September 20, 2026 at 2:09 PM EDT
Trump in trouble as his obsession with lies and fakes starts to backfire

Trump in trouble as his obsession with lies and fakes starts to backfire President Donald Trump is an outspoken supporter of AI -- but that support is coming with a price on his personal life, particularly his controversial relationship with Natalie Harp. Referring to a false image of Trump and Harp kissing, MS NOW's Kaivan Shroff reported on Sunday, "The image of Trump and Harp does not survive a close inspection. Snopes reported that the clearest version of the image was watermarked as having been edited with artificial intelligence tools. Harp's hand in the image has six fingers."

September 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM EDT
Biographer says Trump in 'new territory' as close allies betray him

Biographer says Trump in 'new territory' as close allies betray him President Donald Trump is entering unstable "new territory," according to his one-time biographer, as new reports indicate that his closest officials and allies are being driven to betray him and leak stories out of frustration. Michael Wolff is a longtime author and journalist, best known for his extensive coverage of Trump's political career, including several books about his tumultuous first term in office. In the latest episode of his Daily Beast podcast, "Inside Trump's Head," he argued that there has been a major change among the president's closest, "ultra-loyal" allies, given the recent stories from The New York Times and The Washington Post "detailing internal White House debates over the threat of AI and the GOP's odds in" the midterms.

September 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM EDT
Trump allies and experts admit he's wrong on major midterm promise

Trump allies and experts admit he's wrong on major midterm promise Knowing that Republican successes in the upcoming midterm elections depend in part on lowering gas prices, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed they either are already down or will soon go down. Both experts and Trump's fellow Republicans disagree with him.

September 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM EDT
Trumper admits he can't afford Trump's economy -- but still votes Republican

Trumper admits he can't afford Trump's economy -- but still votes Republican A recent report interviewed President Donald Trump supporters who know his economic policies are hurting them -- but will still vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections. "Dan Lloyd, who voted for Trump, lamented the president's leadership as the 63-year-old carpenter paid $4.39 a gallon to fill up his pickup truck in Mesa, Arizona," reported Fortune's Steve Peoples, Jesse Bedayn and Jonathan J. Cooper, along with The Associated Press, on Sunday. --He hurt himself stepping into this,' Lloyd said of Trump. 'Where's all this oil from Venezuela? I thought we were flush with gas and everything, but no. The American people eat it every time, whether it's interest rates, food, gasoline.'"

September 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM EDT
Candidates fleeing Trump after he 'aggressively squandered' his strengths

Candidates fleeing Trump after he 'aggressively squandered' his strengths Republican midterm candidates are starting to flee from associating with President Donald Trump while others tune out his outlandish antics, and according to one conservative commentator, it comes down to how he "aggressively squandered" the strengths that got him reelected. Rep. Maria' Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican who has represented the state's 27th District since 2021, turned heads across the political world this past week when she released a new midterm ad firmly breaking with Trump on immigration, saying that some of his mass deportation efforts have "gone too far." Her district is nearly 74 percent Latin American, and Trump carried it by around 15 points in 2024, amid a major shift towards Republicans made by Latino voters that year.

September 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM EDT
Political expert reveals why 'even bigger blue wave than 2018' is coming

Political expert reveals why 'even bigger blue wave than 2018' is coming President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are widely understood to be facing a harsh political environment in this midterm cycle, but according to the political experts at Pod Save America, things are even worse than they seem, and they point to an "even bigger blue wave than 2018." In the latest episode of the Pod Save America podcast, hosts and former Obama administration officials Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer broke down the latest polling information and the grim picture it paints for the GOP in the midterms. As Favreau laid out, a new poll from the New York Times and Siena College, widely regarded as one of the most reputable in the industry, gave Democrats a 9-point generic ballot lead over Republicans among likely voters.

September 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM EDT
Trump biographer says he is out of time to escape ruin from his big weakness

Trump biographer says he is out of time to escape ruin from his big weakness President Donald Trump is staring down a defining political weakness that "cuts across" political divides, according to his one-time biographer, and he has run out of time before the midterms to meaningfully turn things around. Michael Wolff is a longtime reporter and author, best known for his extensive coverage of Trump's political career, including several books about his chaotic first term. In a recent episode of his Daily Beast podcast, "Inside Trump's Head," Wolff broke down why Trump has created his own political problems as the midterms loom ever closer.

September 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM EDT
NYT columnist exposes 3 Trump officials most 'vulnerable' to impeachment

NYT columnist exposes 3 Trump officials most 'vulnerable' to impeachment Democrats reportedly remain uncertain about pursuing another impeachment of President Donald Trump after the midterms, but according to one New York Times columnist, his administration officials deserve it just as much as their boss, and at least three of them are particularly "vulnerable." With Democrats projected to sweep into a new House majority -- and potentially one in the Senate as well -- in the coming midterms, talks of impeaching Trump once again remain a heated topic. Despite the fact that there are ample grounds on which to prosecute the case, many in the party remain hesitant about impeaching Trump again, given that it remains highly unlikely that he could be removed from office, and given how his first two impeachments were leveraged to help him rile up his biggest supporters.

September 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM EDT
Trump's 'scuzzier sides' leaving wannabe successors in a lurch

Trump's 'scuzzier sides' leaving wannabe successors in a lurch None of the Republicans angling to succeed President Donald Trump as the 2028 presidential nominee are expected to have an easy time of it, but according to a new analysis from The i Paper, the "scuzzier sides of [Trump's] legacy" are leaving wannabes with a potentially unwinnable battle. Fred Kaplan is a veteran, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and on Saturday, he published a new piece for The i Paper breaking down the top prospects for the Republican side of the 2028 presidential race, and how much Trump's Iran war and tanking approval ratings are leaving prospective nominees with a brutal balancing act to try and pull off. Winning the nomination will require courting Trump's devoted followers, who will want his direct successors, as well as GOP voters who want someone as far from his as possible.

September 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
'Witless ape' will punish disloyal voters with even more pain: conservative

'Witless ape' will punish disloyal voters with even more pain: conservative Conservative Dispatch writer Nick Catoggio says there is little reason to expect President Donald Trump to take a lesson from the smackdown that's likely coming for him in the November midterms. "Trump isn't going to 'change course' if Republicans are drubbed at the polls," Catoggio told the Dispatch. "Almost certainly, he'll double down on everything Americans hate about him."

September 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM EDT
Trump's 'most ambitious project' has completely failed: analysis

Trump's 'most ambitious project' has completely failed: analysis President Donald Trump and his allies returned to the White House with grand plans in mind, but according to a new analysis from the New York Times, his "most ambitious project" has completely failed, which actually leaves the country in a much "less dangerous place" than it seemed a year ago. Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Peter Wehner is a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum who also worked as a speechwriter for the three GOP presidents prior to Trump, emerging as a major critic of his political agenda even before he secured the Republican nomination in 2016. On Saturday, the pair published a new op-ed for the Times, detailing the extent to which the second Trump administration has "finally lost the plot."

September 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM EDT
White House historian unloads on Trump: He 'doesn't care' about the Constitution

White House historian unloads on Trump: He 'doesn't care' about the Constitution Presidential historian Tim Naftali delivered terrifying news about President Donald Trump in the wake of his unconstitutional ban on certain news media organizations that he branded "fake news." Speaking to CNN anchor Kasie Hunt Saturday morning, Naftali was at a loss after watching a 2020 exchange between Trump and CBS '60 Minutes' anchor Leslie Stahl, wherein Trump did not deny labeling news as "fake" to undermine their brutally honest coverage of him.