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A former MAGA firebrand who helped build the movement now says it's going to "collapse under its own weight."

Pedro Gonzalez, a writer and former New Right activist who broke with Trump, made the prediction in a Vox piece published Monday by journalist Zack Beauchamp.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman warned damage from President Donald Trump's failed Iran war will outlast his presidency, leaving America diminished globally for years.

In an interview with The New Republic's Greg Sargent on his "Daily Blast" podcast, Krugman dismissed Trump's victory claims as detached from reality and deemed Iran the winner.

Alan Dershowitz is scheduled to sit down with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 20 as part of its sprawling investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and the government's handling of his case, according to Politico.

"I asked to be allowed to set the record straight and correct various misconceptions," Dershowitz said in a text message. "I look forward to doing so."

Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as the White House communications director during President Donald Trump's first term, credited the President with exceptional political instincts in navigating cultural conflict.

Scaramucci, now a fierce Trump critic, compared Trump to Napoleon on a Sunday post, arguing he intuitively grasps issues from transgender athletes to anti-woke sentiment and Bible Belt values. He cited a conversation he shared with Trump, when the President said, "My base is socially conservative and fiscally liberal. They are working-class people who need the government's help."

Former NBC journalist Chris Hansen of “To Catch a Predator” fame delivered a pointed quip in a video published Monday after a man swept up in a child exploitation sting arrived wearing a shirt prominently featuring President Donald Trump.

The sting was carried out by the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana late last year in coordination with Hansen. A video published Monday revealed new details about some of the 15 men arrested in the operation, including 21-year-old Brennan Temple.

A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration's revamped voter-citizenship database, ruling that federal agencies broke the law by building a centralized system that swept up the private data of millions of Americans and wrongly flagged U.S. citizens as non-citizens.

In a sharply worded opinion, U.S. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan vacated the 2025 overhaul of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, system, along with two related privacy notices issued by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. She found the changes violated the Social Security Act, the Privacy Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

A federal judge has upended Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's campaign to "retaliate" against Minnesota Democrats who refused to help enforce President Donald Trump's immigration agenda.

Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota quashed all six grand-jury subpoenas Monday targeting Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her — all Democrats — as well as county officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties.

CNN's Tom Foreman sounded surprised at his own reporting as he provided an update on the ongoing Reflecting Pool saga.

President Donald Trump has blamed vandals for the problems that have plagued his $14 million renovation of the pool, which turned green with an algae bloom once it was refilled following a paint job that is already deteriorating. At least five people have been arrested for taking chunks of the damaged materials from the water.