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Former President Donald Trump is not just speaking off the cuff when he attacks former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's husband over military service, former Trump administration official Anthony Scaramucci told CNN on Monday — he's explicitly laying down a loyalty test for his supporters.

Specifically, he argued, Trump wants to be sure that Republicans trust him over their most cherished institutions.

Former President Donald Trump's latest comments suggesting he'd encourage Russia to attack NATO states if they don't pay for protection reveals his ignorance of how the basic international security order works, former White House official Anthony Scaramucci told CNN on Monday.

"What do you think, having been so close to the president?" anchor Poppy Harlow asked him.

Donald Trump's lawyers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze the proceedings in his federal election subversion case, but MSNBC's Lisa Rubin explained why they're unlikely to grant that request.

The ex-president's lawyers asked the high court to temporarily halt the ruling that denied his immunity claims until the justices issue their own decision on the matter, but Rubin told "Morning Joe" she doesn't believe the case will be paused.

Johns Hopkins University professor Leah Wright Rigueur on Tuesday argued that one of former President Donald Trump's core convictions is that nepotism is good.

Reacting to Trump's endorsement of daughter-in-law Lara Trump to be co-chair of the Republican National Committee, Rigueur argued on CNN that this fits a pattern with Trump dating back to his decision to give son-in-law Jared Kushner a broad range of responsibilities in his White House.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough bashed wealthy acquaintances who baselessly complained President Joe Biden is a "socialist" and pined for the return of "crazy lunatic" Donald Trump.

The U.S. economy has been surging ahead out of the pandemic since Biden took office, and the "Morning Joe" host heaped scorn on wealthy Americans who would put that growth at risk to re-elect Trump, who has promised to destabilize global order, abandon allies, and upend American democracy.

U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is blasting his Republican colleague from Kentucky, Rand Paul, over critical $95.3 billion legislation to provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, and humanitarian aid to Gaza. Senator Paul has vowed to hold up the bill and his fellow U.S. Senators for as long as "a month," until they agree with him on funding for the U.S. southern border.

The Senate had crafted a bipartisan bill that did just that – funding efforts to "fix" the border, as well as provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, but Donald Trump killed it when he directed Republicans to not allow it to pass.

If Trump returns to D.C to once again lead the free world, he could shatter longstanding treaties and disrupt peace, warned Yale Prof. Timothy Snyder on Monday evening.

"I think the worst of it might be do whatever the hell you want," he said while appearing on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell. "Because the whole point of a mutual defense treaty is to assure your allies that you will be there for them, not to invite a potential aggressor to attack."

Former Justice Department official John Yoo believes Donald Trump will likely lose his immunity case before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Yoo, known as a "torture lawyer" for his role in authorizing enhanced interrogations, happened to be interviewing on Fox News when they first reported that Trump was petitioning the high court for a stay in the case where an appeals court shot down the idea of absolute immunity from prosecution.

Former President Donald Trump’s request that the Supreme Court consider his presidential immunity claim managed to hit a “bizarre” and “incredibly inappropriate” tone by the end of its first sentence, former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said Monday.

Weissmann was shocked that a Supreme Court filing — which argues Trump enjoyed absolute freedom as a sitting president — began with an oft-quoted quip from famous former New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra; “This application is ‘déjà vu all over again.”

Right-wing podcast host Charlie Kirk blamed Travis Kelce's angry moment at the Super Bowl on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Kirk reflected on Kelce's behavior at Super Bowl LVIII on his Monday radio program. The star tight end was accused of having a meltdown after his team, the Kansas City Chiefs, suffered a fumble.

President Joe Biden on Monday suggested the lives of election workers were "at risk" because of Donald Trump's MAGA movement.

While speaking at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference, the president called on officials to keep moving forward.

Judge Aileen Cannon may have gone too far with a recent ruling in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case and could potentially be yanked from overseeing it, according to the Obama administration’s ethics czar.

Attorney Norm Eisen on Monday condemned the order by Cannon, a Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida, that demanded special counsel Jack Smith’s unredacted witness lists be made public.