• Catch up on the day's news: Trump jurors sworn in, Mayorkas impeachment, space trash

    👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Lots of teenagers have a smartphone, but studies suggest that social media platforms are contributing to serious problems with depression and anxiety among young

  • Catch up on the day's news: Trump jurors sworn in, Mayorkas impeachment, space trash

    Welcome to 5 Things PM! Lots of teenagers have a smartphone, but studies

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    Catch up on the day’s news: Trump jurors sworn in, Mayorkas impeachment, space trash

    👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Lots of teenagers have a smartphone, but studies suggest that social media platforms are contributing to serious problems with depression and anxiety among young people. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt believes that kids should have little or no access to smartphones and social media until age 16. Some states are even passing laws along those lines. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things 1ïžâƒŁ Trump trial: Seven jurors were sworn in for...

  • Donald Trump Continues Altering News Articles

    Former President Donald Trump appears to be curating his own version of "fake news" for social media followers by sharing news articles that have been carefully edited to remove any unfavorable passages.Trump, who frequently rails against the press as "the enemy of the people" and often claims to be the victim of unfair reporting, has this year shared to his Truth Social account dozens of screenshots from articles altered to appear more favorable towards him.In the latest example, Trump shared...

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    With message about jurors, Trump puts his gag order to the test

    Donald Trump has an unfortunate habit, which I like to call “preemptive delegitimization.” The way it works is relatively simple: When there’s even a possibility that the former president might be held accountable for alleged wrongdoing, the Republican goes to ridiculous lengths to undermine public confidence in the process, the officials, and the institutions. The motivations behind preemptive delegitimization are obvious: If efforts to hold him accountable are inherently corrupt and...

  • Trump hit with surprise bad news at criminal trial

    President Donald Trump made history this week as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges. But he’s not only facing 34 felony charges, he now has a new problem to contend with too. This week the prosecution asked Judge Juan Merchan to sanction Trump for posts they said violated a gag order barring Trump from publicly attacking witnesses. The judge said he would hear arguments on the subject on April 23rd. MSNBC's Brian Tyler Cohen takes a closer look at what this could mean...

  • Bias Revealed? Guess Where the Trump Jurors Get Their News From

    Five Trump jurors reportedly get their news from a tech giant notorious for its leftist bias. Fox News released information April 17 on the seven jurors chosen for former President Donald Trump’s supposed “hush money” criminal trial in New York. Answers provided by the jurors reveal five of them receive their news from Google News, which media ratings firm AllSides describes as “lean left.” Two of the jurors also find news on TikTok, the communist Chinese government-tied app currently under...

  • Bias Revealed? Guess Where the Trump Jurors Get Their News From

    Five Trump jurors reportedly get their news from a tech giant notorious for its leftist bias. Fox News released information April 17 on the seven jurors chosen for former President Donald Trump’s supposed “hush money” criminal trial in New York. Answers provided by the jurors reveal five of them receive their news from Google News, which media ratings firm AllSides describes as “lean left.” Two of the jurors also find news on TikTok, the communist Chinese government-tied app currently under...

  • Donald Trump endorses challenger of Republican who voted to impeach him

    Donald Trump is backing the Republican vying to replace Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach the ex-president.

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    Kaitlan Collins reacts to Trump’s news conference

    Kaitlan Collins joins The Lead

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    Adam Kinzinger on Trump and Johnson’s News Conference

    Adam Kinzinger joins The Lead

  • Early Addition: Here's how the Trump jurors say they get their news in the morning

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