February 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST
'Trump has said one thing so far that is true'

President Donald Trump promised during his Tuesday State of the Union message to stop members of Congress from profiting from insider trading -- and, in a rare moment, received bipartisan support. During a dramatic moment in his speech, Trump declared that Congress should "ensure that members of Congress cannot corruptly profit from using insider information," adding they should "pass the Stop Insider Trading act without delay." Even though Democrats joined Republicans in applauding and delivering standing ovations, Trump then tried to make the issue into a partisan one by singling out a prominent Democrat.

February 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM EST
Media mogul who called for prayers backing Trump holds White House meeting

The billionaire head of a Berlin-based global mass media behemoth that owns influential outlets including Politico, reportedly met with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Wednesday. Mathias Döpfner serves as chairman and CEO of Axel Springer SE, a publishing group that operates in dozens of countries and counts U.S. private equity firm KKR -- co"'founded by Republican donor Henry Kravis -- among its principal owners. According to Forbes, Kravis gave one million dollars to Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration committee.

February 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM EST
Republican women are gunning for GOP's 'good old boys club'

NBC News reports there a small rebellion brewing among the Republican Party's cadre of traditionally patient women. "Republican Rep. Nancy Mace plans to force a House vote next week on her resolution to release sexual misconduct and harassment reports involving members of Congress," NBC News reported Wednesday.

February 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM EST
Massive Iran mystery leaves Americans confused about Trump policy

President Donald Trump's Iran policy is so confusing, it is unclear whether the president himself is entirely clear on what he wants to achieve. Noting that Trump's historically-lengthy State of the Union message "just a few minutes to the subject" and falsely implied Iran had never forsworn nuclear weapons, The Economist reported that Trump has also threatened Iran over killing protesters earlier this year, the existence of its missile arsenal or simply to commit a coup.

February 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM EST
'His policies have failed': Nobel economist disputes Trump's myths

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz responds to Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday, when the president repeatedly touted his tariffs as saving the country money and boosting the economy. Stiglitz says Trump's "lies" about tariffs can't erase the truth about how they have raised costs for most U.S. residents. "It is estimated the average family is paying somewhere between $1,000 and $1,700 in extra money because of the tariffs," says Stiglitz. "His policies have failed."

February 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM EST
Trump is running out of his most precious resource: time"?

During both of his inaugurations -- January 20, 2017 and January 20, 2025 -- President Donald Trump had Republican majorities awaiting him in both branches of Congress. But if the 2026 midterms play out like the 2018 midterms, the GOP could lose the U.S. House of Representatives in November while holding the U.S. Senate. Democratic strategists are feeling optimistic about their chances of flipping the House, where Republicans have a small 218-214 majority. And Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chair Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) is saying that the Senate is also in play for her party, while acknowledging that trying to flip Congress' upper chamber is an uphill climb.

February 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST
Trump's DNI blocked whistleblower claims about her from lawmakers

A whistleblower came forward through the proper channels about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard; however, lawmakers will never hear from that whistleblower because Gabbard has blocked it. The Wall Street Journal said in a bombshell report that an email sent to Democratic congressional staffers on Feb. 13 said that it would not give the unredacted intelligence sought by lawmakers "due to the assertion of executive privilege to portions" of the intelligence itself.

February 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM EST
Legal expert 'absolutely stunned' by new revelations about Epstein files delay

MS NOW legal analyst Lisa Rubin on Wednesday said that she was "absolutely stunned" by new revelations about how the Justice Department handled the Epstein files release process, while her colleague, former federal prosecutor Berit Berger, said that she had "never seen" victims treated as badly in a case as the Trump administration has treated Epstein's. Rubin and Berger were interviewed together by MS NOW's Ana Cabrera about new findings in the DOJ's tranche of disclosed Epstein files. While Rubin noted that she found no change in the status of missing material related to abuse allegations against Donald Trump, she did uncover a new exchange related to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, in which he explicitly instructed staffers to flag the type of materials that are currently missing as it pertained to the Trump allegations.

February 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM EST
Seattle judges are about to pick a fight with Trump's Justice Department

Judges in Washington state are about to poke the bear. Bloomberg Law reported on Wednesday that, like in many other places in the country, President Donald Trump has failed to get a U.S. attorney nominee approved through Congress. In New Jersey, that failure led judges to end Alina Habba's temporary tenure as U.S. attorney for the state after she failed to be confirmed by the Senate.

February 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM EST
GOP senator loses it on Bernie Sanders: 'If I cared about your opinion I'd ask you!'

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) lost it during a confirmation hearing with President Donald Trump's surgeon general nominee, Dr. Casey Means. Means, a wellness coach and influencer, accomplished her medical degree but never went through a residency program, leading critics to question some of her qualifications. She currently doesn't have an active medical license.

February 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM EST
From $18 trillion to murderers: Trump's speech was riddled with falsehoods

President Donald Trump's State of the Union address was full of factual errors, although this is consistent with his lengthy history. Among other things, Trump falsely claimed to have secured $18 trillion in investment commitments since assuming office even though that figure is wildly inflated, reported CNN. The news network also found Trump's claim about gas prices being as low as $1.85 per gallon were untrue; it is nowhere below $2.37 per gallon, even though Trump said he saw a gas station with that price in Iowa. Similarly, Trump lied when he said inflation was at an all-time high when he took office (its Biden-era height of 9.1 percent was far short of the all-time height of 23.7 percent in 1920) and that the economy is "roaring" under his stewardship (it only grew 2.2 percent in 2025, slower than any year of Biden's presidency).

February 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM EST
Five volatile moments from Trump's 2026 State of the Union speech

President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night descended into chaos and confrontation as Democratic lawmakers repeatedly challenged his rhetoric on immigration, election integrity, and economic policy. The speech was marked by heated exchanges, dramatic walkouts, and direct accusations""beginning before Trump even took the podium and intensifying throughout the evening as tensions between the president and opposition lawmakers reached a boiling point.