Hayes Brown

MS NOW Opinion Writer/Editor

Hayes Brown is a writer and editor for MS NOW Daily, where he helps frame the news of the day for readers. He was previously at BuzzFeed News and holds a degree in international relations from Michigan State University.


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Hayes Brown

1d ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump skipping COP30 could help save the world

The second Trump administration hasn’t just been against fighting against climate change action at home. It wants the world to burn, too.

3d ago
MS NOW Opinion

Chuck Schumer doesn’t deserve this heat

The Senate minority leader didn’t vote to end the shutdown but is still getting the blame for his members caving.

4d ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump’s latest pardons aim to make his fake elector scheme legal

The president has no power to pardon his supporters’ state-level crimes — but he can still muddy the waters for their trials and appeals.

5d ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump found yet another distasteful way to profit from the presidency

Coast Guard members were given the opportunity to line the commander-in-chief’s pockets directly by purchasing his branded alcohol.

1w ago
MS NOW Opinion

Donald Trump is selling fool’s gold from the White House

The president is spending his second term transforming the White House to match his gilded aesthetic, even as many of his supporters are struggling.

1w ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why Mike Johnson’s shutdown strategy is reaching its limit

The record-breaking shutdown could be reaching an endpoint — but Senate Democrats shouldn’t be too quick to ease up on their health care demands.

2w ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why DOJ election monitors in California and New Jersey are setting off alarms

The circumstances surrounding a normally routine deployment of Justice Department lawyers to Democratic-led states are raising a lot of red flags.

3w ago
MS NOW Opinion

Republicans’ Biden autopen obsession could come back to haunt them

A new report from the House Oversight Committee calls on the Justice Department to investigate the former president’s alleged cognitive decline.

3w ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why Trump’s illegal war on ‘drug boats’ was inevitable

The military campaign targeting alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean and Pacific follows neatly from the drone war’s strikes against unknown targets.

3w ago
MS NOW Opinion

The East Wing’s destruction spotlights an absentee first lady

Melania Trump has been silent on her husband’s decision to bulldoze her office space in favor of a massive golden ballroom.