TRUMP HAS PRIVATELY SHOWN SERIOUS INTEREST IN U.S. GROUND TROOPS IN IRAN โ NBC NEWS
TRUMP HAS PRIVATELY SHOWN SERIOUS INTEREST IN U.S. GROUND TROOPS IN IRAN โ NBC NEWS
Q: What went in to your decision to replace Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullin?
Trump: Ugh. Is it possible to stay on the subject just for once? Boy, oh boy
Reporter: The price for oil just keeps rising. That's happening because that Strait of Hormuz between Oman and Iran remains shut. That is a huge concern for the rest of the world.
Reporter: The Pentagon is arguing that their press policy is to protect national security, while press organizations say that this is a violation of the First Amendment. This case has gained significant importance as we are entering a war with Iran.
Fox host mocks Americans concerned about rising gas prices:
Every time this happens people go, 'Ah, the gas prices!' Let's pull our trousers up, shall we?
Barack Obama on the late Rev. Jesse Jackson: "He was talking about everyone who was left out. Everyone who was forgotten. Everyone who was unseen. Everyone who was unheard. And in that sense, he was expressing the very essence of what our democracy should be."
Nintendo has sued the U.S. government over Trump's tariffs, newly filed court records reveal.
The lawsuit includes demands for an immediate refund with interest.
Host: The DOJ just dropped its latest round of Epstein files, and this time they include the FBI's notes on its interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault. The DOJ faced widespread backlash for withholding the documents, and accusations that it was trying to protect Trump.
Reporter: We have had zero job growth over the past 6 months. When I look at some of these numbers, I see impact of these tariffs. Manufacturing has now shed near 100,000 jobs over the past 12 months.
GOP congressman on increased gas prices:
When you have a kinetic conflict like this, whether you want to call it a war or not, it is going to take a little bit of sacrifice on the part of Americans.
RNC Chair Joe Gruters claims Republicans will win the midterms because Trump is "the best showman that's ever lived"
Q: What are the remedies that you can produce right now for lower gas prices?
Hassett: We've got a whole flow chart of tools to use. But we're also very optimistic that we're going to be able to get this problem resolved relatively quickly
Lawyer for Ruben Ray Martinez's family: When Ruben lost his life, his car was in park. And right after those 3 bullets came through the window and went into his chest from that ICE officer, Ruben said 'I'm sorry, sir' as his last words. This was not someone who posed a threat.
Trump voter whose son, Ruben Ray Martinez, was killed by ICE:
"I was devastated and in disbelief. It's bad enough to lose your child, but then to lose your child at the hands of law enforcement when they're supposed to be the ones to protect your child."
A DOJ source says FBI agents found the woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child to be credible:
"They would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying."
Fox: A new Fox poll shows 58% of voters disapprove of ICE. That is up 7 points from September.
Fox: Disapproval of ICE is increasing with young people and independents in particular. The border and immigration have been such a strength for Trump, so to see the attrition of these numbers has been very discouraging
A new U.S. military investigation has revealed Trump and Pete Hegseth were likely responsible for the bombing of an Iranian girls' elementary school, killing 175 people.
Johnson: We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war
(The Trump administration has said multiple times that we are at war)
Kevin Hassett dismisses concerns about young people losing jobs because of AI:
"There's some declines at the bottom and increases at the top. But the increases are way more important for GDP because those people are getting huge wage increases. It's a real positive."
Kevin Hassett says the low jobs numbers are "something of a surprise" and blames them on the weather
Host: The jobs report is weaker than expected. And it paints a certain type of deterioration that I wouldn't have expected.
Reporter: I asked Trump about rising gas prices. He said, 'That's alright. It'll go way down very quickly.' I said, 'Well, they're pretty high now.' And he said, 'No they're not.'
Fox: In February, 92,000 jobs were taken out of the economy. Not expected. The unemployment rate came in slightly higher, 4.4%. Not expected.
Fox: The U.S. economy did not add jobs. It lost 92,000 jobs in February, a steep drop from expectations. Unemployment also ticked up.
Newly published Epstein files reveal allegations that Trump sexually assaulted an adolescent girl.
The woman alleges Trump forced her to perform oral sex when she was around 13 years old, then struck her after she bit his penis.
Trump on whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks on American soil:
"I guess. ... Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."
New data reveals the U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%
The private sector lost more jobs than any month since December 2020.
Hegseth: Kristi Noem did an excellent job
Hegseth: I want to kind of address this idea that the war might be expanding or that there's chaos. Nothing could be further from the truth