May 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM EDT
Finance experts warn Trump's favorite economic metric may turn south

President Donald Trump likes to brag about the stock market, but finance experts are warning that the current positive trends are likely illusory. Quoting investor Michael Burry, who famously covered the subprime mortgage crisis in the book and movie "The Big Short," Fortune senior editor-at-large Shawn Tully wrote on Wednesday that "the stock market has 'jumped the shark,' and posited that 'a complete reversal' in the soaring, tech-laden NASDAQ 100 is at hand. Burry noted the resemblance between today's price action and the waning days of the dot.com craze""adding that it's feeling like 'the last months of the 1999-2000 bubble.'"

May 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM EDT
Trump's team helpless to alert him of the 'five alarm fire' swallowing him: report

MS NOW reporter Ashley Parker says the people around President Donald Trump are desperate to convince him of the problems flaming around him, but the Trump is either unable or unwilling to focus. "Some people around the president, particularly on his political team, understand that this is a five-alarm fire, but they have not been able to get him to focus or to message it the way that they would like him to," Parker told MS NOW anchor Katy Tur and an MS NOW panel.

May 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM EDT
Red state candidate caught on camera stealing political flyer from mailbox

These days, as a candidate for the Kentucky State House learned the hard way, it's probably wise to assume that anyone's front door could be equipped with a camera. Caught red-handed stealing his opponent's campaign flyer from a porch mailbox while canvassing, Maxwell Morley fessed up on Tuesday, and had dropped out of his race by Wednesday. The theft happened while he was canvassing door to door in the Newberg neighborhood of Louisville. Captured blatantly on camera, there was little denying it. Before dropping out of the race, Morley admitted that he had "exhibited a lack of judgement."

May 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT
Low-rated 'MAGA-coded' anchor faces backlash after 60 Minutes promotion

In the wake of reports that "MAGA-coded" CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil has been assigned to the show 60 Minutes, we're learning more about the shakeup as insiders suggest that he's a "useful idiot" for those at the network who aim to promote a "Trump-friendly" narrative. According to recent reporting, CBS News chief Bari Weiss -- who has been criticized for her tendency to extend journalistic sympathy to President Donald Trump -- is "opening up 60 Minutes to the news division," which will mean appearances from CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil. As the Independent notes, this decision has raised eyebrows among those who point out that not only is Dokoupil an unpopular host, with last-place ratings among his competitors, but that he appears to be part of a blatant political project.

May 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM EDT
Trump White House plans evangelical Christian festival to 'rededicate country to God'

The Trump White House is hosting an unprecedented Christian prayer festival Sunday on the National Mall -- a nine-hour event that a Trump advisor describes as "rededicating the country to God." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and House Speaker Mike Johnson are all expected to appear. The funding for "Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving," comes in part from taxpayer dollars earmarked for America's 250th birthday celebration, organizers say, according to The Washington Post.

May 13, 2026 at 11:39 AM EDT
Gorsuch's past exposes truth behind 'nice-guy act'

Neil Gorsuch has carved out a niche for himself on the Supreme Court as one of the more reasonable conservatives on the Supreme Court. While some of these softer stances might have him in hot water with MAGA die-hards, an extensive new breakdown from Slate shows how the past exposes his "nice-guy act." Writing for the outlet on Wednesday, Susan Matthews explained how Gorsuch convinced even her experienced, anti-Trump colleagues during his 2017 confirmation hearings that he was a "thoughtful jurist," and not a "rank partisan" despite being staunchly conservative. In the years that followed, however, he has emerged as "one of the most consistently conservative justices on a very conservative court," and signed on to numerous destructive rulings.

May 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM EDT
Trump's 'addiction to conspiracy theories' keeps coming back to haunt him

President Donald Trump has a long history of promoting conspiracy theories, from the racist "birther" theory aimed at former President Barack Obama to falsely claiming that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Trump's conspiracy theories have been repeatedly debunked: Obama's birth certificate clearly show that he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961 -- not in Kenya, as Trump claimed -- and one vote recount after another confirmed that Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square.

May 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM EDT
Data analyst reveals 'dopiest decision' Trump could make after historically bad polls

CNN data analyst Harry Enten on Wednesday addressed President Donald Trump's numbers on the economy, inflation and affordability as a whole, and noted his historically bad polling when compared with former presidents, including former Presidents Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter. "These are the ugliest numbers I have ever seen on inflation. And it's not just one poll, Johnny Berman. It's many polls. Just take a look here. The President's net approval on inflation. The five worst polls ever for any president. They all belong to Donald John Trump. And they have all occurred in the last month. The CNN poll, one of them, 48 points below water on the net approval rating," said Enten, speaking to CNN co-host John Berman.

May 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM EDT
Trump biographer predicts shock Cabinet firing: 'Absolutely fatal'

A one-time biographer for President Donald Trump has predicted a shock Cabinet firing in the near future, and all for a surprising reason, which he said was "absolutely fatal": actually being competent at his job. Michael Wolff is a reporter and author known for his extensive coverage of Trump over the years, including several books about the chaos of his first administration, based on his contacts within the administration. He maintains these connections now, for the second administration, and in the latest episode of his Daily Beast podcast, "Inside Trump's Head," he argued that his long-term exposure to the president has given him a good sense of how things will proceed in the near future.

May 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM EDT
Trump forcing each taxpayer to put '$100' in his pocket -- despite a judge's orders

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is discussing settling his $10 billion lawsuit, potentially costing each taxpayer roughly $100 -- and doing so despite a judge's attempt to protect the public interest. "The Justice Department is holding internal discussions about settling President Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in the coming days, according to three people familiar with the deliberations, a move that could involve the government directly providing taxpayer funds or another public benefit to the president," reported The New York Times' Andrew Duehren and Alan Feuer on Tuesday. "Whether to settle the suit and on what terms remains up in the air. One of the settlement options the Justice Department and White House officials are reviewing is the possibility of the I.R.S. dropping any audits of Mr. Trump, his family members or businesses, according to two of the people."

May 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM EDT
Former official says he'd quit 'again' before becoming Trump's hatchet man

Former FBI acting director Brian Driscoll told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that he does not regret withholding the names of FBI officials targeted for firing because they were assigned to investigations involving President Donald Trump. Driscoll was fired in August 2025 by FBI Director Kash Patel, following his resistance to demands to turn over names of agents. Emil Bove, the acting deputy attorney general at the time, charged Driscoll to produce a list of all FBI employees, some 6,000 names, but Driscoll instead submitted identification numbers that did not contain names.

May 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM EDT
Conservative mangles 'stupid and pernicious' Trump for giving Dems Congress

Conservative Dispatch staff writer Nick Catoggio lined up a legion of lies that will inevitably be the undoing of the Republican Party in November. In addition to pushing a tariff policy that China leaders themselves praised as damaging to the U.S., Catoggio said Trump "bungled the task of taming the dragon about as thoroughly as it can be bungled, most recently by burning through weapons stockpiles in Iran that were supposed to keep China honest in the Far East. And the Chinese have noticed."