Republican strategist Scott Jennings confronted Harvard professor Jay Michaelson during a heated CNN exchange on Monday after Michaelson accused the GOP and the Trump administration of enabling white supremacy. The confrontation occurred amid discussions of antisemitism on U.S. college campuses, particularly elite institutions like Harvard.
Tensions flared in the Oval Office as former President Donald Trump and top administration officials confronted CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins over the controversial deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador.
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings sparked backlash from fellow panelists Monday after defending the Trump administration’s mass deportations of illegal alien gang members affiliated with the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Agua. The heated exchange unfolded during a segment discussing reports that individuals were deported based on body art linked to the gang.
Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza warned Thursday that President Joe Biden is set for a rough two-month period as two upcoming books are likely to portray him negatively. The books—Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, releasing Tuesday, and Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, coming out May 20—are expected to highlight concerns about Biden’s mental and physical state and how his aides allegedly concealed his decline.
FBI Director Kash Patel has issued a memo categorically denying a recent CNN report alleging plans to reassign a significant number of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents to the FBI.
Elon Musk has threatened legal action against former Rep. Jamaal Bowman after Bowman made defamatory remarks on CNN, calling Musk a “Nazi” and a “thief.”
CNN has refuted claims suggesting it had prior knowledge of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.
Republican strategist Scott Jennings pushed back against a CNN panel criticizing the Trump administration’s changes to the White House press pool selection process. During “CNN NewsNight,” host Abby Phillip and former Democratic National Committee Communications Director Xochitl Hinojosa likened the change to “the early days of Putin’s reign,” prompting Jennings to set the record straight.
Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark attempted to assure CNN viewers on Monday that her party is successfully opposing President Donald Trump, despite polling that shows most Democrat voters disagree. A CNN/SSRS poll found that 73% of Democrat-leaning voters believe their congressional leaders are doing too little to oppose Trump, with only 22% believing their response has been appropriate.
Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, recently sparred with CNN anchor Brianna Keilar over illegal immigrants allegedly defrauding American taxpayers. The debate, which aired on CNN’s News Central, centered on fraudulent claims for tax benefits and the Trump administration’s commitment to cracking down on such abuse.
