In 1974, Watergate culminated in the first-ever resignation of a sitting US president. As Richard Nixon left office, his closest advisers were in prison—or heading there. Among them were attorneys who broke the law that they had sworn to uphold, including his former attorney general John Mitchell.Ac…
To secure the coveted senior vote, President Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to protect Medicare at all costs. But now, even Republicans are saying his administration is picking one of the worst imaginable moments to throw that pledge into question.“Regardless of whether it saves some peopl…
President Donald Trump continues to lose ground with key voting groups outside of his MAGA base. It’s become so bad that CNN data analyst Harry Enten called it “laughably bad.” While the economy is slowing, inflation is on the rise. Enten was asked by host Sara Sidner just how bad things were for th…
President Donald Trump has lost again at another appeals court over the mass detention policy he’s pushed out over the past year. MS NOW producer Kyle Cheney reported that the 9th Circuit rejected U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) detention policy. It’s the fifth straight loss at an a…
On Thursday, reports indicated that President Donald Trump was “surprised” by a Wednesday-night Republican revolt, which blocked and delayed the confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Republican senators who spearheaded the move say they did so because Blanche and the White House have…
White House aides are desperate to keep President Donald Trump focused on issues that actually matter to American voters, but warn he has become “extremely distracted.” According to leaks from within the White House, Trump’s inability to stay on task suggests the alarming degree of his “physical and…
The U.S. State Department got every one of the countries on an Africa map wrong that it was highlighting for funding. According to The New Republic, the State Department flub unfolded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this week during the annual International AIDS Conference. The U.S. unveiled a map of Afr…
Following the death of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), his sister Darlene was appointed to serve in his place temporarily, drawing the support of President Donald Trump when she announced her intention to run for a full term. But according to new reporting from the Washington Post, “rather than embra…
Two U.S. Senators have said that someone at the White House is stopping President Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general from signing off on preventing the so-called “anti-weaponization fund” for MAGA allies who felt they were unfairly targeted by the U.S. government.In an earlier interview, …
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said that he was shocked by some of the documents revealed in a filing this week from former FBI Director James Comey. Speaking to host Sara Sidner on Thursday, Honig said the fact that the Department of Justice recruited help from a notorious mobster was shocking. Comey…