April 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM EDT
Trump judge deals major blow to president's voter-suppression scheme

President Donald Trump is trying to win the 2026 midterm elections by stopping voters who he fears will oppose him -- and yet his effort just suffered a major setback. "A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking access to Arizona's detailed voter registration records, dealing another blow to the Trump administration's national effort to obtain expansive voter data," Newsweek reported on Tuesday. "The ruling underscores growing judicial resistance to the administration's election"'oversight strategy, which has repeatedly been blocked over privacy and statutory concerns."

April 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM EDT
DOJ files childlike legal brief in 'Trump-speak'

President Donald Trump is using the alleged assassination attempt on Saturday to press for construction of a White House ballroom -- and a conservative-leaning editor describes the resulting legal brief as if written by a child. Quoting acting attorney general Todd Blanche, Reason senior editor Jacob Sullum wrote on Tuesday that the Trump appointee filed his brief against the National Trust for Historic Preservation. But what he describes sounds like something off Trump social media feed.

April 28, 2026 at 8:36 PM EDT
A planned hit: DOJ sources say Blanche swore a 'perp-walk' for Comey before charging him

Investigative journalist Carol D. Leonnig said interim AG director and Trump personal attorney Todd Blanche told his lieutenants that he was brewing up a 'perp-walk' for James Comey before doing it, according to anonymous sources inside the Department of Justice. "Well, how convenient for me that you would ask that question," Leonnig told MS NOW anchors when asked if Blanche's indictment of the former FBI head Comey was meant to be proof that "he can be thr AG that President Donald Trump wants.

April 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM EDT
Sour economy has busted Trump's mighty MAGA message machine: GOP strategist

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are focusing on building a $400 million White House ballroom -- even though doing so puts them out of touch with the vast majority of Americans. "This is a unique moment on a number of fronts," MS NOW analyst Cornell Belcher said on Tuesday, while citing a poll revealing 55 percent of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse. "I'm struck by that Gallup number -- it's the worst number we've seen in the last 25 years. Even in the midst of recessions, more people feel negatively about their financial situation now than any other time over the last quarter-century. Because Republicans are following Trump's lead for a $400 million ballroom, they are now politically unprepared to convince Americans to retain them in power in the 2026 midterm elections.

April 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM EDT
Republicans want out of Trump's war -- but they're trapped

President Donald Trump's war in Iran is historically unpopular, including with much of his own base -- yet according to one scholar, the American people are trapped with it. "Despite the limited number of U.S. casualties, President Trump's massive attack on Iran is one of the most unpopular wars in modern American history," wrote The Wall Street Journal's William A. Galston on Tuesday. "From the beginning, more Americans opposed the war than supported it."

April 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM EDT
Former CIA agent says indictment proves 'not one shred of decency' left in Trump lawyer

A former FBI agent and the former CIA director took turns dismantling President Donald Trump's interim AG Todd Blanche for his thin indictment of former CIA head James Comey -- allegedly for threatening Trump's life with seashells. "This should be a mournful day for our country," said Michael Feinberg a former FBI agent and legal pundit, discussing the Trump justice department's indictment of Comey. -- [W]e just saw a former assistant U.S. attorney " Todd Blanche diminish himself as a human being, as a public servant, and as an American."

April 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM EDT
Republicans break ranks: Unified GOP denounces Trump's 'terrible' fourth bailout

Semafor reports that it isn't just a smattering of Republicans who are trashing President Donald Trump's proposed bailout of Spirit Airlines. It's a united front -- and they're furious. "It's horses-"""," Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told Semafor of Trump's proposal of forcing taxpayers to invest $500 million in the failing company. "My God: 10 percent stake in Intel, 5 to 10 percent stakes in three or four mining companies, 'golden share' of US Steel -- and now a half-a-billion-dollar stake in Spirit Airlines."

April 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM EDT
King Charles delivers royal backhand to Trump in historic address

Britain's King Charles III delivered a "carefully targeted rebuff" of President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies during his historic address before Congress, Politico reports, as he lauded NATO and called for "unyielding resolve" to defend Ukraine against Russia. "British monarchs deliver their political messages in code," Politico noted, adding that "contrary to the president's repeated claims over recent weeks, NATO was in fact there to help in America's hour of need."

April 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM EDT
WSJ warns: 'Things will get worse in 2026'

Among President Donald Trump's most touted achievements is his One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Republicans championed as a means of addressing the cost-of-living crisis by lowering taxes. "The problem is that," explain two acclaimed conservative economists, "although the government is putting money back into taxpayers' pockets on the one hand via tax refunds, it is taking more money out via tariff-driven price increases, leaving Americans worse off financially."

April 28, 2026 at 11:39 AM EDT
'End of Trumpism': Focus on 'hardcore MAGA Republicans' obscures brutal reality for Trump

In recent months, President Donald Trump has seen many high-profile defections over the war in Iran, the mishandling of the Epstein files, the dismal economic situation and more, drawing criticism from the likes of longtime allies like Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and others. Trump has been dismissive of such critiques, shrugging off those who have expressed dissent as "not 'MAGA,' they're losers, just trying to latch on to MAGA." But according to political analyst Emma Ashford, the president is ignoring a key fact: that he was not brought to power by "hardcore MAGA Republicans," but rather by a broad coalition of support that's eroding fast.

April 28, 2026 at 10:46 AM EDT
'Embarrassing' legal filing defending ballroom 'appears to be dictated' by Trump himself

President Donald Trump is doubling down on his ballroom as supporters rally around the idea that life outside the White House could be too dangerous for him. So, a Trump lawyer filed a brief that at least one legal reporter is calling "embarrassing" for reading like a TruthSocial post. A Bloomberg Law and Washington Post report detailed the court filing submitted Sunday by Trump appointee Brett Shumate, saying that the National Trust for Historic Preservation should drop its lawsuit to stop the ballroom because of the incident.

April 28, 2026 at 10:31 AM EDT
Pathologist reveals what Trump's odd attire might be trying to hide

President Donald Trump's latest interview with 60 Minutes made headlines for his heated response to Norah O'Donnell's comments, but some viewers also began speculating about an odd aspect of his attire and what it means for the state of his health. One pathologist, however, put forward a much different theory, one that nonetheless did not indicate anything encouraging about his physical decline.