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'Must resist': Ex-employees blast Trump-aligned firm amid 'increasingly violent rhetoric'

More than a dozen former employees of the powerful data-mining firm Palantir Technologies shredded their former employer in a letter obtained exclusively by NPR, in which they seek to trigger a "domino effect" that will spread throughout Silicon Valley.

The thirteen ex-workers slammed their former workplace — which was co-founded by Trump ally billionaire Peter Thiel — over revelations that Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached a deal to pay Palantir $30 million to develop "ImmigrationOS," a tracking system designed to help ICE agents identify migrants for deportation, track self-deportation cases, and share data with other agencies like Customs and Border Protection.

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'They are terrible': Lawmaker urges migrants not to 'trust' Trump's self-deportation cash

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) warned Monday afternoon on CNN that immigrants should hear alarm bells over the Trump administration's new offer to give $1,000 to unauthorized immigrants who "self-deport" to their country of origin rather than let themselves be arrested by immigration enforcement — an arrangement some legal experts have warned is a trap.

"So President Trump says his administration's latest self-deportation policy will allow some migrants a potential path back to the U.S.," said anchor Jake Tapper, playing a clip of Trump's longtime far-right immigration adviser Stephen Miller, discussing the new plan.

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'Dolls are part of the American dream!' Mike Pence jabs Trump in new exclusive interview

Former Vice President Mike Pence took a subtle jab at his ex-boss, President Donald Trump, over tariffs and their impact on American families in an exclusive CNN interview.

The moment came Monday when CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins previewed her interview set to air in its entirety during her show, “The Source.” During one exchange, Collins pressed Pence about Trump administration arguments downplaying the impact of rising prices on consumer goods in the face of the MAGA leader’s aggressive tariff policy.

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Trump uttered 'most important words ever spoken' by a president: conservative ex-judge

Conservative former Judge Michael Luttig pointed to the recent interview President Donald Trump did and called it possibly the "most important" statement made by a U.S. president.

The comment was part of Trump's interview with NBC News' Kristen Welker that aired Sunday. The questions involved the deported migrants sent to a prison in El Salvador and whether they received the due process required under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.

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'No idea about his oath': Jasmine Crockett hits back at Trump after 'low IQ' attack

President Donald Trump has no grasp of his responsibilities in office and of the rights of the people, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday.

This follows a wide-spanning interview in which Trump called Crockett a "low-IQ person." Shortly after that line broke, Crockett fired back on X, saying, "Imagine being busy getting another honorary doctorate & delivering the commencement address to encourage & empower the leaders of 'Today,' and right before boarding your flight to depart, learning that diabolical delusional demented dumb Don was busy trying to challenge your IQ, again."

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'Not asking you to gossip!' Fed-up CNN host gets testy with Trump agency official

An exchange on CNN turned tense Monday when anchor Kasie Hunt pushed a State Department spokesperson for details on high-level talks between U.S. officials and El Salvador’s president, a question which the Trump administration official attributed to “gossip.”

The moment unfolded on CNN’s “The Arena” when Hunt pressed State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce on whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio had recently communicated with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. When she refused to confirm “what world leaders the secretary speaks to,” Hunt asked her question more directly.

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MTG says judges who rule against Trump are guilty of 'treason' as they face death threats

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) argued that judges who ruled against President Donald Trump were guilty of treason, a crime punishable by death.

In a Monday interview on Real America's Voice, host Eric Bolling asked Greene why Republicans weren't impeaching "Democrat activist judges" after they prevented Trump from deporting migrants without due process.

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'Kick to the gut': Expert warns Trump could devastate film industry

President Donald Trump teased the idea of increased tariffs on Hollywood films made in other countries, claiming there would be a 100% tariff on such movies.

Deadline executive editor Dominic Patten told MSNBC called the idea "crazy."

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'Stop it!' CNN host says strategists begging Trump to 'walk back what he's doing'

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump continued to use his "doll" metaphor to illustrate to Americans how they'll have to make do with less due to his tariffs.

Inside Politics' Dana Bash played two videos of Trump repeating his claim that kids can settle for "two dolls instead of 30," albeit with different numbers.

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'Pretty easy questions': House Republican breaks with Trump during CNN grilling

Rep. Rich McCormick, M.D. (R-GA) was among the few Republicans willing to speak out against President Donald Trump's comments during an interview with NBC News' Kristen Welker.

Among the questions from Welker was whether Trump thinks he must uphold the Constitution as president.

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GOP insider slams colleagues for giving Trump 'a pass every time' he makes shock comment

Republican Brendan Buck, a former advisor to two speakers of the House, noted on Monday that the GOP response to President Donald Trump's claim he doesn't know if he has to follow the Constitution will likely be to hide and stay as quiet as possible.

Trump spoke with NBC News' Kristen Welker for an extensive interview that aired on Sunday. It ultimately turned into a civics conversation.

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'They can't take a joke?' Trump insists 'Catholics loved' him as the Pope

President Donald Trump insisted that "Catholics loved" an image of him dressed as the Pope.

At a Monday White House event, Trump was asked if his administration had been "diminished" after the communications staff shared an artificially generated image of him in Pope garb.

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GOP strategist reveals possible inspiration for Trump's Alcatraz plan

President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement that he intended to order the notorious Alcatraz prison to be rebuilt and reopened — and a former Republican strategist revealed the possible inspiration to his plan.

Trump posted Sunday evening on Truth Social that he would reopen and restore Alcatraz, which closed 60 years ago due to its crumbling infrastructure and high maintenance costs, as a "symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE."

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