow's show ran Monday through Friday during President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, then tapered off to just Mondays. Psaki filled the Tuesday through Friday slots, where she managed to lose just about half of Maddow's nightly viewers, Fox News reported.

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Navy considers removing civil rights leaders' names from ships

In its continued attempt to erase diversity, equity, and inclusion from U.S. history, the Trump administration is planning to rename several navy ships currently titled for civil rights leaders like Harvey Milk, Thurgood Marshall and Harriet Tubman, among others, CBS News reported.

The first ship to be renamed, according to documents reviewed by CBS, is the USNS Harvey Milk, which honors the navy veteran and the first openly gay politician in California's history. Milk was assassinated while serving on San Francisco's board of supervisors in 1978 and became an LGBTQ icon.

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Experts suspect Clarence Thomas fears Trump will replace him with 'hack'

Speculation abounds as to whether 76-year-old Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will retire anytime soon, paving the way for President Donald Trump to appoint a justice openly willing to carry out his agenda, Newsweek reported.

Experts began discussing the idea more fervently after Trump picked a fight with the conservative Federalist Society and its co-founder Leonard Leo over the current justices failing to fall in line.

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'Reign of corruption' revealed as Senate Dems share Musk 'dodgy dealings' list

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has issued a new report raising questions of "corruption, ethics, and conflicts of interest" perpetuated during Elon Musk's time heading up President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, according to a preview by Rolling Stone.

The report, titled “Special Interests Over the Public Interest: Elon Musk’s 130 Days in the Trump Administration,” features a list of 130 questionable actions by Musk, his companies, and family members that culminated in a "reign of corruption," according to senior writer Tim Dickinson.

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Stephen Miller 'ripped into' ICE for not targeting immigrants at '7-Eleven'

During a tense meeting with ICE officials, Trump aide Stephen Miller strongly suggested that agents target convenience stores for undocumented migrants in an effort to up their arrest tallies, according to a report in The Washington Examiner.

The outlet spoke with three current and former federal immigration officials who recounted how Miller upbraided about a dozen ICE agents for their low deportation numbers and suggested where they might find more potential marks.

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'Growing alienation': Fetterman praises Trump as GOP openly woos him

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) continued to rankle fellow Democrats Monday by appearing at a bipartisan event in Boston as Republicans try to woo him to join their side of the aisle, according to a report in The Washington Post.

Fetterman, whose mental health struggles came under renewed scrutiny in a recent New York Magazine article, appeared alongside Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) at an event celebrating bipartisanship.

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Trump just picked the 'wrong target' by turning on staunch ally: report

President Donald Trump is being warned that he "chose the wrong targets" when he went after the powerful Federalist Society and its co-founder as part of his war on judges who refuse to bend to his will, according to a political science professor writing for MSNBC.

The Federalist Society and co-founder Leonard Leo helped Trump choose Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett during his first term.

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'Saying quiet part out loud': Trump aide's barely hidden threat scares analyst

Trump aide Stephen Miller has issued a direct threat to the courts that they need to fall in line with the administration's extreme deportation policies — or else, according to an article in Slate.

Miller's warning revolved around habeas corpus, a person's constitutional right to have their detention by authorities justified before a judge. In cases like the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was shipped off to an El Salvador prison without a court hearing, habeas corpus was clearly ignored, the article argued.

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Trump is handing China a 'golden opportunity' to invade Taiwan: expert

Donald Trump's inability to manage affairs with China is creating an opportunity for the superpower to eventually invade Taiwan without fear of U.S. intervention.

That is according to longtime foreign affairs correspondent Simon Tisdale in a column published on June 1 in the Guardian.

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Paris Holocaust memorial, synagogues vandalised

France's Holocaust memorial and three Paris synagogues and a restaurant were vandalised with paint overnight Saturday, in what the Israeli embassy denounced as a "coordinated anti-Semitic attack".

An investigation has been opened into "damage committed on grounds of religion", the Paris public prosecutor's office said. No arrests have been made.

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Trump's intel chief scrambling for ways to get him to pay attention: NBC

Donald Trump's national intelligence director is bumping into a similar problem faced by her predecessors -- how to get and keep his attention when it pertains to important matters.

According to a report from NBC News on Saturday, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has been seeking help from former intel officials on how to keep Trump, who will turn 79 in June, focused on his President’s Daily Briefs (PDBs).

The report notes that Gabbard is seeking "steps she could take to tailor the briefing ... to Trump’s policy interests and habits."

EXCLUSIVE: Trump accused of new grift that puts Qatari plane in shade

Reporting that PDB is currently a written digital document with pictures, there is a feeling Trump is not invested with one insider admitting, "The problem with Trump is that he doesn’t read. He’s on broadcast all the time.”

With that in mind, NBC News is reporting there have been suggestions about converting his briefing into one "made to look and feel like a Fox News broadcast," according to multiple sources.

"Under that concept as it has been discussed, the national intelligence director’s office could hire a Fox News producer to produce it and one of the network’s personalities to present it; Trump, an avid Fox News viewer, could then watch the broadcast PDB whenever he wanted," the report states before adding, "A new PDB could include not only graphics and pictures but also maps with animated representations of exploding bombs, similar to a video game, another one of the people with knowledge of the discussions said."

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'Masterpiece of bad taste': Trump's pride and joy torn apart by expert

President Donald Trump may not be a devotee of history in the classical sense, but he does seem obsessed with emulating one of France's flashiest monarchs, according to a new report.

Historian David Harrison wrote in Slate that Trump's love of all things gilded puts him on par with King Louis XIV, better known as "The Sun King."

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'Sore subject': White House confirms physical brawl between key Trump allies

A physical altercation between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent precipitated the Tesla founder's quick ouster from the Trump administration, according to a report.

The incident was previously reported as a "screaming match" between the two men, but the physical aspect has since been confirmed by The White House.

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