MS NOW Articles from LAST-SEVEN-DAYS

Trump’s bullying of female journalists isn’t ‘frankness.’ It’s insulting.

The Trump administration’s bogus claim that it’s made Memphis safer

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him

The Labor Department just held a prayer service for employees

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 12.11.25

Progressive critics raise flags about House Democrats’ AI panel’s conflicts

Indiana Senate rejects congressional redistricting map, defying Trump

As Republicans reject bill to protect ACA subsidies, what happens now?

Trump DOJ again fails to obtain indictment from grand jury against Letitia James

Johnson teams with Israeli leader to push Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Joe Scarborough slams Trump’s call for CNN to be sold amid ‘outrageous’ attacks on media

Trump’s Justice Department rejects Jan. 6 plaque, joining partisan fight

Chicago grand jurors continue stunning streak of rejecting Trump DOJ indictments

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: ‘It’s imperative that CNN be sold’

Democratic senators demand Justice audit handlers of Epstein documents

Disney deal gives fans AI power over Star Wars, Marvel characters — Mickey, too

Trump says his economy deserves an ‘A+++++’ — but his own voters disagree

Raising the economic bar far too high, Trump and his team set themselves up for failure

Senate face-plants on health care as Obamacare premiums are set to skyrocket

Trump-imposed changes at national parks face swift pushback in Congress, courts

FEMA’s personnel problems go from bad to worse with latest hire

A longtime NATO ally raises concerns about security risks from a Trump-led U.S.

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s immediate release from immigration custody

Trump seeks Senate confirmation for prosecutor whose cases were thrown out

As Cabinet secretaries prioritize distractions and trivialities, Rubio focuses on fonts

‘Trump Gold Card’ goes on sale, offering visas for $1 million, sparking controversy

I attended a friend’s citizenship ceremony. I was astonished at what it revealed.

The Senate GOP is out of practice caring about health care

As Obamacare subsidies near expiration, lawmakers point fingers and grasp at straws

Gavin Newsom said Democrats need to be more ‘culturally normal.’ Let’s unpack that.

What Miami electing a Democratic mayor for the first time in decades means for Trump

Olivia Nuzzi lost her job over a scandal. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. carries on unfazed.

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 12.10.25

Activists in Missouri file signatures to qualify for referendum on gerrymander

Florida AG files suit against medical groups over gender-affirming care

Mamdani vows to resist Trump’s ‘cruel and inhumane’ immigration crackdown

U.S. military seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says

This Senate primary just became the one to watch

Traditional U.S. allies move further away after seeing Trump’s security strategy

Trump sees reporting about his age and stamina as ‘seditious, perhaps even treasonous’

Elon Musk says he would not lead DOGE if he had it to do over again

Millions of Americans face health care crossroads as subsidies expire

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: From “Narco-Terrorists” to “Distressed Mariners”

Trump claims he can produce evidence to bolster his 2020 election conspiracy theories

Mika: Why this year’s Christmas tree comes with extra weight – and hope

Education Department reaches deal to end the last Biden-era student loan repayment program

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 12.10.25: Jasmine Crockett jolts Texas race

Trump Judge Emil Bove doesn’t care what you think about his ethics

CBP considers requiring tourists’ social media history to enter U.S.

Federal judge grants release of more Epstein documents

Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan aren’t the only ones

Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

Why Trump’s unsubtle reversal on his ‘s—hole countries’ comment matters

‘You can give up certain products’: Trump tells Americans to settle for less

Trump stumbles into an important contradiction on pardon for drug trafficker

Democrats score big wins in Florida and Georgia, as the GOP’s election woes continue

How $20 billion for Argentina aligns with Trump’s National Security Strategy

Trump’s tariff relief money to farmers is duct tape on a broken pipe

A new crop of progressive candidates is taking aim at the Democratic establishment

Trump veers off-message in economic speech, calls affordability a ‘hoax’

Elena Kagan knows why the Supreme Court majority wrongly supported Texas’ redistricting effort

Former DOJ employees warn of the damage Harmeet Dhillon is doing to civil rights

Trump tries yet again to enact an unpopular ban on AI regulation

The Senate GOP’s plan on expiring Obamacare subsidies: Don’t extend them

Critics of this anti-ICE Boston nativity scene have totally missed the plot

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 12.9.25

‘This is sick’: Nicolle Wallace blasts Trump after he calls female reporter ‘obnoxious’

States fight back as Trump’s CDC wages war on health and science

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs bill to protect immigrants from ICE operations

Supreme Court hearing exposes Republicans’ ‘bait and switch’ on campaign finance

Trump delegates sweeping powers over 2020 election pardons to Bondi, Martin

Lawmakers bash leaders for cutting IVF coverage from Pentagon policy bill

Alina Habba’s new job in Trump’s Justice Dept. isn’t much better than her old one

Gov. Josh Shapiro defends Harris criticism: ‘I stand by what I said’

On affordability and consumer costs, Trump goes all-in on an alternate reality

Trump’s biggest legacy may be this Supreme Court case

Rep. Nancy Mace turned an encounter with airport staff into a ‘spectacle,’ report says

Palantir co-founders keep mistaking violence for masculine virtue

Following Kash Patel’s purge, ousted FBI officials fight back in court

Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew released from ICE detention

Marjorie Taylor Greene still doesn’t understand what she did wrong

ACA’s popularity reaches new heights as Republicans struggle with health care policy

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: A Holiday Dispatch from Mika

In prior remarks, Hegseth and Bondi also said troops must disobey illegal orders

Federal judge grants release of Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury records

Lashing out at women in media, Trump can’t seem to help himself

On ‘double-tap’ boat strike video, Trump pretends he didn’t say what we heard him say

SCOTUS considers gutting more precedent for the GOP — this time on campaign finance

The top 10 problems with Trump’s bailout for U.S. farmers

Trump administration announces $12 billion farm aid package

The Trump administration is using tip lines to turn the U.S. into a snitch state

Sydney Sweeney doesn’t want to admit that opposing hate requires being divisive

Trump’s National Security Strategy puts anti-immigration policy on a global scale

As inflation persists, Trump attempts a messaging pivot

Episode 4: ‘Like an Ordinary American’ supplemental materials

Epstein emailed with Silicon Valley elites about racist, eugenicist ideas

Trump’s media meddling is straight out of Viktor Orbán’s playbook

Monday’s Mini-Report, 12.8.25

Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches U.S. Senate bid

Notre Dame football continues to act like it’s above everybody else

The problem with the economy is irresponsible consumers, according to Fox Business guests

SCOTUS poised to ‘destroy the structure of government’ in Trump v. Slaughter case

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and singer Katy Perry make their relationship official

Trump plans to play a role in proposed Netflix, Warner Brothers deal: ‘I’ll be involved’

Alina Habba steps down as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey following court ruling

Trump’s football troubles take a weird turn as he eyes new name ‘for the NFL stuff’

War crime or murder? The central legal question looming over U.S. boat strikes

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: ‘It’s very, very difficult to justify’

Two Trump mortgages have same feature that led to charges for several presidential foes

Justice Dept. slams judges’ ‘campaign of bias’ against Lindsey Halligan

Episode 3: One Drop supplemental materials

White House redistricting scheme faces crucial test in Indiana

Trump weighing Noem’s ouster at Homeland Security

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 12.8.25: Allred switches from Senate to House race

How a round of golf led to one of Trump’s most bizarre pardons

Paramount launches hostile bid to take over Warner Bros. after Netflix deal

Why Americans should care about Aaron Siri’s work with RFK Jr.

A new poll should be sounding the alarm for Trump on his cost of living problem

Hegseth hedges on releasing video of Sept. 2 boat strike, despite Trump’s vow

Senate Republicans play dumb on Trump pardon for notorious foreign drug trafficker

Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, prioritizing playing over governing

Elise Stefanik may be tanking Mike Johnson’s speakership on her way out the door

Republican-controlled Supreme Court considers granting a Project 2025 wish

Episode 4: ‘Like An Ordinary American’

Episode 3: One Drop

Trump emcees the Kennedy Center Honors he now controls

Trump slams Texas Democrat’s ‘lack of loyalty’ after granting him pardon

Trump vows military land campaign against alleged drug traffickers

Luigi Mangione’s defense team says evidence was obtained illegally — they might have a point

Why Hakeem Jeffries’ new slogan for the Democratic Party is so ineffective

The emerging GOP message on affordability: Blame Biden — and ‘relax’

My state is the fentanyl funnel for the rest of America. Trump is turning his back on it.

Hegseth likens suspected drug boat smugglers to al Qaeda

Trump insults CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: ‘stupid and nasty’

Trump’s birthday replaces MLK Day as a free National Parks day

Trump’s political instincts are failing him on the affordability crisis

FIFA’s World Cup draw was an ode to Trump — and an insult to American soccer

Rep. Adelita Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed during a raid in Tucson, Arizona

The viral drunk raccoon headlines highlight a sobering truth

Netflix docuseries ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ badly misses the mark

Friday’s Mini-Report, 12.5.25

SCOTUS boosts GOP 2026 prospects in Texas ahead of key hearing on Trump’s power

Ask Jordan: If Jack Smith was kicked off Trump’s Florida case, how could Halligan be lawfully appointed?

GOP’s Bill Cassidy criticizes Kennedy’s vaccine panel, but the senator isn’t prepared to act

‘No basis in reality’: Steve Rattner fact-checks Trump on inflation, affordability

Disinformation workers to be barred from entering U.S., per State Dept.

Rep. Jim Himes: Video of boat strikes shows survivors did not radio for help

EU fines Elon Musk’s X $140 million for ‘lack of transparency’

Pentagon report on Signal scandal underscores the need for a free press

As Schumer pitches an ACA plan, new poll suggests Republicans should embrace it

Supreme Court agrees to consider Trump’s bid to thwart birthright citizenship

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: Friday edition

FIFA rewards Trump with a new, hastily arranged, entirely unwarranted ‘peace’ prize

‘More fear than stress’: New poll finds instability is defining young Americans’ lives

Facing new investigation, FHFA Bill Pulte’s troubles become even more serious

Kash Patel says attacking the capital attacks ‘our way of life,’ ignoring other Jan. 6 events

Pipe bomb suspect confesses and has expressed support for Trump, sources say

Suspected pipe bomber told FBI he backed Trump, believed 2020 election conspiracies

Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job

I’m on the White House’s ‘Media Offenders’ list — and couldn’t be prouder

FBI’s Bongino tries to explain his discredited conspiracy theory in pipe-bombs case

Trump taps new ballroom architect for $300 million White House vanity project

Trump accounts just took a baby step toward being more helpful to low-income families

There are limits to the Hitler-Trump comparison. Just ask these historians.

RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns

Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources