JM Rieger

“Nearly 600 high-profile, right-wing social media accounts, podcasts and other online media have published more than 7,000 statements questioning the election’s integrity so far this year, a Washington Post analysis found.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump said tariffs would make Americans rich. But nearly two years into Trump's second term, data shows U.S. citizens are bearing the brunt of tariff-related price hikes. Alex Tabet travels to Michigan for the fourth part of MS NOW's POTUS Promise Check series. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...

“More than 5 million people, including an estimated 2 million children, have lost SNAP benefits since last year, said Katie Bergh, a senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

The New York Times reports that the U.S. and Israeli militaries have developed specific plans for renewed strikes against Iran after the American midterm elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. The Pentagon denied us access to take photos, but we obtained some anyway. A story in global affairs: wapo.st/3WF2YQo

Trump promised to deport migrants with criminal records. But as immigration arrests have risen, so too has the percentage of those with no criminal convictions. Alex Tabet travels to Arizona for the third part of MS NOW's POTUS Promise Check series. www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

A billionaire wanted a pardon. His family gave a $50 million deal to Alina Habba, a lawyer with close ties to President Trump. nyti.ms/3Ubc3Q5

UNITED CEO Scott Kirby: “.. Wealth inequality has become a danger to our society, .. We should have a national wealth tax ..” @nytimes.com $UAL www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/b...

Trump says government officials who leak to the media ‘should be shot’ www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

“.. More than 30% of loans to [subprime borrowers] originated in the first half of this year are not scheduled to be paid off until their cars are more than 12 years old. That’s up from just 7% at the end of 2019.” @reuters.com www.breakingviews.com/columns/big-...

A federal judge lambasted the Trump administration for ignoring her repeated pleas not to work on the historic East Potomac course: “Ignorance is not an excuse here. There’s no excuse for this.” Read more of her statements here: https://wapo.st/4zoTd6Z

Breaking News: The Justice Department is investigating whether major TV networks violated federal antitrust laws when they briefly suspended pool coverage of President Trump, according to people with knowledge of the department’s action.

21 days ago, Trump signed new sanctions legislation directing him to impose up to 100% tariffs on the top five importers of Russian oil or natural gas. Today, Trump announced a deal to obtain diesel from Russia. apnews.com/article/trum...

Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social and @mepfuller.bsky.social #ksleg

"Pentagon officials said the Army officer convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting would be executed in public, a practice that ended in the US nearly a century ago and is most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran [&] North Korea" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

WSJ reports the Trump admin. is investigating Wells Fargo over whether it violated lending laws by favoring Black or other minority homeowners. In 2024, only 24% of Black households owned the home they lived in, compared with 73% of White households. www.wsj.com/finance/bank...

Under pressure to tame the markets and end the Iran war, Scott Bessent is consolidating power, making unilateral decisions—and his temper is flaring up.

“Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read..They record details of how you and your contacts met..Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process” time.com/article/2026...

Two years ago, Donald Trump said he would lower mortgage rates to 2 or 3%. This month, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate neared a three-year high. My latest supercut for @ms.now

NYT reports that talks between the Trump administration and Russia to end the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit family business partners of the main US negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

Trump vowed to lower gas prices. His backers are not buying it. Alex Tabet travels to Alaska for the first part in MS NOW's new midterm series, POTUS Promise Check. www.ms.now/news/alaska-...

"Convicted murderer Christa Pike continued to breathe for nearly an hour after she was administered two rounds of lethal injection drugs...Pike continued to talk, breathe and snore long after the proceeding was underway." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"In 2013, Meta claimed $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Zuckerberg counted as a research expense because he helped invent new software, such as Facebook’s News Feed. The IRS is trying to claw back the company’s resulting $355 million tax savings" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

Republicans say they want to end the war in Iran. They keep voting against resolutions calling for it to end. My latest for @ms.now

"A television ad promoting President Donald Trump began airing on cable Wednesday saying it was paid for by the U.S. government, despite a federal prohibition on using taxpayer dollars for 'publicity or propaganda.'" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a temporary restraining order reinstating White House access to journalists working for MS NOW, CNN and Politico. The ruling is a victory for news organizations fighting to cover a president who has lashed out at the media. Read more from Fallon Gallagher:

SCOOP: Justifying its ban of Politico, the White House said the news outlet used anonymous quotes from a "senior administration official." But those quotes were provided to Politico and other outlets by the White House during a background briefing. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

MS NOW reporters spent the past two days asking Republicans on Capitol Hill about Trump's White House media ban. Reactions were mixed.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that ICE owes millions of dollars in unpaid bills to hospitals. Some detainees have been directly charged for care while in ICE custody and some have had appointments for lifesaving medical care delayed or canceled. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

One House Republican tells MS NOW: "We're gonna get crushed. The only question is by how much." Another House Republican tells MS NOW that if you're a Republican and you're not concerned about the midterms, "you're stupid." www.ms.now/news/crushed...

@ms.now statement on its journalists being denied access to the White House grounds:

Mike Johnson has now made this claim for at least the 11th time over the past 14 months. Except multiple metrics indicate this Congress is likely to go down as one of the least productive in history. bsky.app/profile/rieg...

New supercut for @ms.now: JD Vance to Democrats: Don't be like Trump

Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.

“Microsoft employees debated whether what OpenAI was doing represented the ‘largest theft of labor in human history’ and could create a ‘doom loop’ that could ultimately threaten the quality of the LLMs they were building” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has touted the historical productivity of this Congress at least 10 times over the past 14 months. Except nearly a half dozen metrics show that this Congress is likely to go down as one of the least productive in history. My latest for @ms.now

(AP) — Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...