Firings underway at Office of Director of National Intelligence, source says ^66%

MS NOW - By Jake Traylor, Ebony Davis - 6/23/2026, 12:01 PM

Quote-first Misdirection 41.5% - Negativity Bias 38.7% - Appeal to Authority 23.4%

Workforce cuts at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence began Monday, a senior White House official told MS NOW, following plans by the office’s acting director to reduce staffing across the agency. The source was granted anonymity to discuss internal administration planning. In his June 10 announcement on Truth Social... more

‘There are two tracks’: Inside the White House’s struggle to keep Trump on message ^41%

MS NOW - By Jake Traylor - 5/28/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 47.8% - Framing Effect 17.5% - Unattributed Quote 14.7%

President Donald Trump’s job approval numbers on the economy have sunk to record lows. His aides know it. His former advisers are saying so publicly. And yet the president keeps talking about what he wants to talk about, not the issues voters say are driving their discontent — much to the White House’s chagrin. As the U.S. war with Iran... more

A bulletproof vest, ballistic glass and a president who carries on ^38%

MS NOW - By Jake Traylor, Carol Leonnig - 5/1/2026, 9:00 AM

Unattributed Quote 29.1% - Status Quo Bias 5% - In-Group Bias 4.1%

Ballistic glass. A bulletproof vest. Reimagined indoor events. In the week since a gunman attempted to breach the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Donald Trump’s administration has been quietly rethinking how to protect a president who refuses to slow down. On Monday, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles convened a meeting... more

Trump purges his Cabinet as his presidency faces mounting pressure ^94.7%

MS NOW - By Mychael Schnell, Laura Barrón-López, Jake Traylor - 4/21/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 51.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.2% - Framing Effect 12.8%

Three Cabinet secretaries gone in four weeks. For President Donald Trump, the purge has begun. On Monday afternoon, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer became the latest to be shown the door. The White House announced the embattled Cabinet member would leave the administration effective immediately, with Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling... more

‘Obamacare-lite’? Republicans revolt against Trump’s secret health care plan ^0%

MS NOW - By Jake Traylor, Mychael Schnell - 11/24/2025, 7:17 PM

President Donald Trump is delaying a planned announcement of a proposal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, according to two White House officials, after congressional Republicans pushed back against the president’s sudden embrace of the expiring subsidies. Trump was expected to unveil a plan aimed at halting ACA premium spikes on... more