August 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM EDT
'Done everything they can to avoid hearing from' us: Veteran interrupts GOP celebration in Florida

What was billed as a high-profile gathering of conservative leadership quickly turned contentious when roughly half a dozen credentialed protestors stormed Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) speech at the Republican Party of Florida's Florida Freedom Forum , held at the Rosen Shingle Creek Saturday. "Nobody was interrupted more than DeSantis," according to a report by Florida Phoenix.

August 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM EDT
'Trump's little errand boys': Ex-Republican warns GOP 'looking for a cheat code' in midterms

Former Republican and founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson on Sunday delivered a stark warning for Democrats as Texas Republicans work to change the state's congressional map to provide President Donald Trump with more reliably red districts. "Republicans are looking for a cheat code for the 2026 election," Wilson explained on MSNBC. "They recognize already they're in deep trouble in a lot of these House districts across the country that are contested seats. They are now looking for a way to cheat on this." "As a former Republican, I will tell you, the 'Just Win, Baby' rule is the first and only rule," he continued. "If the Democrats do not go into this and think, 'We're going to have to have a countervailing amount of new seats in other states,' they're insane They will get their heads handed to them."

August 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM EDT
'Stop bragging': White House account mocked for celebrating Trump's 'winning' golf numbers

The official White House Instagram account faced heavy criticism Saturday after posting a congratulatory message about President Donald Trump's "winning" golf performance. The post featured a photo of Trump's scorecard from the Men's Senior Club Championship held at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, showing the president in the top position.

August 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM EDT
'Bunch of clowns': Trump official ripped for saying jobs revision is 'hard evidence' of rigging

Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, said Sunday revisions to job numbers constitute "hard evidence" of rigging. During an appearance on MSNBC's "Meet the Press," Hassett was asked by host Kristen Welker if the administration has any evidence that the jobs numbers were rigged.

August 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM EDT
'It was all lies': Outrage as Trump walks back major pro-family campaign promise

The White House has quietly abandoned plans to compel private insurers to cover in vitro fertilization, reversing course on a major campaign promise by President Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported Sunday. "The White House does not plan to require health insurers to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization services, two people with knowledge of internal discussions said," per the report.

August 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM EDT
'Unfit and unqualified': Senate GOP confirm pro-Trump 'attack dog' Jeanine Pirro as US attorney

The far-right former Fox News commentator Jeanine Pirro was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday night in a strictly party-line vote to become the next U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, a position progressive critics and Democratic opponents warn she is deeply unqualified to hold. Pirro, who has been serving as the acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. since May, has a long history of spewing far-right conspiracy theories on air and throwing facts to the wind when it comes to lining up behind President Donald Trump. Pirro was a prominent figure when Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News for defamation over the outlet's coverage of the 2020 election and she was a vocal proponent of Trump's "Big Lie" that the voting was rigged against him.

August 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM EDT
'Already feeling it in Texas': Mayors in Trump-voting states warn his policies imperil residents

President Donald Trump's policies and Congress' de facto rubber stamping of his administration threaten the livelihoods of citizens in two major U.S. cities, those cities' mayors said Sunday, Arlington, TX Mayor Jim Ross and Lansing, MI Mayor Andy Schor spoke with MSNBC about rising costs facing their constituents, as well as the impact of the president's immigration policies on crucial industries in their communities. Schor told MSNBC his city is dealing with rising costs from Trump's tariffs.

August 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM EDT
'Low IQ': Trump lashes out at Charlamagne tha God after radio host slammed president on Fox News

Radio host Charlamagne tha God, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey, delivered a scathing critique of President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying that people are "hurting" under his administration. Charlamagne made those remarks during a Saturday evening appearance on My View , a Fox News program hosted by Lara Trump -- the president's daughter-in-law.

August 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM EDT
'Never seen this before': Prison consultant shocked by Maxwell receiving BOP waiver for transfer

Ghislaine Maxwell's sudden move to a minimum"'security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, long considered off"'limits to sex offenders, has shocked legal watchers. According to MSNBC justice correspondent Ken Dilanian, a prison consultant who frequently advises the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) told him: "he had never seen this done before for a sex offender." Earlier this week, Maxwell was relocated from FCI Tallahassee -- a low"'security facility with a double"'fence perimeter -- to Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum"'security, dormitory"'style camp with no perimeter fencing, typically reserved for white"'collar offenders such as Elizabeth Holmes.

August 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM EDT
Sending 'a message': Red state GOP votes to disqualify Republicans who appoint Democrats

The Alabama Republican Party Saturday approved a new rule that would allow the party to disqualify an elected GOP official if they appoint a Democrat to a position during their term. About 83% of the attendants at the GOP Summer Meeting in Montgomery voted for the rule that prohibits elected partisan officials from appointing people other than Republicans. Suzelle Josey, a former candidate for Senate District 30 in 2014, wrote the rule change.

August 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM EDT
'Here it comes': Outrage as leaked Trump admin memo suggests 'the worst we've been waiting for'

New reporting based on a leaked briefing memo from a recent meeting between high-level officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Defense Department sparked fresh warnings on Saturday about the Trump administration's internal plans to increase its domestic use of the U.S. military. According to Greg Sargent of The New Republic , which obtained the memo, the document "suggests that Trump's use of the military for domestic law enforcement on immigration could soon get worse."

August 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM EDT
Team Trump delivers another slap in the face

Trump just took a taxpayer funded golf trip to Scotland, where he shamelessly and illegally promoted his own for-profit golf venture . If he had hoped to outrun the Epstein story, the Scots weren't having it""they skewered him mercilessly . In Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a van "welcoming " Trump showed a young Trump smirking next to Jeffrey Epstein. One Scottish satirist quoted Trump saying, as he golfed, "I make the best putts!," "I invented golf!" and, "I'm the rightful King of Scotland!... Everybody says so!"