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Trump official claims US has ‘safest skies’ – as Fox airs split screen of near crash

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy took to Fox News Monday to boast about reliability of U.S. aviation under his watch, claiming the United States to have the “safest skies in the world” – a poorly timed remark that coincided with a split screen showing video of a plane that struck a pole in New Jersey on Sunday.

“We have the safest skies in the world here in the United States,” Duffy claimed, appearing on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.”

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'Oh my, oh my': Data expert staggered by GOP-leaning group's devastating Trump abandonment

President Donald Trump's deepening unpopularity is dragging down Republican chances with crucial swing voters, according to CNN's Harry Enten.

The 79-year-old president remains underwater in public opinion polling with most demographic groups, and Enten told "CNN News Central" that he's struggling with a key voter bloc that Republican congressional candidates will need in November.

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'Comey's lawyers must have loved' Todd Blanche's interview confession: ex-prosecutor

Comments made by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during two Sunday cable show interviews with regard to the prosecution of former James Comey likely delighted the former FBI director’s lawyers.

That is the opinion of former state attorney of Palm Beach County, Florida, Dave Aronberg, who was amused on “Morning Joe” that Blanche put himself in the position of having to awkwardly explain the reasoning for going after Comey one year after he posted a picture of seashells spelling out “8 6 4 7,” which the DOJ insists was a threat against Donald Trump.

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'That's our house': Don Jr. slammed for bragging about White House 'sleepover at dad's'

Donald Trump Jr. was reminded that the White House was not his "dad's house" after he shared that he was having a "sleepover" with the commander-in-chief.

On Monday, the president's son shared a video of himself exiting Marine One with luggage for a stay at the White House.

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Ex-GOP lawmaker flags Trump's 'greatest self own' as US falls behind Iran in 'meme' war

A former Republican congressman ridiculed President Donald Trump's attempt to keep up with Iran's propaganda campaign.

Iran has concocted a series of Lego-themed propaganda videos mocking the 79-year-old U.S. president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their military campaign, and former GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger told "CNN This Morning" that the Trump administration was falling behind in that aspect of war.

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Trump's ICE enters the 'torture of children business' — and leaves legal expert aghast

President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement has hired a contractor who was allegedly involved in torturing inmates at Guantanamo Bay, and news of the hire left a legal expert aghast on Sunday.

The Guardian reported that ICE has hired MVM Inc, a U.S.-based contractor, to assist in tracking down immigrant children who are in the country. A document reviewed by the outlet reveals that the contractor's job is to "confirm the children’s location, school enrollment and overall wellness, including checking for signs of abuse or trafficking."

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Todd Blanche stuns with 'cutesy' admission that Trump's 'exoneration' claims are false

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to inadvertently contradict President Donald Trump during a "cutesy" moment of his Sunday morning interview on NBC News.

During the segment, Blanche was asked about the Department of Justice's indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. He claimed that the previous attempt to indict Comey, led by former U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, was dismissed only because of a "technicality" and was not a statement by the court about the substance of the charges against Comey.

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MAGA Louisiana Gov. just sent a chilling message with 'corrupt' order: expert

Louisiana's MAGA Gov. Jeff Landry, a close ally of President Donald Trump's, just sent a chilling message with his latest "corrupt" order, according to one expert.

Marc Elias, a voting rights attorney, discussed Landry's recent State of Emergency declaration, signed last week, on a new episode of "Democracy Watch" with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on Sunday. Landry's order canceled the upcoming congressional election in his state as Louisiana lawmakers work to pass a new election map. The order followed the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which found that states can politically gerrymander their maps, even if it effectively creates a racial gerrymander that was once prohibited under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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'It's worse than that': Expert shares sobering warning as Trump's 'defects' get worse

A foreign affairs expert shared a sobering warning about President Donald Trump during a new interview on MS NOW.

Tim Nichols, a staff writer at The Atlantic, told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House: Weekend" that Trump's personal "defect" appears to be getting worse, and there doesn't appear to be anyone around the president who can blunt the impact of that decline. That is happening at a time when the country is gearing up for one of the most consequential elections in recent history, and Trump has shown signs that he may be unwilling to accept the results if the election goes against him.

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Todd Blanche baffles with defense of Trump's voter ID scheme: 'How is this real life?'

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stunned political analysts and observers on Sunday with a strange argument in defense of President Donald Trump's election scheme.

Blanche discussed some of the major election changes the Trump administration is pushing for, including adding nationwide voter ID laws, during an interview on "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning. Blanche argued that having voter ID laws is a common-sense solution to cases of alleged voter fraud, but his reasoning left many with their jaws on the floor.

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Insider says Trump brought 'generational losses' to GOP by ignoring warning: 'We told him'

Republican strategist Rina Shah delivered a blunt indictment of the Trump administration's economic stewardship on MS NOW, revealing that GOP insiders warned the president precisely where his policies would fail—only to be ignored.

"I'm unsurprised. It's exactly in the direction that many of us have told him it would be in, which is really high numbers on disapproving, on cost of living and inflation. Those are the places in which he was elected to do better," Shah said, underscoring that the administration's current crisis is entirely predictable and avoidable.

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Ex-AG says Republicans just 'said the quiet part out loud' with latest celebration

Former Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a scathing assessment of Republican election strategy, accusing the GOP of abandoning democratic principles in favor of engineering minority rule through voter suppression and gerrymandering.

Appearing on MS NOW, Holder responded to a gleeful quote from a Republican strategist in Louisiana who celebrated the state canceling their primaries just two days before the election. Holder the operative was revealing what the party has long concealed. "I think he's saying the quiet part out loud. That's exactly what it is that they are trying to do," Holder said.

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Trump official squirms when pressed by reporter: 'I don’t know the definition of war'

Kevin Hassett, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, stammered Sunday when pressed on the U.S. war against Iran, telling CBS News’ Margaret Brennan that he didn’t fully comprehend the definition of the word “war.”

At the direction of Trump, the U.S. Navy is currently enforcing a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway off the coast of Iran through which a fifth of the world’s oil trade flows. Brennan, who featured Hassett as a guest Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” asked bluntly whether he considered the United States to be at war.

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