To know Donald Trump is to understand how tightly he controls his image and narrative in public. He means to show us: Strength. Control. Power. On Wednesday in Trump’s New York trial, Judge Juan Merchan made it clear who’s really in charge. He held Trump in criminal contempt for nine violations of a narrowly tailored gag order designed to ensure the integrity of this, the former president’s first criminal trial. That gag order prohibits Trump from “making or directing others to make public...
Former President Donald Trump loves tariffs. He absolutely goes nuts for them and has made an even sharper turn back to protectionist policies a major part of his campaign. He also has no idea how tariffs work or what function they perform and doesn’t understand how his proposed policies would pile higher costs on American consumers already frustrated with rising inflation. That’s why it’s confounding that voters somehow trust Trump to bring down prices. Trump’s latest love letter to tariffs...
Antonia Hylton, MSNBC correspondent reports live from outside Columbia University where, NBC News reports, the university has asked the City of New York for assistance, clearing the way for the NYPD to enter the campus and make arrests to clear pro-Palestine protesters. Tom Winter, NBC News investigative reporter joins Alex Wagner with further reporting as police begin to arrest students.
MSNBC Legal Contributor Katie Phang breaks down what happened during day nine of former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.
The Food and Drug Administration revealed last week that it had found traces of the bird flu virus in 20% of a nationally representative sample of commercially sold pasteurized milk. That announcement is the latest evidence that we are witnessing the uncontrolled spread of the highly pathogenic H5N1 disease. This month, bird flu, which has been found on dairy farms across nine states, was detected in a dairy worker in Texas. Dr. Barb Petersen, a dairy veterinarian in Amarillo who’d been caring...
Witness credibility is crucial at any trial. Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York is no exception. But Tuesday’s court proceedings remind us that some of the most important evidence doesn’t always come from witness testimony alone but also from documentary evidence that can’t lie or be cross-examined, like text messages. Consider the testimony of Keith Davidson, whom Manhattan prosecutors called to the stand Tuesday. The lawyer represented Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, two women who...
Vice President Kamala Harris was a guest on Monday's episode of Drew Barrymore’s self-titled talk show, where a discussion of the vice president's home life veered into cringe-worthy territory. As the two discussed her family, the vice president shared that her stepchildren lovingly refer to her as “Momala.” Barrymore then said something that just goes to show that maybe we don’t deserve nice anecdotes: Further into the discussion, the “Ever After” actor circled back to the nickname to remark...
Happy Tuesday! Here's your Tuesday Tech Drop, a roundup of the top stories at the intersection of tech and politics from the past week. She's back! Remember Nina Jancowicz? She’s the disinformation expert who came under attack from right-wingers in 2022, when the Biden administration sought to have her lead a board focused on combating the spread of disinformation online. She’s back on the scene, having recently co-founded an independent organization focused on combating the spread of harmful...
Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose successful maneuvering to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year plunged House Republicans into chaos — and made the Florida Republican deeply unpopular among his GOP colleagues — is facing a primary challenger in his re-election bid. Retired Navy aviator Aaron Dimmock filed to run against Gaetz just ahead of the deadline on Friday. According to The New York Times, the treasurer for Dimmock's campaign committee also works for American Patriots PAC, a McCarthy-aligned group...
Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Correspondent and Lachlan Cartwright, Special Correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction from Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal’s attorney testifying in the Trump Hush Money trial about the conversations they had with the National Enquirer to suppress damaging stories about Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s third presidential campaign is more hyper-reliant on endorsements from social media influencers than in years past. Trump’s recent appearance alongside boxer Ryan Garcia — who endorsed the former president — was a revealing snapshot of how his political persona has evolved since 2016. Garcia, who won his recent match against boxer Devin Haney in controversial fashion, has emerged as a right-wing conspiracy theorist in recent months. Trump, of course, is a conspiracy theorist in...
When a six-week abortion ban goes into effect in Florida on Wednesday, it will be the beginning of a race to overturn it through a ballot measure this fall. In light of the horrendous Democratic turnout in 2022, some in the Sunshine State think it may give them a lift, possibly even putting Florida in play for President Joe Biden. But if abortion-rights supporters want to pass the amendment, they'll need to set partisan politics aside and figure out how to win big. While abortion access is...