December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM EST
'Very aggressive': Congresswoman says she was pepper-sprayed by federal agents

U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of pepper-spraying her in her face while she was at a local Tucson, Arizona restaurant. Rep. Grijalva in a video on social media said she saw about 40 mostly-masked ICE agents at a restaurant she frequents weekly.

December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM EST
'Final warning': MAGA gives ultimatum to Republican holdouts bucking Trump

Several groups affiliated with President Donald Trump's MAGA movement are now applying pressure to Republican state legislators in Indiana, who have yet to pass a heavily gerrymandered congressional redistricting map. Politico reported Friday that Turning Point Action -- the electoral arm of slain MAGA activist Charlie Kirk's organization -- is descending on the Hoosier State to push Indiana state senators to approve the map after previous attempts failed. The group pledged to spend more than $10 million to run candidates in Republican primaries if sitting GOP lawmakers didn't vote in favor of the new maps.

December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM EST
'We need to acknowledge that': Fox panelist says Trump's policies hurting small businesses

President Donald Trump's policies are hurting small businesses in the U.S., and one Fox Business commentator thinks it's time they start talking about it. Marcus Lemonis, the co-founder of Camping World and chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond, appeared on Friday's episode of "The Big Money Show" for a segment about the increase in bankruptcies for "mom-and-pop businesses" during Trump's first year in office. They increased to 2,221 businesses, up 8 percent from last year.

December 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM EST
Legal experts trash Supreme Court for 'really unnecessary' birthright citizenship case

Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court dodged consideration of the constitutional right to citizenship allotted to those born on American soil. Rather than striking down the guarantees in the 14th Amendment, the high court ruled that nationwide injunctions were the problem in this case. Now that they intend to take a crack at birthright citizenship, some legal experts are growing nervous and annoyed. "It cannot be said enough, and should be shouted from the rooftops: this is a fake legal issue that's been backstopped by on-demand scholarship from academics who are part of the same project as the conservative justices. The 'authority' they will cite is no better than citing AI slop," blasted civil rights lawyer Joshua Erlich on Bluesky.

December 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM EST
'No basis in reality': Wall Street Investor debunks Trump's 'absurd' claims about economy

President Donald Trump's claims about taming inflation have "no basis in reality," according to an analysis prominent Wall Street investor Steven Rattner gave on MS NOW Friday. Rattner is a veteran financial analyst, commentator and investor, and previously served as a prominent economic adviser to former President Barack Obama. He is also a frequent contributor for MS NOW, where he broke down Trump's claims about inflation and affordability at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. Among many other things, Trump claimed to have "fixed inflation," which he blamed entirely on former President Joe Biden, that he inherited the "worst inflation in history" and that persistent concerns about "affordability" were a "con job" perpetuated against his administration by Democrats.

December 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM EST
Republican delivers harsh assessment of Trump's 'negotiators'

Retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) offered harsh criticism of the Trump administration's failed negotiations with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Bacon, a prominent critic of Trump's approach to the Russia-Ukraine war, has previously urged "moral clarity" and accused the Trump administration of sending "mixed signals" and appeasing Russia.

December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM EST
Marine Corps veteran: 'Hard for me to watch' Trump admin's 'barbaric behavior'

President Donald Trump's boat strikes and their accompanying drone footage "snuff films" are not just objectionable from a legal standpoints, according to one Marine Corps veterans, they are also a failing of moral leadership that are "wounding" the country's soul. Phil Klay is a celebrated author known for his most recent novel, Missionaries , as well as a former member of the Marine Corps. Writing for the New York Times' opinion section' opinion section on Friday, he detailed the deeper moral rot inherent in the Trump administration's military strikes against alleged drug smuggler boats.

December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM EST
Trump's own agencies are pointing fingers at each other to blame for arrest flubs

Two federal agencies under President Donald Trump are pointing fingers at each other after another major arrest flub. The Miami Herald's David Goodhue broke a story this week of a U.S. citizen being pulled from a car and detained. The woman was driving her boyfriend's car, and since he is an undocumented immigrant, they were after him.

December 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM EST
Did Trump inadvertently pardon the J6 pipe bomber?

CNN reports Brian Cole Jr., the suspect arrested in the nearly five-year investigation into who planted two viable pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol on the eve of the January 6, 2021 attack, was a supporter of President Donald Trump and a believer in his election conspiracy theories. And now, some critics are wondering whether his involvement in activities related to the insurrection grant him a pardon. On January 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, Trump issued a sweeping clemency proclamation that effectively pardoned nearly all of the approximately 1,600 people charged or convicted for offenses related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM EST
Trump DOJ asks judge to jail Jan. 6 defendant after being caught near top Democrat's home

One pardoned January 6 defendant has attracted the attention of President Donald Trump's Department of Justice after he was seen in the vicinity of a high-ranking congressional Democrat's home. Politico reported Thursday that 37 year-old Taylor Taranto, who received a pardon from Trump on the first day of his second term along with the other roughly 1,500 participants in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, was recently caught wandering the neighborhood of Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee. Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to have Taranto incarcerated.

December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM EST
'79 year-old kid': Joe Rogan mocks Trump's 'ridiculous' texting style

Podcaster Joe Rogan recently revealed that President Donald Trump often sends him text messages out of the blue, and ridiculed his style as childish. That's according to a Thursday article in The Daily Beast, which reported that Rogan said the president texts like a "79 year-old kid" while interviewing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on his podcast. He further described him as "an odd guy."

December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM EST
Trump DOJ 'failed' to clear 'low bar' in convincing grand jury to re-indict New York AG

Despite President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) promising to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), a Virginia grand jury has declined to return an indictment. CNN reported Thursday that despite a judge dismissing the criminal charges against James just 10 days ago, the DOJ's latest attempt to re-indict New York's top law enforcement official has failed. Prosecutors have been attempting to indict James on charges of mortgage fraud after Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue James and other political opponents.