Donald Trump appears to be distancing himself from his own Republican Party, perhaps hoping to avoid association with expected midterm losses, despite being responsible for the unpopularity Republicans are suffering for their association with him. Ben Wikler, former DNC chair, joins to discuss.

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“Hypothetically, if the president chose to fire a United States attorney, it turns out he’s allowed to do that because he’s the president of the United States.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stood by Trump’s criticism of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who has drawn the president’s ire for dropping charges against a former Olympian and others accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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There’s an updated price tag for President Trump’s so-called ‘Golden Fleet’ of battleships: $275 billion. MS NOW’s Priya Sridhar breaks down the Congressional Budget Office’s math on these new Trump-class of battleships.

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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress, died Saturday evening after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement posted on social media. He was 71.

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Over the past two months, MS NOW asked Republicans whether they had any disagreements with President Trump during his second term. Many would not name a single disagreement.

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