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CNN host Kaitlan Collins forced U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to defend his position that the fatal shooting of an American citizen at the hands of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was not worthy of a follow-up investigation.“If they're investigating anything, they need to be investigating the paid protesters, and who's paying them to obstruct federal officers from doing their job,” Mullin said of slain 37 year-old Minneapolis, Minnesota mother Renee Good, without evidence that Good was a paid protestor.“We've seen the videos and how

Atlantic writer Yair Rosenberg says reports of cultlike MAGAs breakup with President Donald Trump is greatly overstated — but that doesn’t mean a traumatic breakup isn’t underway“Traditional-media outlets have warned of a MAGA schism, as have some high-profile right-w

President Donald Trump has been vocal in his support of pro-democracy protesters in Iran — but has endorsed heavy-handed tactics for American protesters. One expert is offering a theory as to why that dichotomy exists.The New York Times' Peter Baker wrote Tuesday that Trump has become increasingly more involved in backing Iranian demonstrators, posting to his Truth Social platform that the "killers and abusers" of more than 2,400 protesters in the Islamic Republic "will pay a big price." He has also urged

CNN data analyst Harry Enten reports Democrats are enjoying a rare double-digit lead ahead of the midterms that is all but guaranteeing them control of the House after November.“Take a look at party identification — those who identify as Democrats or Republicans — and look at the margin that Democrats have now versus where it was a year ago,” said Enten, referring to young adults in the "Gen Z" cohort between the ages of 18 and 29. “It goes from plus six points in 2024 to plus 20 points [in 2025].”Enten said this is the generation that’s becoming a bigger size of the electorate with each year, and they are moving not just away from the Republican party but speci

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include additional commentary.New "CBS Evening News" host Tony Dokoupil (the husband of MS NOW host Katy Tur) interviewed President Donald Trump during his second week on the job as the main anchor on the network's flagship primetime news program. But Dokoupil's friendly tone was roundly criticized by media professionals.During one part of the interview highlighted by Democratic National Committee staffer Matt Rein, Trump "said the quiet part out loud," telling Dokoupil that had he not won the 2024 election, the CBS host "probably would

During a two-hour January interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump announced the only limit to his power is "my own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me."That could be a sign of stunted developmental growth, according to studies by developmental psychologists and MS NOW contributor Kristen Monroe, who wrote that Trump’s level of morality is the one most human beings grow out of soon after they’re potty trained.“[Development psychologist Lawrence] Kohlberg began studying moral growth in children in 1958 and developed a six-stage theory that describes individual morality as evolvi

Disgraced rapper and producer Sean Combs (also known as Diddy) recently solicited the help of retired professional boxer Mike Tyson in asking President Donald Trump for a pardon.That's according to a Tuesday article in the UK-based Sun tabloid, which reported that Tyson received the letter from someone in Diddy's inner circle, who then passed it along to the president during a December visit to the White House. One of the Sun's unnamed sources told the outlet that Tyson specifically asked what the letter was referring to, a

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — who is infamous for broadcasting secret military meetings and military strikes — again likely accidentally released comment about ongoing litigation despite the Defense Department’s widely accepted rule not to comment on court battles.CNN reporter Haley Britzky posted on X that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth let slip the news in a social media post targeting Sen. Mark Kelly (R-Ariz.)“Asked about this lawsuit yesterday, a Pentagon official said that ‘as a matter of policy, the Department does not comment on ongoing litigation,’” sai

A new court filing by disqualified former interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan is now accusing a judge appointed by President Donald Trump of committing a "gross abuse of power."On Tuesday, All Rise News editor-in-chief Adam Klasfeld tweeted that Halligan — backed by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Pam Bondi — attacked U.S. District Judge David J. Novak (who Trump appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia in 2019) as "flat wrong" for suggesting that Halligan should no longer call herself a U.S. attorney due to her prior disqualification. Klasfeld called the filing an "extraordinary, pugilis

President Donald Trump last week reportedly blasted a group of dozens of U.S. Attorneys for what he viewed as a lack of urgency in pursuing his political adversaries.The federal prosecutors had traveled to the White House for a photo shoot, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, but after Attorney General Pam Bondi introduced them to the president, “Trump criticized them as ineffective, saying the group was making it difficult for Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to do their jobs.”The exchange between Trump and