TRUMP, ON THE TRUMP INTENSITY GAP. I have a story on the website about a recent visit to Mar-a-Lago for a conversation with former President Donald Trump. (You can read the whole thing here.) At any given moment, there are lots of subjects in the news one could ask Trump about, but I decided to focus […]
The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said on Monday that former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel – NBC News’s new paid contributor – will not be asked to appear on their show as a guest, pointing to her role in helping former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Co-hosts...
Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Democrats will not vote to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from being ousted "for free" after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) filed a motion to vacate the Speakership last week. Several of the New York progressive's Democratic colleagues indicated they could be willing to help rescue the Speaker...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) on Sunday said former President Trump's "reckoning" is quickly approaching if he does not pay the damages in his civil fraud case by the Monday deadline to pay a $454M bond. Asked by MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton if he is "confident" justice will soon be served, Ellison responded, "Yes,...
Some of the biggest names in comedy — including Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld and Dave Chappelle — joined forces to honor one of their own, as they cheered on Kevin Hart at an awards ceremony that at times touched on politics. The “Jumanji: The Next Level” star looked on as performers saluted — and sometimes...
Former President Trump is expected to be back in a New York courtroom on Monday as his lawyers battle with the state over new documents turned over in Trump’s hush money case. Monday was supposed to be the day the hush money trial began but a surprise development has delayed the trial until at least...
A new poll has found that less than 40 percent of young Black voters are motivated to vote in November’s election. The poll, conducted by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda with PerryUndem and released on Monday, found that just 38 percent of Black voters between the ages of 18 and 29 said they are...
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, Black women are increasingly worried about the impact on pregnancy and birth. Nearly 40 percent of Black women of reproductive age said they feel less safe and think about the risk of death if they become pregnant in the new poll...