President Donald Trump took a major step toward invoking some of the most extreme emergency powers available to a sitting president and claimed an “insurrection” is underway in Portland, Oregon. During an interview with Newsmax host Greg Kelly,

The newly-independent MSNBC took its first steps separate from NBC News Monday as leadership circulated a list of "10 principles" for the standards they expect from their journalists.

On hot button issues, a majority say children should be vaccinated; controlling gun violence is more important than gun rights; and Epstein files should be released, in a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

The guardedly positive reviews for the New Yorker's leadership come as the shutdown fight enters a politically perilous new phase.

Trump's presidential approval rating has been dropping over the last two weeks, hitting an all-time low this term, albeit still higher than his first term approval numbers of 42.8% on average and higher than former President Joe Biden's approval rating of 43.2%.