Protesters, faith leaders, and voting rights activists are gathering across the South to demonstrate against Republican gerrymandering efforts that could disenfranchise minority voters, 60 years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
MS NOW Reporter @laurahaefeli is on the ground in Montgomery, Alabama at one of those protests and spoke to voters to hear their thoughts.
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Government emails obtained by the Associated Press show FBI Director Kash Patel went snorkeling at the Pearl Harbor memorial during a work trip to Hawaii. This is not the first time the FBI director has faced scrutiny over the apparent blending of professional duties with leisure activities.
An FBI spokesman did not answer questions about Patel’s snorkeling session, according to the AP, though it acknowledged that regional commanders hosted Patel at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam “as they commonly do with US government officials on official travel.”
Chris Jansing has the latest.
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SNL’s Colin Jost revealed that the show writers thought of a cold open that involved Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reading a fictional Bible verse from the film “Pulp Fiction” and scrapped it — only for Hegseth to recite a similar passage in real life at a Pentagon worship service.
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President Trump continues to plan the construction of his triumphal arch and massive White House ballroom despite Americans' economic concerns amid soaring inflation.
Co-host of MS NOW's "The Weekend: Primetime" Catherine Rampell joins Katy Tur to discuss.
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Government emails obtained by the Associate Press show FBI Director Kash Patel went snorkeling at the Pearl Harbor memorial during a work trip to Hawaii.
Former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Michael Feinberg joins Chris Jansing to share his reaction to this.
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The Trump administration is planning to host an all-day prayer festival on the National Mall this weekend. The event is raising questions about the separation of church and state.
Chris Jansing shares more details.
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President Trump has left Beijing after a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi issued a stark warning to Trump about Taiwan but the president says he has made “no commitment” on it.
MS NOW Reporter @jake_traylor has the latest from the White House for @eriellereshef .
Watch further reporting and analysis about Trump’s trip to China at the link in our bio.
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House Democrats are demanding that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick resign after his closed-door testimony about his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein. The Democratic lawmakers say he lied about his ties to Epstein.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), a member of the House Oversight Committee, joins Erielle Reshef to share more about the probe.
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Eric Trump says he has joined his father’s trip to China in a “personal capacity” and not for business reasons.
Iraq War Veteran and Host of the “Independent Americans” podcast Paul Rieckhoff joins @katyturreports with his reaction.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that the White House is weighing a plan for President Trump to issue 250 pardons to mark America’s 250th birthday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Managing Editor of The Bulwark Sam Stein joins Chris Jansing to discuss this development.
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