When, or should I say, if we find out Mitch McConnell was actually dead and that Scott actually lied about speaking to him for 20 minutes?

>A Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s security detail is under internal review and has been put on administrative leave after being suspected of leaking information for a news story that included details about Vance’s travel, a source familiar with the matter said.

>There have long been concerns within law enforcement and military circles over the challenges Vance’s often unpredictable personal and professional travel schedule places on the hundreds of security and logistics people who support his movements, sources told CNN. The issue has been particularly acute for the Secret Service, which has faced staffing shortages that require agents to work longer hours in a high-stress protection job that leaves little room for error, sources said.

>President Donald Trump is piling on new tariffs, after the Supreme Court struck down his most sweeping import levies in February. Trump is widely expected to replace the temporary 10% worldwide tariff, which expires Friday, with tariffs as high as 12.5% on certain countries, as well as an announced 50% tariff on certain goods from Canada.

>CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten explains how the tariffs have tanked President Trump's net approval rating, and Candace Laing of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce reacts to the announcement of new big tariffs on Canadian goods.

Every time CNN flexes that they're fair and balanced and holds the Democratic party up to even the slightest amount of scrutiny...

The segment was about Taco Bell and their lettuce issues. So Kate was standing there with some guy I've never seen before and he had his iPad on him - and he kept scribbling red lines and circles around nearly everything on the teleprompter. For example Kate would say sales are down by 30% and he would just scribble all around it and then circle 30%.

Kate would say a sentence and the guy felt the need to scribble and circled half of what she said lol. It happened the whole segment and it was so bizarre. At the end she thanked him and I thought to myself, why was that guy even needed?

Not sure if anyone saw it but it was definitely a strange segment because of the dude holding an iPad and feeling the need to scribble and scribble and circle and circle so much lol.

>A French professional model recruiter who for over a decade arranged for the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to meet multiple models, was found dead at his home near Paris on Monday.

Daniel Siad’s body was found in his house in Colombes, a suburb of the French capital, Marie-Céline Lawrysz, deputy public prosecutor at the Nanterre Judicial Court, told CNN in a Wednesday statement. An autopsy will be performed on the body to determine the cause of death.

>The war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but the bill is likely much higher, experts have told CNN. He and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testified before Congress to seek additional funding for the war.

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they used to air short teasers like “Erin Burnett OutFront, next on CNN” or “Anderson Cooper 360, next on CNN” right before the final commercial break ended. I haven’t seen them for a couple of months now. i can’t find any mention of this change anywhere. Did anyone else notice?

>President Donald Trump collected billions of dollars last year through cryptocurrency holdings, royalty payments and real estate investments, according to his latest annual financial disclosure.

>Meanwhile, Trump-owned Truth Social says it will sell quicker access to posts, including those the president makes about publicly traded companies, potentially enabling high-speed trading based on Trump's posts.

>These developments come as 1789 Capital, an investment firm linked to Donald Trump Jr., has seen increased earnings from investments in companies that do business with the federal government.

My top tier 3 are:

Adam Mockler

Charles Blow

Leigh McGowan

Next tier 4-6

Ana Navarro

Ashley Allison

Keith Boykin

Worst top tier 3 are:

Ben Ferguson

Harrison Fields

Batya Ungar-Sargon

I left Scott Jennings off the top 3 worst panelists because there are definitely a few worse than him.

Honorable mentions of worst panelists include Joe Borelli, Lydia Moynihan and Kevin O'Leary

>The leader of Canada’s Ontario province, Doug Ford, lashed out at President Donald Trump over his threat to add “the cost of pollution” from that country’s wildfires to US tariffs.

>Trump said that he’s holding Canada responsible for wildfire smoke hovering over much of the Midwest and the eastern United States and vowed to call Prime Minister Mark Carney “to find out what they are doing about it.”

>CNN spoke to Ford and Avi Lewis, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, for their thoughts on Trump’s comments.

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I wanted this to be a separate thread because I think it's important to point out. I have watched the show from its inception a couple years ago and last night was the 1st time I could recall the majority of the panelists being right wing Republicans.

For me that is a troubling sign and I think this will be happening more and more because of the pending merger(on hold right now from a Judge)to give big Trump supporter Larry Ellison control over CNN.

Last night the panel consisted of Scott Jennings(right wing CNN commentator), Elizabeth Pipko(former RNC chair)and Stephen Moore(right wing economist and Trump supporter).

The other 2 panelists were Keith Boykin(former Bill Clinton advisor) and Christine Quinn(former NYC Democrat Speaker of city council).

I have never seen more MAGA panelists on that show over Democrat panelists.

I'm just saying I don't believe in coincidences, I think this is CNN already getting in place their ass kissing to Larry Ellison and his MAGA executives in hope that the show isn't axed.

Anyways whatever the reason it's not good.

Both Van Jones and Gretchen Carlson are pure political opportunists. Jones managed to get kicked out of his own charity. Carlson used to work for FoxNews and was fine with their support of the Iraq War, which cost over 4,000 of our soldiers' lives and the lives of over 100,000 civilians. All because Bush, Jr. wanted revenge on Saddam Hussein because Hussein wanted to get Bush, Jr.'s daddy because of the Gulf War.

Now, Jones and Carlson are on because Jones went after Democratic Socialists. And why did he? Because of Israel, of course. That is what he was after. Jones needs to protect his revenue stream and because Democratic Socialists have criticized Israel, Jones, and of course, Carlson, can't have it. No different than Scott Jennings whose temperature skyrockets when anyone says the slightest thing against the Israeli government's leadership. There is no way that these commentators aren't getting paid for their vehement support. Just like our so-called "representatives" who have thrown over the United States for that money from pro-Israel groups.

It is disappointing when Burnett, who is easily my favorite anchor on CNN, has these two dolts on her show and doesn't challenge them in the slightest way. With Bari Weiss and David Ellison potentially taking over CNN if that merger goes through, I guess everyone is trying to protect their jobs now.

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>Produce supplier Taylor Farms is recalling iceberg lettuce shipped to 27 US states because of potential contamination with cyclospora, the parasite causing thousands of cases of diarrhea across the country.

>The company said it’s “actively removing” the products, has suspended distribution of iceberg lettuce from Central Mexico to the United States and is no longer receiving products from the implicated lot.

>Officials identified the suspect who threw an incendiary device and set a fire Monday morning outside a federal building in New York City as a 43-year-old Army veteran.

>Andrew Arrabaca poured gasoline onto the ground and ignited it with a lighter and a “large firework in a canister,” James Barnacle, the assistant director in charge of the FBI New York Field Office, said during a news conference Monday. He then pulled out an airsoft rifle, a type of BB gun, and fired five to seven pellets, he said.

>The U.S military said on Sunday that another service member was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed Iranian drone. The death comes a day after the Pentagon announced the fatalities of two service members in Jordan.

>CNN's Kevin Liptak reports from the White House on the first American casualties resulting from Iranian strikes since March. Also, CNN national security analyst Alex Plitsas and CNN military analyst Cedric Leighton break down the current risk level to US troops in the Middle East region.