Democratic senators grilled Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the DOJ’s $1.776 billion compensation fund for allies of President Trump who claim they were unfairly targeted by the Biden administration. MS NOW Capitol Hill Reporter Kevin Frey has more details on the testimony. Former Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the DOJ Anthony Coley and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler join Chris Jansing to share their reaction.

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Former Fox News host Steve Hilton is running to be California’s next Republican governor. Hilton joins “The Weekend: Primetime” to discuss his views on climate change, whether he believes Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, and much more.

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Over the first three months of 2026, President Trump made thousands of stock trades totaling at least $220 million. A review of Trump’s public remarks reveals that he often publicly commented on companies around the time of his trades. MS NOW’s JM Rieger reports.

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Jen Psaki points out that Republicans in Congress are increasingly losing their motivation to follow Donald Trump through his wildly unpopular vanity projects and destructive policies that are hurting Americans. On top of that are the number of lame duck legislators who ran afoul of Trump and lost primaries because of him and not have the rest of their term to exact payback as members of the “Yolo Caucus.”

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Donald Trump’s FBI directory, Kash Patel, testified before the Senator Appropriations Committee and faced more questions about …

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