The Trump administration is ramping up attacks against the Smithsonian and is now threatening to cut off federal cooperation in the curation and funding of exhibits.
Vice President JD Vance held a White House press briefing today where he spoke about a reported deal with Venezuela over oil. MS NOW Senior National Reporter David Rohde and MS NOW Senior White House Reporter Vaughn Hillyard join Alicia Menendez to fact check Vance's comments.
A new whistleblower reviewed by The New York Times alleges that there is an "unprecedented lowering of standards" in the Trump administration's push to recruit ICE agents. Former ICE attorney Ryan Schwank joins Katy Tur to explain more.
While speaking at a White House press briefing, Vice President JD Vance said he “wouldn’t call” the Iran war “a war.” MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde, “Prof G Markets” podcast co-host Ed Elson, MS NOW “The Weeknight” co-host Michael Steele, and Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Jeff Mason join Katy Tur to share their reactions.
MS NOW's Ari Melber delivers a special report on the man widely considered to be President Trump's "fixer" when he was a budding real estate developer. Melber is joined by Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump." (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)
Vice President JD Vance answered a question about a potential 2028 run during a White House press briefing.
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial was excused for the day after failing to reach a verdict on the sixth day of deliberations. The judge asked them to return on Friday to continue deliberating. Clancy’s attorney also requested to remove a juror on Thursday, but the judge denied that motion. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington told the court that the jury foreperson had reported "there's one juror who refuses to listen to the law" on reasonable doubt. Reddington argued the judge's earlier instruction did not go far enough and asked him to remove the juror. “I don’t feel that it is proper for me to side with one side or the other of the deliberations,” judge William Sullivan said in court. “I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me…
Judge William Sullivan personally called each jury member up to his bench in the midst of a sidebar.
State of the Union: The vice president also addressed the Iran War and affordability in a Thursday press conference. The post Vance Declines to Denounce Carlson at White House appeared first on The American Conservative .
On Thursday, Vice President J.D. Vance led the first White House press briefing since Karoline Leavitt’s departure as press secretary. He fielded questions on an array of subjects, including the economy, foreign policy, and the state of the GOP ahead of November’s midterm elections. Asked whether the Iran War would end before the midterms, Vance conceded he “d[idn’t] know the answer to that question,” adding that “you would have to ask the Iranians.” He also contested the characterization of the conflict as a war. “I wouldn’t call it a war,” he said, because “right now there is no active shooting.” In response to a question about his relationship with Tucker Carlson, the vice president affirmed that he counted…Open
The planned 250-foot-tall structure near Arlington National Cemetery is one of the president’s top construction priorities.