May 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM EDT
'Truly chilling': House Dem rips MAGA prosecutor after she indicts sitting congresswoman

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) strongly criticized Alina Habba, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, for filing criminal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), calling the move "truly chilling." The Justice Department announced on Monday that it has filed charges against McIver, accusing her of assaulting law enforcement officers earlier this month at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Newark.

May 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM EDT
This 'fourth branch of the government' could be what dooms Trump's bill: analysis

President Donald Trump's hopes of passing the bulk of his agenda in one "big, beautiful bill" may be in the hands of not House or Senate Republicans, but a specific group of investors. That's according to financial journalist and former McKinsey analyst Brett Arends, who wrote in MarketWatch on Monday that there is a "fourth branch of government" Trump hasn't yet considered. Arends opined that the bond market could end up deciding whether the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress will pass the major budget bill currently being negotiated in the House of Representatives, or if it dies on the vine.

May 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM EDT
'Incapable of empathy': Trump slammed for 'disgusting' remarks on Biden's cancer diagnosis

While speaking to reporters Monday, President Donald Trump expressed surprise over the recent disclosure of former President Joe Biden's advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, suggesting that it could have been present for several years. Despite initially offering well-wishes to the Biden family in response to a question, Trump hinted that the information might have been withheld during Biden's presidency.

May 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT
'They will be sorry': 3 wildest moments from James Comey's interview with Nicolle Wallace

James Comey, who was the director of the FBI under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, is now giving his frank assessment of his former boss' second term -- and insisting that he's not backing down despite facing a potential criminal prosecution. Comey's Monday interview with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace was his first national TV appearance after being questioned by the Secret Service over a social media post from last week that Trump argued was a threat against his life. The post in question was of seashells spelling out "8647," with "86" being a restaurant term for removing an item from a menu after the kitchen runs out of ingredients, and "47" signifying Trump, who is the 47th president of the United States.

May 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM EDT
'Think hard': GOP senator threatens Walmart over price increase

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said Monday Walmart will have to be "very careful" and "think hard" while making decisions about raising prices in light of President Donald Trump's tariffs. During an appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box , Hagerty was asked about Trump's recent criticism of Walmart's plans to raise prices. The retail giant's CFO had warned that consumers might see higher prices on products as soon as June due to increased tariffs on imported goods.

May 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM EDT
'You have to be honest': MAGA senator slams Trump's massive bill to far-right radio hosts

Despite having Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress, President Donald Trump may not get to sign his so-called "big, beautiful bill" due to opposition from within his own party. During a Monday interview with conservative radio hosts Buck Sexton and Clay Travis (who are considered the direct successors of far-right talk radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh), Sen. Ron Johnson didn't hold back in expressing his opposition to the bill in its current form. Johnson -- who has previously called for the bill to be broken up into multiple pieces of legislation - told Sexton and Travis that he felt the bill was fiscally irresponsible.

May 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM EDT
'Weird': Far-right reporter with White House press room credentials asks 'insane' question

During a White House press briefing on Monday, a journalist from the far-right website ZeroHudge, seated in the newly designated "new media" section, posed an unusual question to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt regarding the Department of Justice's handling of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. Cosgrove referenced the conspiracy theory known as the "Clinton body count," which suggests that numerous individuals connected to the Clintons have died under suspicious circumstances. He specifically mentioned the death of Mark Middleton, a former Bill Clinton aide, who was found dead on a Clinton Foundation property. Cosgrove then inquired when the Justice Department would release additional files pertaining to Epstein's case, particularly those that might reveal connections to intelligence agencies or blackmail activities.

May 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM EDT
Republicans 'slow-walking into a disaster in Texas': officials

Controversial Republican firebrand and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is polling ahead of his soft-toned GOP rival Sen. John Cornyn, but Republican officials are not happy with his impending victory. "It feels like Republicans are slow-walking into a disaster in Texas," one senior Senate GOP aide told NOTUS. "Right now, it doesn't look like John Cornyn has a path to victory against Ken Paxton, and Ken Paxton is completely capable of blowing a competitive general election. It's fair to say folks on the Hill are getting concerned."

May 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM EDT
'Part of the economy': Florida Republicans beg Trump to change key policy

The Hill reports some Miami-area Republicans are pushing back against President Donald Trump's blanket rescission of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a program that protects significant portions of Florida's community from deportation. "Obviously I understand what the president is doing and the administration is doing," Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) told The Hill. "But logic would tell you that you probably have a better chance to have legitimate asylum claims if you're coming from places like Cuba, Venezuela."

May 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM EDT
'Magic' and conspiracy theories: GOP bills banning 'weather manipulation' advance in red state

Two bills to ban weather modification in Louisiana have quietly moved their way through the state legislature this session, as a cohort of other states have moved to do the same with technology that purports to encourage rain or alter temperature. Senate Bill 46, sponsored by Sen. "Big Mike" Fesi, R-Houma, and House Bill 608, by Rep. Kim Coates, R-Ponchatoula, would ban the intentional release of chemicals into the atmosphere to alter the weather or climate. Coates' measure includes a $200,000 fine for any violation.

May 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM EDT
'Everybody loses': Robert Reich warns Trump's 'trade war' will bring 'the end of the American hegemony'

Liberal economist Robert Reich has been a scathing critic of President Donald Trump's steep new tariffs, warning that a wide variety of goods imported into the United States will soar in price in the weeks and months ahead. During an appearance on CNBC's "The Bottom Line," posted on May 19, Reich warned that higher prices won't be the only negative result of Trump's tariffs. The U.S. dollar, according to Reich, may cease to be the reserve currency -- which would significantly decrease American influence in the world and bring about "the end of the American hegemony."

May 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM EDT
'Debt bomb': Morning Joe explains why Moody's downgrade is 'siren going off' for US economy

The U.S. economy received some more bad news on Friday, May 16 when Moody's Analytics downgraded the United States' credit rating, noting the country's growing national debt -- which is up to $36 trillion. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was dismissive of the downgrade's importance, describing it as a "lagging indicator" and commenting, "Who cares?"