February 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM EST
Trump deploys charade he learned from his devious mentor

Donald Trump hasn't forgotten about the Insurrection Act, and neither should you. In the face of plummeting poll numbers and public outcry over the deaths of Rene'e Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, Trump may appear to be retreating from his threats to deploy the military to Minneapolis and other blue state cities, but any retreat is likely to prove temporary and tactical rather than a reversal of policy. Throughout his career, Trump has been guided by the "lessons" he learned as a young real estate hustler from his odious one-time mentor and fixer Roy Cohn: Never retreat, apologize, or admit wrongdoing, and always remain on the offensive. In keeping with Cohn's teachings, Trump has made threats to invoke the Insurrection Act dating to June 2020, when he vowed to use it to quell mass demonstrations related to the murder of George Floyd. He was reportedly restrained at the time by former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and other "grown-ups" in his first administration.

February 14, 2026 at 5:42 AM EST
Another case of Trump officials lying about a shooting incident emerges

Two US immigration enforcement officers are now under federal investigation after it was revealed that they seem to have lied about the circumstances that led up to the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant last month. As reported by Politico on Friday, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons acknowledged that two federal officers appear "to have made untruthful statements" about a confrontation in Minneapolis in January that culminated in one of the officers shooting Venezuelan national Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg.

February 14, 2026 at 5:33 AM EST
Trump's false claims are a smokescreen for something far more underhanded

On Tuesday, Larry Kudlow, the Fox personality and former Trump advisor, was on the TV. You will be shocked to learn he lied.

February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM EST
Massie says Republicans who downplay Epstein files should be 'purged from our party'

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) appeared to take several jabs at Republican Party leaders in a recent interview about the latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents. In a Friday interview with Reason magazine's Nick Gillespie, Massie argued that most of his party was falling short in calling for transparency of Epstein's crimes and accountability for his victims. The Kentucky Republican didn't name names, but suggested elected officials vying to lead the party in the future would be viewed as cowards for their failure to lead on the Epstein issue.

February 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM EST
'Only downhill from here': Pollster reveals Trump's popularity now slipping even with MAGA

Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi argues numbers don'tt lie, and right now they're saying the president is sinking in popularity even with his own previously diehard supporters. MS NOW anchor Chris Hayes reported another brutal week of polling for President Donald Trump, with Trump rolling in at near-record lows in at least three different credible polls averaging between 39 percent and 36 percent. One particular YouGov poll even discovered more voters saying Joe Biden did a better job by a margin of six points.

February 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM EST
Kristi Noem's job 'no longer secure': White House official

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem may soon be headed for the exits, according to an unnamed official in President Donald Trump's White House. The Atlantic reported Friday that Noem may have already been on thin ice in the wake of multiple high-profile incidents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in which federal agents killed U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in broad daylight. Trump pulled out Gregory Bovino -- Noem's chosen face of Operation Metro Surge -- and replaced him with immigration advisor Tom Homan. Now, the Atlantic is reporting Trump is considering abandoning Noem altogether.

February 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM EST
Trump's former White House lawyer lays out the case for his third impeachment

Ty Cobb, an attorney who served the White House under President Donald Trump's first administration, says Democrats have their articles of impeachment writing themselves after the 2026 elections. "With the president, you've got really extraordinary information out there: the $500 million bribe from the UAE in exchange for our ai chips, the $480 million plane from Qatar in exchange for an air force base and him parking his Venezuela oil revenue account in Qatar," Cobb told MS NOW anchor Ari Melber.

February 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM EST
Trump privately said GOP senator who criticized his Obama video was 'dead to him': report

President Donald Trump was outraged at multiple Senate Republicans' public criticism of a video posted to his Truth Social account last week, according to a new report. CNN reported Friday that Trump privately erupted when hearing that Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) went to social media to criticize the video, which at one point depicted former First Couple Barack and Michelle Obama as primates. Unnamed sources confided to the network that Trump felt Scott calling the video racist was "out of line," per CNN.

February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM EST
'You can't do that!' Trump reveals 'obvious' sign Noem and Lewandowski may be dating

President Donald Trump is reportedly not above gossiping about members of his own Cabinet. That's according to a Friday report in the New York Post, which cited several unnamed sources close to the president who say Trump believes Department og Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her top advisor, Corey Lewandowski (who is also Trump's one-time campaign manager) are secretly dating. Whether the two are actually in a relationship has not been confirmed, and the two are currently married to other people.

February 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM EST
'Keeps getting crazier': Joe Rogan says Epstein files look 'terrible' for Trump

Prominent podcaster Joe Rogan warned that the handling of the Epstein files "looks terrible" for President Donald Trump and his administration. "During Tuesday and Thursday's episodes, Rogan criticized redactions the Department of Justice made from the files," The Hill reported.

February 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM EST
Trump accused of 'deliberately' defying federal judge's order over $16 billion dispute

Earlier in February, a federal judge ended President Donald Trump's attempted extortion of New York and New Jersey residents by demanding the Trump administration "unfreeze funding" for the sprawling $16 billion Gateway project. The White House had floated unlocking the Gateway money in exchange for Democrats' agreeing to rename Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump. But U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas halted that effort after New York and New Jersey attorneys general filed suit, arguing that the White House's order to withhold the funds was illegal and caused economic harm.

February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM EST
Trump turns red state Republicans against their own governor

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt -- a Republican who also serves as chair of the National Governors Association (NGA) -- is losing the support of his fellow Oklahoma Republicans as they side with President Donald Trump in the president's public feud with him. At issue: Stitt is fighting Trump over the president's refusal to allow specific Democratic governors (Wes Moore of Maryland and Jared Polis of Colorado) to attend the NGA's annual White House meeting.