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Pat Ryan slams Waltz’s ‘brazen disregard’ for military over Signal use

Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), a former Army intelligence officer, criticized former national security advisor Mike Waltz’s “brazen disregard” for the U.S. military over his use of the Signal group chat to facilitate talk about an attack. Ryan joined CNN on Thursday, just hours after it was revealed Waltz was removed from his national security position.   The news of Waltz’s ouster came just a day after a Cabinet meeting where a Reuters photographer captured Waltz on his phone using the Signal group chat with messages to several top officials, including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Vice President Vance, and others. “It’s clear when there’s no accountability for what were grave, and thank God not fatal, but certainly, it could have been fatal, leak of sensified classified information,” Ryan said. “When there’s no consequences for that, he just continues to double down, triple down on horrible operational security … more than anything, I think, is brazen disregard for our young men and women in uniform and in harm’s way, that he would just make not one, but multiple mistakes with these consequences and be allowed to stay,” he continued. Waltz was sharply criticized after it was revealed he mistakenly added The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief to a group chat discussing an attack on the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Shock spread across Washington after it was revealed the topic was discussed via Signal, a non-governmental app. Ryan noted that when the news was shared Waltz was no longer going to be serving as Trump’s national security adviser, he had hope that there may be accountability from the administration about the Signal scandal. “And a few hours later, we learned it’s somewhere between a promotion to lateral movement,” he said of Waltz's move. “It’s a $16 million taxpayer funded, luxury condo in New York City.” “So, I think, at a minimum, there’s no accountability here,” Ryan added. Later Thursday, Trump announced Waltz to be his next United Nations ambassador after Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) nomination was pulled due to the GOP’s thin majority in the House. Waltz faces an uphill battle being confirmed by the Senate, with many Democrats already noting they would question him sharply over the Signal chat.

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Trump's Tariffs Are Crushing His Voters

Sarah Longwell joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House to discuss how Donald Trump’s chaotic economic and immigration policies are backfiring, sending grocery prices soaring, devastating small business owners, and triggering deep anxiety even among his own supporters.

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Trump takes 100-day victory lap at University of Alabama commencement speech

President Trump used his commencement speech at the University of Alabama on Thursday to take a victory lap over his administration’s first 100 days into his second term. “This week, we're celebrating the most successful first 100 days of any presidential administration in the history of our country, and we've been given a lot of credit for that,” Trump told a crowd of college graduates in Tuscaloosa, Ala., describing the current moment as the “Golden Age.” “But 100 days does not a full term make, but we're going to do even better as we move along,” Trump added. Sounding at times more akin to a presidential campaign rally than a commencement address, Trump boasted that his administration had made headway in many of the areas he campaigned on in the last election, like immigration and grocery prices. Trump reiterated a statistic that only three undocumented migrants crossed the U.S. southern border in April and that the government had slashed border crossings “99.999 percent,” though the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has not released migrant encounters for April.  Data released from CBP showed roughly 11,000 migrant crossings in March, a fraction of the migrant crossings recorded last March, at over 189,000. Trump also touted a drop in egg prices and gas. The president boasted that egg prices had decreased 87 percent since the beginning of his term, though experts have pointed out there’s a difference between retail and wholesale egg prices, with  retail prices rising to a record average of $6.22  while wholesale egg prices have declined. The president also used the opportunity to tout his electoral wins during the November election, boasting that he won all seven battleground states against former Vice President Harris and the 312 Electoral College votes he collected. He repeated the baseless assertion that the 2020 election was “rigged” while describing former President Biden's term as an “aberration.” His remarks saying transgender women will not be playing in sports that align with their gender identity received loud applause at one point, in addition to another moment where he lauded the “leaders of this state who chose liberty over” lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In between his speech, Trump sprinkled tidbits of praise and guidance to the Alabama graduates, lauding in particular the school’s athletics and Nick Saban, the university’s former football coach who introduced Trump before his commencement speech. Trump’s glowing depiction of the country -- saying “we're in the midst of another kind of revolution -- a revolution of winning and a revolution of common sense” -- offered a split-screen to the events earlier in the day when Trump announced he would be moving Michael Waltz, his national security advisor, from his position to be the next ambassador to the U.N. The transition came after Waltz accidentally added a journalist to an unclassified Signal chat that included other Trump administration officials that detailed strike plans against the Houthis.  There has also been growing attention turned toward the Pentagon amid the departure of several top level Pentagon officials as the department investigates leaks. Trump, however, did at one point use his commencement speech to air some frustration over the courts and their handling of immigration matters.  Courts have ordered the Trump administration  to facilitate the return of two individuals who have been sent to prison in El Salvador , and earlier on Thursday a federal judge  also ruled that his administration  could not use the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. “Judges are interfering, supposedly based on due process, but how can you give due process to people who came into our country illegally? They want to give them due process,” Trump said. He also wasted no time in needling some former foes-turned-admirers in his speech, too, saying at one point, "They all hated me in my first term, and now they're kissing my a--.” “It’s amazing,” Trump added. “It’s nicer this way.”

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Bolton on Trump after Waltz exit: ‘Chaos is embedded in his DNA’

Former national security adviser John Bolton said chaos is “embedded” in President Trump’s DNA after national security adviser Mike Waltz was dismissed from his position. Bolton wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Thursday just hours after it was revealed Waltz would no longer be national security adviser and would now be Trump’s United Nations ambassador. Bolton, who served in the first Trump administration and has since become a critic of the president, highlighted the staffing changes amid fallout from the Signal group chat scandal and Secretary of State Marco Rubio doing “double duty” as interim national security adviser in Waltz’s absence. “It doesn’t have to be this way. Not in my experience have emojis been deployed as they were during the inexplicable group chat on Signal,” Bolton wrote. “For Mr. Trump, however, chaos is embedded in his DNA and endemic in his team.” Watlz’s ousting has triggered a chaotic shake-up , as he is the first highly ranked administration official to be changing positions. Bolton criticized Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff over his lack of expertise handling the Russia-Ukraine war, Iran and state-to-state negotiations. He earlier told NBC News that Waltz’s confirmation process for the UN ambassador position will be “dominated” by the Signal scandal. He also highlighted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s handling of the more recent Signal group chat and Trump’s impactful tariffs on countries around the world. With the administration’s international and defense leadership in disarray, Bolton argued that foreign government and domestic interest groups may take advantage of America. Bolton pointed blame not at the Trump administration advisors, but at the president himself for the confusion. He criticized Trump for “ad hoc” decision making, pointing to his negotiating with Iran over its nuclear weapons and firing of top national security officials . “Presidents who don’t use the National Security Council mechanism undercut their planning capabilities, managerial control and decision follow-through,” Bolton wrote. “There’s no good solution given Mr. Trump’s character,” he concluded. “Nonetheless, his advisers should improve the decision-making process, if not for his benefit, at least for America’s."

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Trump news at a glance: Rubio now holds four titles after Waltz out as national security chief

Marco Rubio becomes the first person since Henry Kissinger to hold the national security adviser and secretary of state positions at the same time – key US politics stories from Thursday 1 May

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Scoop: Pro-Paxton group courts Trump with anti-Cornyn ad

A group backing Texas Sen. John Cornyn's 2026 primary opponent is out with its first TV ad — but it's not airing in Texas. Instead, it's airing in Palm Beach, Fla., where it's aimed at an audience of one: President Trump . Why it matters: The strategy behind the ad shows the battle for Trump's coveted endorsement has already begun between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Cornyn. It's expected to be one of most expensive and bitterly contested Senate races next year, and has led Senate GOP leaders to close ranks behind Cornyn, a prolific fundraiser. Zoom in: Preserving Texas, the group backing Paxton, will air the ad over the weekend on Trump-friendly Fox News, Newsmax and the Golf Channel in Palm Beach, home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The ad assails Cornyn for backing a bipartisan gun safety bill i n June 2022, and highlights Trump's ensuing criticism of Cornyn as a "RINO," or Republican In Name Only. "As usual, President Trump was right," the ad says. Preserving Texas is spending about $60,000 to air the ad over two days, according to a person familiar with the buy. Zoom out: Cornyn, 73, is a four-term senator and former Texas Supreme Court justice whom Trump has criticized for not going along with Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. But recently Cornyn has taken steps to show he's aligned with Trump's MAGA movement — including by posting a picture of himself reading Trump's "The Art of the Deal." Those close to the senator say he has smoothed over past tensions with Trump. Paxton, 62, is a longtime Trump ally and MAGA loyalist. He worked to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss and attended Trump's 2024 hush money trial in New York to show solidarity with him. Paxton is a controversial figure in Texas politics. He was indicted in 2015 on security fraud charges, which were dropped later. He also was impeached by the state House of Representatives in 2023 on bribery and corruption charges, but was acquitted by the state Senate. The intrigue: Trump is a cable news junkie, and Republican candidates and interest groups are known to run ads in South Florida with an eye toward influencing him. In 2020, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie aired a commercial in Palm Beach in which he called his primary opponent a "Trump hater." The other side: "Corrupt Ken Paxton ordered up another mediocre campaign video that predictably lies about Senator Cornyn's long career of strongly supporting Second Amendment Rights," a Cornyn spokesperson told Axios. "As an avid hunter himself, Senator Cornyn supports the constitutional right to carry and always has."

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Pam Bondi spends more time on Fox News than doing her job

On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi took part in a televised White House Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump and other senior members of his administration. “Your first 100 days has ...

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The Recap: Trump caves, joblessness rises, and another Democrat disappoints

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump's detachment from reality made clear during disastrous town hall You know it’s bad when the audience is openly laughing at him. Michigan...

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Vance backs Waltz move, says he will 'make a better ambassador'

Vice President Vance said he supports President Trump’s Thursday decision to nominate national security adviser Mike Waltz to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.  Waltz had been at the center of a controversy involving a group chat on the Signal app in which national security and defense officials shared key details of a military strike in Yemen. Waltz is said to have inadvertently invited  Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, to the chat.  “I like Mike. I think he's a great guy. He's got the trust of both me and the president, but we also thought that he'd make a better UN Ambassador as we get beyond the stage of the reforms that we've made to the National Security Council,” Vance said during a Thursday interview with Fox News’ “ Special Report .” The vice president denied claims that Waltz's move was a demotion or a direct result of Pentagon leaks. "I think the media wants to frame this as a firing. Donald Trump has fired a lot of people. He doesn't get them Senate confirmed appointments afterwards," Vance told Fox. “What he thinks is the Mike Waltz is going to better serve the administration, most importantly the American people in that role and I happen to agree with him,” he added.  Waltz will now navigate Senate confirmation hearings for the post that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) was originally nominated to hold.  However, lawmakers have questioned the shift and whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio can appropriately handle his current role amid added pressures as the interim national security adviser. “The job of the National Security Advisor is more than a full-time job. The same is true for the Secretary of State,” Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said in a statement. “No serious leader would believe one person can manage both – let alone amid multiple international emergencies,” he continued. The Democrats said Trump’s move shows a “blatant disregard” for the “scale and seriousness” of the global crises the nation faces.

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Thousands call on the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

"If we break due process in this country, we're all doomed."

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Trump orders a dystopian makeover for law enforcement agencies

If you’re wondering just how bad Monday’s executive order about law enforcement is, why would you be wondering that when it was signed by Donald Trump?� Of course it’s bad, but don’t let ...

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White House pretends it's a news outlet with new propaganda site

The White House has launched a new government website called the “White House Wire,” which seems to pretty much just be a rip-off of the famously conservative Drudge Report.� But instead of ...

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Trump relights Signalgate with Michael Waltz nomination

Surprise! Rather than firing national security adviser Michael Waltz after Signalgate, President Trump is sending him through the gauntlet of a Senate confirmation process. Why it matters: Waltz is the first big-name ouster in Trump 2.0. But instead of a quiet exit, he — and his still-active use of Signal — will face Senate Democrats who are craving a chance to show how much they hate Trump. Waltz will be the nominee for UN ambassador, giving Senate Dems the klieg lights of a confirmation hearing to draw attention to the text messages that still light up Waltz's phone. The UN job was supposed to go to Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who then was told the House majority was at stake if she left. That debacle complicated her relationship with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who is trying to draw her back into the fold. Stefanik now has to watch Waltz get a shot at the job she was promised after he lasted 102 days in his first Trump role. It was the special election to backfill Waltz's House seat in a heavily red Florida district that spooked Trump into pulling Stefanik's nomination. Vice President Vance tried to argue today Waltz's new position is a promotion. But "the UN really doesn't matter," a White House adviser said when Trump pulled Stefanik's nomination in March. Zoom in: Waltz was photographed on Signal on Wednesday by a Reuters photographer. "I look forward to a thorough confirmation hearing," Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) posted on X in reference to the Reuters photo. Names on the screen — which White House comms director Steven Cheung said was an authorized app on a government phone — included "JD Vance" and what appeared to be "Rubio," "Witkoff" and "Gabbard." Between the lines: Waltz's problems in the role ran deeper than Signalgate, as Axios reported Thursday . He treated White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles dismissively, they report. And he got on conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer's radar, who urged Trump to fire many of Waltz's hires.

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The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education

Two recent cases suggest that the era of secular schools is coming to an end.

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Waltz gets Loomered & Carville calls for Future Forward audit

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Mike Waltz Caught Checking Signal on His Phone in Cabinet Meeting

Trump’s now former national security adviser was using Signal in a room full of reporters. Here are the photos of his messages.

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It Appears Ed Martin ‘Doesn’t Have The Votes’ To Be Confirmed—At Least Not Right Now

President Trump’s nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin appears to be...

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Musk melts down over reports that Tesla might give him the boot

Multibillionaire Elon Musk might be voluntarily stepping away from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his grip on the troubled automaker Tesla is a different story—or so he’d ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Karoline Leavitt Holds Press Briefing After Kamala Harris Bashes Trump In SF Speech

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