NBC News is planning to drop Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor after less than a week, according to a report on Tuesday. The report comes after the former Republican National Committee chairwoman was signed as an analyst just last Friday. What followed was a revolt by current and former staffers and unprecedented on-air rebukes of network leadership by NBC …
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MSNBC host Jen Psaki lashed out at critics on Monday who compared her and former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, claiming the distinction was about “truth versus lies.” After McDaniel was signed to NBC News as a paid contributor last week, it led to immediate backlash from current and former staffers at the company, including a variety of …
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A House Republican is openly criticizing former President Trump for urging a primary challenger to step up against another GOP lawmaker. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., accused Trump of “bullying” his colleague, Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday. “This is unhelpful and unwarranted,” the libertarian firebrand wrote. Massie praised Lee, a first-term House member, …
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says his state is joining what he views as a “revolution in America right now around school choice,” as a $400 million bill to overhaul public school achievement testing and implement universal school choice advances in the state legislature. Lee, who is also president of the Republican Governors Association this term, said the issue of school …
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MSNBC star Rachel Maddow addressed the elephant in the NBC greenroom by joining her colleagues in denouncing the network’s “inexplicable” hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel. Maddow began her show by calling out McDaniel’s role in aiding former President Trump, outlining her alleged actions behind the scenes in rejecting President Biden’s election victory in 2020. “I want to associate …
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EXCLUSIVE: The White House is blasting House Republicans and accusing them of taking steps to defund the police, while claiming President Biden will protect law enforcement and support crime-reducing programs. The comments come after the House Republican Study Committee released its Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal, titled”Fiscal Sanity to Save America.” President Biden speaks at a campaign event at Pullman …
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A number of Black lawmakers have chosen not to endorse one of their Democrat colleagues running in what could be one of the most closely watched Senate races this year after he used a racial slur last week. During Thursday’s House Budget Committee hearing, Democrat Rep. David Trone, who is running to replace retiring Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, used the …
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When former Republican National Commitee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel landed a paid contributor gig at NBC News and its affiliated platforms on Friday, the uproar was predictable and immediate. And it hardly died out over the weekend. If anything, it got worse. Chuck Todd demanded an apology from network honchos while on NBC’s crown jewel Sunday news program, “Meet the Press.” …
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The House on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion defense spending bill for 2024 that included some desperately needed aid to Ukraine, though the severely reduced price tag and the lengthy wait times have allies like Lithuania increasingly “concerned” about whether the U.S. can still be counted on as a reliable partner. Russia’s war in Ukraine has dragged on in the …
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, didn’t rule out becoming an independent during an interview and expressed regret that the GOP was “seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump.” Murkowski, who voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial in 2021, told CNN’s Manu Raju she was navigating “interesting political times,” and would not say she would remain a member of …
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