June 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM EDT
'Angry and sulking' Trump is clearly lashing out: report

Charlie Sykes, former editor of the conservative Bulwark, says a convergence of problems are descending on President Donald Trump, and the aging, frustrated president is clearly showing his anger. When Trump brazenly admitted that "I love the inflation" it was not the low point of his day, said Sykes.

June 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM EDT
Steve Schmidt details the 'real danger' that grips Trump's America

Political strategist Steve Schmidt warns that in Donald Trump's America, shame -- "one of freedom's guardians" -- has vanished. Humiliation now reads as a "badge of honor." Conscience has curdled into "inconvenience." Schmidt argues the result is institutional erosion and real danger to society. "There was a time in America when public disgrace meant something," says Schmidt at The Warning. "A man caught lying to the public would resign. A politician caught in corruption would retreat from public life. A leader who dishonored his office would feel the sting of judgment from neighbors, colleagues, family members and strangers."

June 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM EDT
Republicans have a 'delusional' new message as costs skyrocket

According to a new analysis by the Washington Post , Republican lawmakers are trying a new approach to how they discuss gas prices. Essentially, it comes down to insisting that, regardless of what Democrats tell you, high costs are good, actually. As Post Early Brief contributors Matthew Choi and Dan Merica note, "For years, lowering gas prices was one of the central promises of Republican campaigns. The prices of the Biden years were astronomical and ruinous, Republicans would say, caused by Democrats' aggressive climate agenda that limited American drilling." During the second half of Biden's administration, one could hardly find a gas pump that didn't have a Biden "I did that" sticker pointing to the price.

June 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM EDT
Court documents expose eye-watering price tag of Trump's White House cage fight

President Donald Trump will hold a UFC fight card on the White House grounds to ring in his birthday this weekend, and as The Hill reported this week, newly released court documents have exposed the eye-watering price tag that the event has cost, so far. Thanks in large part to Trump's friendship with UFC CEO and longtime political supporter Dana White, the UFC Freedom 250 show is set to take place at the White House on Sunday, June 14. The event, which has become a lightning rod for criticism and controversy, has necessitated the construction of a 5,000-seat venue, complete with a massive ring and lighting structure, amping up critiques about Trump's desecration of the White House.

June 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM EDT
'Knives are out' as 'angry and insular mood' grips Trump White House: MAGA insiders

Many national security experts continue to sound the alarm about Acting National Intelligence Director Bill Pulte, warning that he in a vitally important position despite an obvious lack of intel experience. But President Donald Trump is doubling down on his support for Pulte, which, according to Politico reporters Dasha Burns and Adam Wren, reflects the "angry" climate in the Trump White House. "The ascension of Bill Pulte is a clear sign of the recent mood inside Donald Trump's White House: angry, insular, grievance-driven and increasingly shaped by a group of loyalists with direct access to the president," Burns and Wren report in a Thursday morning column for Politico Playbook. "For days, Senate Republicans hoped the administration would find an off-ramp to the standoff, name a permanent nominee to replace Pulte as director of national intelligence, and clear the way to reauthorize FISA Section 702 before it expires on Friday."

June 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM EDT
Pentagon on lockdown over 'hazardous material incident'

Editor's Note: CNN reports as of noon E.S.T. that the Pentagon lockdown is over and was a false alarm. Chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller told CNN that after the anthrax attacks in the early 2000s, sensors were put in to detect things in the air. Miller explained that a cleaning substance could ultimately be flagged because it's so sensitive. He explained that false positives happen more often than not.

June 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM EDT
'That's absolutely not true': GOP pundit's blame game gets pounced by panel

Republican pundit and Trump supporter Scott Jennings suffered an odd moment of silence after CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and Democratic strategist Karen Finney corrected his claim that inflation numbers today are better than they were under former president Joe Biden. Collins asked Jennings point blank for his take on President Donald Trump's claim to "love" inflation""even as it plagues voters seeing $70 vehicle fill-ups and $500 increase in monthly grocery bills.

June 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM EDT
This group Trump is trying to silence could hammer him in the South: report

President Donald Trump and his conservative Supreme Court, which recently gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act, has in theory disempowered Black voters -- but he may actually have stirred them to action. "Democrats may have been rightly apoplectic with the Supreme Court's ruling gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act""and the rush to carve up the electoral power of black voters in the South that followed," wrote The Bulwark's Lauren Egan on Wednesday. "But in the short term, they have begun to see political opportunity."

June 10, 2026 at 9:05 PM EDT
MAGA official accuses Trump of meddling in county elections: report

President Donald Trump is apparently tampering so thoroughly in elections that even a staunchly MAGA official is raising alarms about it. "[Maricopa County Attorney Rachel] Mitchell garnered national attention after Senate Republicans tapped her to question Christine Blasey Ford during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process after Ford alleged that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as a teenager," wrote MS NOW's Ja'han Jones on Wednesday. "Kavanaugh has flatly denied the allegation."

June 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM EDT
Voters dumped Trump's gerrymander guy in this deep red state: report

While an endorsement from President Donald Trump can make or break Republicans in some state primaries, sticking to the president's side may not be enough to pull you through by itself, reports the State. Such appears to be the case for freshman state Rep. Luke Rankin, R-Laurens, who lost his bid for reelection on Tuesday, even after sponsoring Trump's failed legislation to redraw South Carolina's congressional maps just weeks earlier.

June 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM EDT
Trump sneak-kills Mamdani meeting with international leader

President Donald Trump reportedly squashed a potential meeting between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, even though Petro is not regarded as a persona non grata by the US government. "New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was planning to hold his first meeting with a foreign leader this week, but the Trump administration effectively nixed it in a behind-the-scenes effort that marks a new flashpoint between the mayor and President Donald Trump, said four people familiar with the matter," reported The Washington Post's John Hudson and Isaac Arnsdorf on Wednesday.

June 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM EDT
Anchor blasts Trump's 'baloney' ploy to blame others for inflation

MS NOW anchor Nicole Wallace had no patience for President Donald Trump's officials stretching themselves to blame president Biden for Trump's self-created inflationary mess. And her argument was buttressed by a host of agreement from politicians and assorted politicos. "A gallon of milk can cost $10 if it's organic and non-organic is like $6. " You don't have to be particularly price sensitive to know that the price of everything is through the roof. I mean, gas is up. You don't have to drive a truck to know that diesel is through the roof," ranted Wallace, speaking of Trump's helpless ignorance inside his own "feedback loop."