Over the past 16 months, the Justice Department has opened 9 different investigations after President Trump publicly called for them. My latest archival analysis for @ms.now

Trump Bought Stock In UFC's Parent Company As He Promoted White House Fight www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations. apnews.com/article/trum...

Last year, the Trump administration withdrew from a global effort to curb offshore tax-dodging by multinational companies. A NYT review of hundreds of companies shows they have avoided at least $40 billion in income taxes since 2025 as a result. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/b...

“Samuel Alito’s son landed a political appointee job as a lawyer in the Treasury Dept last year.. [he] was an attorney when a lawsuit against the department..was argued before the Supreme Court in Nov..Justice Alito did not recuse himself from the case” www.notus.org/us-news/samu...

DEEP DIVE: The Trump administration is escalating efforts to unmask anonymous online critics, sending grand jury subpoenas to social media companies for their information. A court fight has been playing out in sealed proceedings in DC. With Jimmy Jenkins: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NOTUS reports that the Trump administration awarded a $5 million contract to a gilding studio in Maryland to cover four bronze horses positioned near the Lincoln Memorial with 23.75-karat gold leaf. It awarded the project without full competition. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

In 2016, Donald Trump campaigned on restoring ethics in government. Since then, he has refused to divest from his business interests as his net worth has increased by billions of dollars. My latest supercut for @ms.now

“The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” the person said.  About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company. @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

“An AP investigation found at least 10 detainees, all men, have died by suicide since Trump took office in Jan. 2025, a pace that far exceeds the growth in the detainee population, per ICE data, autopsy reports, coroner’s rulings, and police records” apnews.com/article/ice-...

Year-over-year grocery prices have risen every month of Trump's second term, even as he has repeatedly claimed that grocery prices are falling. My latest supercut for @ms.now

"American officials did not learn of the outbreak until Thursday...almost a month after the first person died...in part because samples were taken to the national lab in Congo at the wrong temperature. That task previously would have been managed by USAID" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/h...

“The Trump administration does not plan to seek approval from Congress for President Donald Trump’s planned 250-foot arch, arguing that they do not need it because lawmakers a century ago authorized a somewhat similar project that was never built.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

After the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, President Trump and other officials in his administration condemned rioters who assaulted police officers. Now those same officials are leaving open the possibility of compensating violent rioters with taxpayer dollars. My latest for @ms.now

NEW: The regime change plan at the beginning of the Iran War called for installing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s former hard line presidnet known for accelerating the nuclear program and denying the Holocaust, as the country’s new leader. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Over the first 3 months of 2026, President Trump made thousands of stock trades totaling at least $220 million. A review of his public remarks following reporting from Popular Information reveals Trump often promoted companies after buying their stock. My latest for @ms.now

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday announced the creation a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they were mistreated by the Biden administration Justice Department. apnews.com/article/trum...

Less than three months ago, President Trump was bragging at the State of the Union about low gas prices. Now, two recent polls and new economic data point to how perilous rising gas prices could continue to be for Trump politically. My latest analysis for @ms.now

Since launching the war in Iran, President Trump has repeatedly said that gas prices would soon fall. Over that time, the average price of a gallon of gas has risen by more than $1.50. My latest supercut for @ms.now

William Paul, the son of Sen. Rand Paul, interrupted Rep. Mike Lawler at a Capitol Hill bar to say “Jews” would be to blame if Rep. Thomas Massie loses his primary. https://www.notus.org/congress/william-paul-mike-lawler-confrontation-antisemitism

"For the first time in three years, inflation is outstripping growth in Americans’ paychecks. ... April marked the first time inflation topped year-over-year growth in average hourly earnings since April 2023" www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

(AP) — U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, most since December 2022, as the 10-week Iran war pushed up energy prices and put pressure on companies to pass along higher costs to consumers. apnews.com/article/infl...

“A settlement payment even a fraction of the size of Mr. Trump’s requested $10 billion could be much larger than his other attempts at private gain, potentially doubling his net worth.”

NYT reports US intelligence from early this month show Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities, and has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

New @ms.now supercut: How long will it take for Trump to mention the ballroom?

Roughly 1 in 4 Americans -- including 1 in 3 Democratic respondents -- think the April shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner was staged, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

SCOOP: A confidential new CIA analysis delivered to policymakers this week concludes that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least 3 to 4 months before facing more severe economic hardship, a finding that contradicts those hailing an imminent collapse 🧵

Four years after lambasting the Biden administration, GOP lawmakers are urging voters to be patient as gas prices climb over $4.50 per gallon. My latest supercut for @ms.now w/ Jack Fitzpatrick www.ms.now/news/republi...

A new poll finds that Americans broadly disapprove of recent religious statements from Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth. I dug into the archives for @ms.now to show how this messaging keeps popping up at Trump administration events.

“Officials at the Food and Drug Administration have blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles in recent months, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops her U.S. Senate bid ahead of June 9 Democratic primary against first-time candidate Graham Platner.

The day after former FBI Director James Comey was charged a second time by the Justice Department, @ms.now asked Republicans whether they supported the indictment. Half a dozen demurred. New report w/ Mychael Schnell www.ms.now/news/republi...

“About 30% of borrowers in the first quarter who traded in a car to buy a new one had negative equity..according to Edmunds. Those borrowers owed about $7,200 on average before getting a new loan, a 42% jump compared with the same period five years prior.” www.wsj.com/business/aut...

New supercut for @ms.now: Republicans tell Democrats to tone it down moments after blaming them for Saturday's shooting

Last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struck a starkly different tone on vaccines than the one he has taken in recent years. My mashup juxtaposing what he said previously for @ms.now:

Domestic attacks and plots against the US government are at their highest levels since at least 1994, per data from CSIS. For the first time in 20 years, they are coming from extremists on the left in greater numbers than the right. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

New studies indicate the Trump administration’s decision to drop the recommendation that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth will likely lead to more infections, liver cancer, deaths and millions in added health costs. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

NEW: Group won’t end its lawsuit to halt Trump’s ballroom. The National Trust for Historic Preservation said case rests on questions of executive authority, not national security. “The President must follow the law,” the group’s lawyer wrote in letter shared w me + @jonathanreports.bsky.social

(Reuters) - German Chancellor ‌Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

BREAKING: Justice Department drops criminal probe of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, likely clearing the way for confirmation of his successor.

“A U.S. Army soldier who participated in the operation to capture Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has been charged with using classified information to bet on the mission on Polymarket, a prediction marketplace, federal authorities said on Thursday evening.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/n...

The FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter last month after she wrote about the bureau’s director, Kash Patel, using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation, according to a person briefed on the matter. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

"A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine..has been blocked from being published in CDC's scientific journal..[it] showed the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter" www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

As the war in Iran enters its eighth week, President Donald Trump is increasingly contradicting his previous positions. A review by @ms.now finds that Trump has shifted his position on the war five times in less than two months. My latest supercut:

The Washington Post reports the Pentagon has informed Congress it could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military and that any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the war with Iran ends. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

“Over the last 7 weeks of war, the US military has expended at least 45% of its stockpile of Precision Strike Missiles; at least half of its THAAD missiles..and nearly 50% of its stockpile of Patriot air defense interceptor missiles per CSIS analysis” www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

"The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...

"DHS recently doubled its fleet of jets to carry out deportations under the Trump administration, shelling out $304 million for five planes including two high-end Gulfstreams, according to government documents and interviews" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

New @ms.now supercut: Trump and Hegseth keep invoking religion in the Iran war

During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump promised to lower grocery prices on Day One. Since then, the price of beef has continued to hit record highs according federal data, even as the Trump administration has repeatedly promised to lower prices. My latest for @ms.now