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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is contradicting President Trump when it comes to the threat posed by Russia. Here's what General Dan Kaine told Senator Lindsey Graham yesterday on Capitol Hill during testimony alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hex. Is Putin going to stop in Ukraine.Uh, I don't I don't believe he is, sir. I think he'll What do you think. What do you think, Secretary.Is he going to stop. Remains to be seen, Senator. Well, he says he's not.you know, this is the 30s all over. It doesn ...

former Treasury official and Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Ratner. Steve, there has indeed been plenty of speculation about how Trump's tariffs will impact the country. So tell us, how does the economy look almost 5 months into Trump's second term.Yeah, it's interesting, Jonathan. I think uh all of us predicted that inflation would start to go up as a result of those tariffs, but yesterday there was a report that in fact it has really not yet gone up, or at least not yet gone up. So the commerce depart ...

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seem. So, let's turn now to that new polling. It's from Quinnipiac University and it shows that 38% of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president.That's lower than other recent polling to underscore just 38% approve while 54% disapprove of his performance in the White House. The president is also underwater on some of his top issues, including immigration. On that issue, Trump's approval rating has dropped down to 43%.Trump is also upside down on questions of deportations, on th ...

want to go back to a story we mentioned earlier. Senator Ran Paul says he was uninvited to a White House picnic for members of Congress and their families set to take place later today. The reason, the Kentucky Republican says it's retribution for his opposition to the budget mega bill, the president's tariffs, and other Trump policies that he has quite publicly disagreed with.Every Democrat will be invited. Every Republican will be invited, but I will be the only one disallowed to come on the grounds of th ...

The latest polls make it clear. And the public outcry makes it clear, too. Overreaching on immigration is a not only a moral loser, it's a political loser for Trump so far.And protests over that overreach are spreading nationwide. No kings rallies are planned in all 50 states this Saturday and are expected to be massive. But these protests are spreading across the country tonight.This is the scene in San Antonio, Texas right now. Hundreds of people holding signs, playing music, cheering and chanting, peacef ...

The US and China appear to be excited about the progress they're making on trade. So, let's discuss what actually went down during the negotiations. Both countries say they now have a framework that basically gets trade talks back to the agreement that they made in Geneva a month ago.And according to the Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik, China will start granting rare earth export licenses for US companies immediately. But the Wall Street Journal reports those licenses are only going to last 6 months. So if ...

Right now, there are more troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are deployed in Syria and Iraq combined. Let me just repeat that because I've just been thinking about this all day since one of our amazing producers shared this with me. There are more troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are deployed in Syria and Iraq combined.And right now, Donald Trump is also doing everything he can to make Los Angeles look and feel like a war zone. That's on purpose. That's what he's trying to do.Today, NBC News ...

It is day 143. I know it feels like 4,043, but no, 143 of the second Trump administration. And right now, there is a curfew in effect for a second night in the city of Los Angeles. This is the sixth day of protests sparked by the Trump administration's immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.Tonight, we have seen more demonstrations both in Los Angeles and across the country with local officials warning ICE raids are spreading fear throughout their communities. I want to bring in NBC's Morgan ...