to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, but a vote we'll have to wait probably nearly two more, two or more weeks, potentially longer. The Senate moved early yesterday to try again to approve the measure which funds most of DHS while excluding money for immigration and customs enforcement and some of customs and border protection. The House, though, chose not to take up the legislation, leaving a solution out of reach and the agency closed until at least Congress returns from its two-week reces ...

Todd Blanche is now serving as acting attorney general after President Trump yesterday fired Pam Bondi. Her removal as the country's top prosecutor comes after criticism over her leadership at the DOJ and its handling of the Epstein files, among other things. The Wall Street Journal reports that the president fired Bondi Wednesday morning when the two were in the presidential limousine on the way to the Supreme Court.Bondi told an associate that Trump said to her, quote, I think it's time. She reportedly as ...

Oil prices jumped 11% after Trump vowed to hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next few weeks. Uncertainty over the war's timeline also roiled the markets. Natasha Sarin and Brendan Greeley join Money, Power, Politics. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive insights and perspectives from your favorite MS NOW anchors, access to even more content than what you see on-air and here on ...

days away om the midterms, and President Trump is shaking up his cabinet yet again. Attorney General Pam Bondi has officially been fired by the president less than a day after The New York Times reported he had grown frustrated with her leadership at the Justice Department. The Times reports he removed her, quote, after privately venting his frustrations for months over her handling of the Epstein files and her failed efforts to prosecute his political enemies, unquote.Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche w ...

Today around lunchtime the president of the United States took to social media to post gleefully about what could be a war crime. Trump posted this video showing one of two strikes that the U U .S. reportedly carried out today to destroy one of the biggest bridges in the Middle East, a civilian bridge outside of Tehran.Now, Iranian state-run news reports that eight people were killed in those strikes and another 95 were wounded. MS NOW HAS NOT VERIFIED THOSE CLAIMS. THE REASON WHY I SAY THESE STRIKES COULD ...

Before I play you this next very instructive clip. I want to note that the only reason we have it is because the White House seemingly accidentally posted a live stream of it, which they then tried to delete, but not before the Internet saved it for posterity. And just for context, Donald Trump starts by referring to the head of the Office of Management and Budget, the Christian nationalist author of project 2025, Russell Vogt.We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We have 50 states. We have al ...

it's official. Pam Bondi is out as attorney general. Trump announced today that she'll be transitioning to a new job in the private sector.In other words, she's been canned. And there were a lot of reasons to fire Pam Bonney. There were plenty of moments from her ignominious career tenure as attorney general that you could choose from.But there was one moment that I couldn't stop thinking about today. Happened back in February when Bondi was asked in Congress why she had not prosecuted any of Jeffrey Epstei ...

Well, the big story of the day was that Donald Trump fired the top general in the United States Army in the middle of Donald Trump's war in Iran that is going so badly that last night, Donald Trump officially announced that he is surrendering control of the Strait of Hormuz to Iran. The top general in the United States Army served every day of World War II under two presidents when firing the top general would have been seen as chaos in the war effort. Presidents who are winning and confidently winning wars ...

Pam Bondi is the second Trump Cabinet member to be ousted this term. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin breaks down some of the key moments that she says shaped Bondi's time as attorney general — from her handling of the Epstein files to her targeting of the president’s critics. LINK: https://www.ms.now/news/pam-bondi-out-trump-attorney-general MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and inter ...

MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how Donald Trump “failed at explaining his war as badly as he has failed at waging his war” while he also “insulted the commitment of every member of the military involved in Donald Trump's war by calling his war, ‘that little journey to Iran.’” MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For mo ...