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- ‘You Could Literally Hear the Panic’: MS NOW’s Chris Hayes Airs Clips of F...
MS NOW’s Chris Hayes took a moment on Tuesday’s All In to air snippets of Fox hosts either urging President Donald Trump to end the Iran war or discussing ways to mitigate its effects. The night before, the U.S. bombed Iran for the 10th straight day after Iranian strikes on Jordan killed two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers over the weekend. A third soldier was killed in Iraq while disposing of an Iranian drone. At least 17 U.S. soldiers have been killed since Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the war in February. The war has been deeply unpopular from the beginning, and now a whopping 69% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the conflict. On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee to ask for $95 billion in supplemental funding for the war, on top of the $1.15 trillion Pentagon budget making its way through Congress. “With just over a hundred days until the midterms, Donald Trump has restarted the war with Iran,” Hayes told viewers. “At least three American service members are dead, dozens injured. Of course, oil prices are now shooting up once again. And you could literally hear the panic among anyone who is invested in a Republican majority. And they’re not being subtle about it.” He then aired three clips of Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Fox Business host David Asman, and Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume. “The clock is ticking for President Trump to get out of this war before voters head to the polls,” Ingraham said. “It’s making a lot of Republicans nervous. It’s already, as we know, unpopular. According to the new Washington Post/Ipsos poll, 69% of Americans disapprove of the handling of this conflict. Republicans cannot let this become an endless distraction, especially if they want to win in November.” “Is there any way to work around Iran, that is to pump more, to develop more pipelines in the Mid East to get around the Iranian hump, if you will?” Asman asked a guest. “He promised to keep us out of endless wars or unsatisfactory wars,” Hume stated. “And now he’s in one. And it’s not at all clear how it’s gonna end. So he’s vulnerable on this point. And in political terms, he does need to get this over with.” Hayes noted Ingraham’s reaction and said, “Obviously, she’s not wrong, and… [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago - CNN’s Abby Phillip Stops Guest Cold Over Claim About Iran War and Stocks: ‘H...CNN’s Abby Phillip stopped a conservative guest cold as he bragged about pundits being wrong about the Iran war and the stock market “soaring to all-time highs.” On Tuesday’s NewsNight, the table debated the ongoing Iran war, and Jesse Arm, vice president and pollster of the Manhattan Institute, argued “prognosticators and pundits” got market impact predictions wrong to make the point that they may be wrong now about the war lacking a strategy and needing to end. “The markets are soaring to all-time highs at this point. It’s possible that the president may believe that the pundits and prognosticators are getting wrong—” Arm said as Phillip jumped in. “Hold on, hold on. The impact of this war is not limited to the stock market,” Phillip said. She argued rising costs, such as gas prices, are more impactful for Americans than stocks doing well. According to AAA, the average national gas price sits at over $4 a gallon. The average before the war was under $3. “Gas prices are still elevated significantly compared to where they were on the day before this war began. So, it is not true that there has been no economic impact. That is completely false,” she said. “That’s not what I said,” Arm countered. “I said that pundits are got wrong which direction the market would travel in.” “The pundits did not limit their punditry to just what the stock is going to do,” Phillip shot back. “Because what the stock market does is only a fraction of the economy. The rest of the American public that is not invested in the stock market, they are going to the gas pump every day. That’s what really matters when it comes to voters.” “My only point is that the president may believe that the pundits are wrong about the politics of this conflict as well,” Arm said. “Maybe he does, but the numbers are also pretty clear there, too. This is an unpopular war,” Phillip said, referring to the low approval ratings for President Donald Trump on the ongoing conflict. Arm argued that “money talks though,” adding, “the RNC is currently out raising the DNC by orders of magnitude. Ken Martin, the DNC chair, had to issue a document today basically explaining why his party is in the red,” Arm said. “You’re still losing!” Keith Boykin, an aide to former President Bill Clinton, yelled out… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Trump Reportedly Agrees To Provide Saudi Arabia With Nuclear Program
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File President Donald Trump formally approved an agreement to provide Saudi Arabia with a civilian nuclear enrichment program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday night. Citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter, the Journal reported that the arrangement, which would last 30 years, “is designed to give American companies a central role in developing Saudi Arabia’s nuclear infrastructure while shutting out other foreign competitors.” The agreement is estimated to be worth tens of billions of dollars. Under the arrangement, there is to be a U.S.-Saudi study to determine whether U.S. companies would build a uranium enrichment facility in Saudi Arabia. Trump administration officials said the U.S. would have sway over such a program and would be able to prevent it from being used for military purposes. Congress will need to review the deal, but lawmakers who are skittish about expanding nuclear capabilities in the Middle East will need to muster a two-thirds majority to block it, the Journal said. The president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has been negotiating with Iranian officials amid the ongoing war with their country, has close ties to the Saudi royal family. In Trump’s first term, Kushner served as a senior adviser to the president. Six months after leaving that position in 2021, Kushner’s firm, Affinity Partners, received a $2 billion investment from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, whose advisers reportedly had doubts about the massive infusion. However, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman overruled the advisers. It is unclear if Kushner played a role in brokering the Saudi nuclear agreement.The post Trump Reportedly Agrees To Provide Saudi Arabia With Nuclear Program first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - Luke Russert Blames RFK Jr.’s MAHA for ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak: ‘P...MS NOW’s Luke Russert laid into supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement, blaming them for gifting the country with “poopy lettuce.” On Tuesday’s The Weeknight, Russert blasted “MAHAs” and cuts made during Elon Musk’s time with DOGE (“Department of Government Efficiency”) as the reason for an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, which causes, among other things, explosive diarrhea. As Russert noted, more than 30 states have contacted the Centers for Disease Control about cases of the parasite, which is found on fresh produce. Five states have declared an outbreak. Russert referenced a Wired report noting that the specific lab meant to deal with outbreaks of cyclosporiasis was cut from 11 people to just three during DOGE cuts, which chopped $30 million in funding. Russert argued “MAHAs” are to blame for efforts to cut regulators and funding, leading to “poopy, poopy lettuce,” a phrase his co-host Michael Steele used earlier in the show. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. coined the term “MAHA” and used it during his independent presidential campaign in 2024 before joining Trump’s team. Russert said: I blame a certain segment of people for this. And I want to tell you who they are. They’re the MAHAs, the Make America Healthy Again. Now, I’m sure if you had a social media account in the last three years, they popped up in your feed. Some of your friends, some of whom went to Ivy League universities, totally fell for this. And why is this the fault of the MAHAs? Because all the rational people, folks like you and me, said, you know, Republicans, when they’re in power, they let the corporations write the regulations for themselves. They’re not about making America healthy again. We saw that when they came after Michelle Obama’s school lunch program, right? And what happened here? Well, the regulators got cut, the inspectors got cut and now we have the poopy poopy lettuce! Watch above via MS NOW.The post Luke Russert Blames RFK Jr.’s MAHA for ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak: ‘Poopy Poopy Lettuce!’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
- Senator Grills Hegseth on Wildly Different Statements on Iran, Says They ‘Donâ...Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) got into a heated exchange with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as she grilled him during a hearing on past statements on Iran she said just “don’t add up.” During a Tuesday Senate hearing, Gillibrand confronted Hegseth with past statements from him and the administration on the Iran war that she called contradictory, leading to confusion among the public about the actual status of the conflict. Gillibrand said: The reason why they are so upset with you and this administration is because the words you have used in the past don’t add up about Iran specifically. You said that we had obliterated, quote, unquote, Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons. The president made the same claim, yet eight months later in February of 2026, the president launched an active war claiming Iran was within two weeks of having a weapon. So when you say two very different things, the American people don’t know who to believe or what to believe. They just know they can’t afford their healthcare, they can’t afford their food, they can’t get affordable housing, and our farmers are continuing to suffer. So, which is true, was it obliterated or wasn’t it? What’s the status? Hegseth said Iran’s nuclear sites were destroyed in Operation Midnight Hammer last year, but the regime continued attempting to procure “nuclear capabilities.” The secretary accused Gillibrand of trying to make “campaign commercials” with her time. “The nuclear sites under Midnight Hammer were obliterated, but Iranians foolishly continued to attempt to pursue nuclear capabilities, which is why we destroyed their defense industrial base and so many of the other capabilities to ensure they can’t get to a nuclear weapon. So we’re staying laser focused on the objective and you’re trying to make campaign commercials,” Hegseth said. Gillibrand answered by pulling out another quote from Hegseth on the war. She said: No, we’re not. So listen to this. You also say that you made the missile program, quote, destroyed and made combat ineffective, quote, Iran’s entire ballistic missile production capacity, every company that builds every component of those missiles has been functionally defeated and destroyed, and that the missile program, existing stockpiles were depleted and decimated, almost completely ineffective. So why are there missiles left to hit Jordan and result in the loss of life of our brave men and women? Hegseth said Iran is using “underground facilities”… [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
- Senator Calls Hegseth a ‘Failure’ To His Face, Setting Off Heated ExchangeSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth traded verbal blows on Tuesday with Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), who deemed the secretary a “failure.” Hegseth testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hegseth is asking to advance a supplemental funding package for the ongoing Iran war, as 69% of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling the conflict. The U.S. bombed Iran for the 10th consecutive night on Monday after Iran strikes on Jordan killed two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers over the weekend. Another U.S. soldier was killed in Iraq while disposing of an Iranian drone. At least 17 U.S. soldiers have been killed since Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the war in February. “Secretary Hegseth, despite your failure to win this war, you are back now before Congress asking for almost $70 billion in additional funding,” Peters said during Tuesday’s hearing. “You’re asking the American people for a blank check because once again, the Trump administration’s efforts have been an utter and complete failure to win this war to this point. So my question for you, Sir, is how is your strategy different than what we’ve seen in the past?” “I think your characterization of this incredible effort as a failure, as reckless,” Hegseth replied. “And I think it’s irresponsible, and I think it smears the sacrifice of the troops that are out there making on behalf of the American people to ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Shame on you and others who call this a quagmire and a failure. And then you want to turn around and say you support the war fighter. Either you do, or you don’t.” Peters subsequently objected to Hegseth’s characterization of his remarks. Here is the remainder of their exchange before the senator’s time expired: PETERS: Secretary Hegseth, did you if you listen to my comments, you would have heard me say how amazing our war fighters are. HEGSETH: I heard ‘failure,’ and the word– I heard exactly what you said. PETERS: I will tell you how I used the word ‘failure’ because I used the word ‘failure’ to their leaders. You, Sir, are the failure, not the men and women who are on that front line, not the men and women who hold up their honor with distinction. But if there’s a lack of a winning strategy, they’re in harm’s way. Their leaders have failed them. And that’s what’s happening. We… [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
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