Sen. Bill Cassidy defeated in Louisiana Senate primary in a victory for Trump ^3%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 5/17/2026, 3:42 AM

Appeal to Emotion 25.5% - Negativity Bias 20.3% - Confirmation Bias 10%

The career of Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy came to a crashing end on Saturday night, when he failed to make the GOP runoff to seek reelection in November after being targeted for defeat by President Donald Trump. The two top finishers, Rep. Julia Letlow and former Rep. John Fleming, have advanced to a run-off on June 27, according to the... more

Joe Scarborough: 4 reasons Congress needs to intervene in Trump’s boat strikes ^0%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 12/19/2025, 6:02 PM

The U.S. military announced on Thursday that it had conducted two more strikes on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people. The U.S. Southern Command shared a video of the strikes on social media, without providing evidence to support its assertions about the boats or those aboard. Thursday marked the third... more

‘No basis in reality’: Steve Rattner fact-checks Trump on inflation, affordability ^0%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 12/5/2025, 8:58 PM

“Morning Joe” economic analyst Steve Rattner broke out his charts on Friday to fact-check Donald Trump’s false claims about the economy, which he said have “no basis in reality.” During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump said he had inherited the “worst inflation in history” but had since stopped it “in its tracks.” As Rattner showed,... more

‘More fear than stress’: New poll finds instability is defining young Americans’ lives ^0%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 12/5/2025, 5:26 PM

A new poll from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School paints a grim picture of how young people view the country. Only 13% of 18- to 29-year-olds believe the country is headed in the right direction, while a majority, 57%, say the country is on the wrong track. The institute’s director of polling, John Della Volpe,... more

‘Simply not fair’: Veteran blasts Afghan immigration pause after D.C. shooting ^0%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 12/1/2025, 7:49 PM

After an Afghan national was charged in the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., last week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would pause all asylum decisions and halt issuing visas to people from Afghanistan. On Saturday, Matt Zeller, CEO and co-founder of No One Left Behind, a nonprofit... more

Joe Scarborough slams Trump after ICE deports college student traveling for Thanksgiving ^0%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 12/1/2025, 7:02 PM

Any Lucía López Belloza, a 19-year-old college student who had hoped to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, was recently detained at Boston Logan International Airport and then deported to Honduras. According to Belloza’s attorney, the first-year student at Babson College in Massachusetts was about to board a flight on... more

‘Getting results’ for the American people: Chris Hayes rips Trump over ‘Rush Hour 4’ push ^0%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 11/26/2025, 8:25 PM

The fourth installment of the “Rush Hour” film series, the buddy cop comedies starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, reportedly is now in the works — thanks to an intervention from Donald Trump. According to Puck’s Matthew Belloni, Paramount Skydance revived the franchise “after prodding” from the president on behalf of disgraced... more

Lawrence O’Donnell on the photo that captures the ‘decline and fall’ of Trump ^0%

MS NOW - By Allison Detzel - 11/25/2025, 8:04 PM

MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell used his monologue on Monday’s “The Last Word” to show viewers the photo he said perfectly captures Donald Trump’s rapidly diminishing strength. “There is no more vivid image of the decline and fall of Donald Trump than the image that was created on Friday with Donald Trump slumped in the Oval Office at the... more