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Former Trump administration White House attorney Ty Cobb was not at all shocked on Monday to hear reports that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is under federal investigation — but was saddened at the state of the Justice Department.

"I'm not surprised that [Newsom] would announce it," Cobb told MS NOW's Katy Tur, responding to the official video announcement from his office. "I think that's a smart move. There's no reason to hide it."

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress went down on takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base, with emergency crews responding and the situation ongoing.

The crash was reported at about 11:20 a.m. at the base in California's Mojave Desert, roughly 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Edwards Air Force Base confirmed the incident and said crews had immediately responded to the scene.

Vice President JD Vance confirmed in a CBS interview, Iran could access a $300 billion reconstruction fund as part of the U.S. and Iran peace agreement, funded by the Gulf Cooperation Council Coalition.

Vance argued, Tehran hard-liners would emphasize benefits while downplaying required concessions on nuclear programs and oversight.

A Fox News host faced backlash after he said it was "remarkable" that President Donald Trump could walk during a G7 event in France.

John Roberts, co-anchor of "America Reports" on Fox News, remarked live Monday as Trump arrived at the Group of Seven summit in Évian-les-Bains — hours after footage circulated of the president apparently nodding off cage-side at his own White House UFC event.

The Trump administration has opened a criminal probe into California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, the governor announced on Monday.

According to The New York Times, a source close to the probe "said there were multiple federal investigations underway related to the governor, including one looking at his wife’s finances," and that federal law enforcement officials in California, rather than Trump appointees in D.C., opened the investigation "based on government witnesses offering information there."

Yet another of President Donald Trump's plans to transform Washington, D.C., in his own image has been hit with a lawsuit by preservation groups — this time over his plans to transform West Potomac Park, an area that includes several memorials, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.

Trump has plans to create what he calls a "National Garden of American Heroes" on the site, which has raised alarms about whether his renovations will respect the current memorials at the site.

President Donald Trump engaged in “serious” discussions about suspending a key right enshrined in Article I of the Constitution in the early months of his second term, The New York Times revealed in a report published Monday, and to such an extent as to compel top White House officials to issue a “blinking red warning light.”

That constitutional right was habeas corpus, the legal mechanism ratified by the United States in 1788 by which individuals can challenge arbitrary detentions. The idea to suspend that right – at least, for undocumented migrants – came from White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, as was detailed in the forthcoming book viewed by the Times.

A federal judge already has enough evidence to order a criminal contempt trial of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche — and needs no further investigation to do it.

That's the conclusion of Marty Lederman, a Georgetown Law professor and former senior Justice Department official, writing Monday for Just Security.

Five Democratic U.S. Representatives from Michigan sent a letter on Thursday to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin to oppose the development of a planned ICE detention facility in Romulus.

Rep. Haley Stevens of Birmingham led the letter and was joined by Reps. Debbie Dingell of Ann Arbor, Hillary Scholten of Grand Rapids, Kristen McDonald Rivet of Bay City, and Shri Thanedar of Detroit — almost the entire Democratic delegation to the U.S. House from Michigan, except for Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who has also been actively fighting against the detention center’s opening. The detention center is in Thanedar’s district.

The increasingly barbecue-centered Texas Senate race has taken an oddly specific turn as each candidate tries to prove their regional food bonafides.

Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged his Democratic opponent, state Rep. James Talarico, to prove he likes barbecued meat as much as he claims, reported Chron.