August 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM EDT
Nicolle Wallace says Trump 'acting guilty' on Epstein hints at 'iceberg under the surface'

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said Wednesday the Trump administration is "acting guilty" over the controversy related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. During the Wednesday episode of her MSNBC show, Wallacse said, "So, all the conduct that treats the people who care about this issue like babies and fools is mind"'boggling to me. Because the problem is that their desperation is showing -- they're acting guilty."

August 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM EDT
'Dumb as a post': Tuberville ripped for 'deeply shameful' claim after Army base shooting

About two hours before the suspect in Wednesday's Fort Stewart, Georgia mass shooting was identified, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was quick to blame the "radical left" for allegedly demonizing law enforcement and the military. The suspect has since been identified as a U.S. Army Sergeant at Fort Stewart. No motive is currently known. "Praying for the safety of everyone in Fort Stewart," Tuberville wrote on social media at 1:25 PM. "This is the DIRECT RESULT of the Radical Left's constant demonization of law enforcement and our military service members."

August 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM EDT
'Very jealous': Trump ally says White House secretly 'can't stand' this MAGA congresswoman

One of President Donald Trump's biggest supporters in Congress may be shocked to learn her feelings toward the president aren't reciprocal, if one of his top allies is to be believed. The Daily Beast reported Wednesday on the deposition of MAGA influencer Laura Loomer, who is suing comedian Bill Maher over his claims that she had a physical relationship with the president. Loomer alleges in her $150 million defamation lawsuit that Maher's "malicious" insinuation that she slept with Trump caused a "media frenzy" that cost her a potential job in the White House.

August 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM EDT
'Tapped out': This group will decide if the US economy ends up plunging into a recession

The U.S. middle class, long considered the backbone of consumer demand and economic stability, is now increasingly stretched and frustrated as broader economic resilience hinges on the spending power of the wealthiest Americans. In an article for the Washington Post published Wednesday, Navy Federal chief economist Heather Long argued that only a handful of "superstar" companies and wealthy consumers are propping up an otherwise fragile economy, since they're the only ones able to absorb mounting tariff"'induced costs.

August 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM EDT
Revealed: 'Irresponsible' Trump official published CIA's 'most closely guarded secrets'

The minimally redacted classified report on Russia's interference in the 2016 election that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released late last month contains information so sensitive that it could allow America's enemies to detect top-secret spying techniques and human sources, and could result in America's allies reconsidering the trust they place in the U.S. Intelligence Community, one top Democrat is warning.

August 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM EDT
'You really are a Dem': Conservative rep's anti-Johnson meme ignites MAGA rage

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) has a decidedly right-wing resume', from his work with the Tea Party movement to a 100 percent rating from the Gun Owners of America and the Republican Liberty Caucus. But because he doesn't rubber-stamp everything that President Donald Trump favors, many MAGA Republicans are attacking him as everything from "woke" to a RINO (Republican In Name Only). Trump was furious with Massie for voting "no" on his "big, beautiful bill." Now, angry MAGA Republicans are lashing out at Massie because of a Wednesday, August 6 post on X, formerly Twitter.

August 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM EDT
How Trump succeeded in distracting his followers from Epstein: analysis

The Washington Post reports the Trump administration "has largely succeeded in pushing the president's core supporters to back off their online obsession with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein." Analysis of far-right internet activity appears to show that while the topic is still hot in many corners of the internet, the administration's tactic of distracting its own followers with alternative headlines appears to work.

August 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM EDT
Russell Brand and 'Christian nationalism': Florida journey offers deep dive into MAGA's dark machine

For many years, Florida was considered a volatile swing state that, depending on the candidate, could go either Democrat or Republican in statewide races. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama both carried Florida twice, and in the state's 2018 gubernatorial race, Democratic former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum just barely lost to Republican now-Gov. Ron DeSantis. But since then, Florida has taken a deep-red turn. DeSantis ran as a far-right culture warrior in 2022 and was reelected by 19 percent; Donald Trump carried Florida by roughly 14 percent in 2024. And Florida has become a bastion of MAGA politics, from DeSantis to conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer to Sen. Rick Scott to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (Florida's former state attorney general) to Trump himself.

August 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM EDT
'Eyes off the prize': Robert Reich explains how Baby Boomers led to 'bully-in-chief' Trump

We speak with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich about his new memoir, Coming Up Short , which tells his life story alongside the growth of inequality in America. Reich was born in 1946 as part of the baby-boom generation that enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity and social mobility in the decades after World War II. But he says those conditions were squandered as wealth concentration grew worse, labor unions were gutted and wages stagnated -- helping to give rise to Donald Trump's brand of authoritarianism. "We allowed big money to take over," says Reich. "We, the baby boomers, although we did a lot of good things, we took for granted what we were given. " And Donald Trump is kind of the essence of what you do when you take your eyes off the prize."

August 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM EDT
'Corrupt and ill-informed': RFK Jr. ripped by experts after gutting vaccine research

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s latest attack on public health is drawing fierce backlash from medical and scientific experts after he canceled or altered nearly two dozen mRNA-related contracts""the very technology that enabled the rapid development of COVID shots credited with saving millions of lives since late 2020. Among those projects affected are ones "creating an H5N1 bird flu vaccine and developing respiratory virus therapeutics," The Washington Post reported. About $500 million in contracts are affected. The Post referred to Secretary Kennedy as "the founder of a prominent anti-vaccine group who once falsely called coronavirus shots the 'deadliest vaccine ever made.'"

August 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM EDT
Top Trump officials call emergency meeting to 'craft unified response' to Epstein: report

As the Jeffrey Epstein controversy continues to drag on, President Donald Trump's administration is now scrambling to find a way out. And according to a new report, top White House officials will soon meet to assemble a game plan on how to put the Epstein fallout behind them. CNN reported Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance will host a Wednesday night dinner at his official residence, which will be attended by White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel. According to the network's three unnamed sources, the "main focus" of the dinner will be primarily to "craft a unified response" to the administration's handling of the Epstein case.

August 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM EDT
'Going to come to blows': Georgia GOP fears MAGA infighting will cost them Senate race

The long-standing tension between President Donald Trump and Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp is well-documented. And at least one Republican strategist in the Peach State fears it's just a matter of time until their uneasy truce turns into a bitter intra-party battle. Politico reported Tuesday that the high-profile U.S. Senate race in Georgia -- in which Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) will be battling for another six-year term in a state Trump narrowly won in 2024 -- is expected to feature a highly competitive Republican primary between the Trump and Kemp wings of the Georgia GOP. Republican strategist Harrison Lance, who has not yet endorsed a primary candidate, said the temporary truce Trump struck with Georgia's term-limited governor in order to win the Peach State will almost certainly fall apart.