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Stephen Miller fumes over Trump's stinging new defeats in court

Stephen Miller, one of President Donald Trump's top White House aides, melted down on Monday after the administration suffered a series of stinging defeats.

On Monday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled that the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security had illegally created a new voter verification database using the private information of millions of Americans to facilitate voter surveillance. Another federal judge in Minnesota squashed the Trump administration's efforts to investigate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, and several top state officials over social benefits fraud. The Minnesota judge found that the investigation arose in retaliation for the officials not going along with the Trump administration's immigration enforcement agenda.

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Republican congressional candidate under fire over false claims about James Comey

Republican congressional candidate Michael Carbonara falsely claimed FBI Director Kash Patel had confirmed felony convictions against former FBI Director James Comey, labeling it "MASSIVE for accountability."

Comey has not been convicted of any crimes; he was indicted in April on two felony counts by President Donald Trump's Justice Department over a photograph of seashells posted on social media.

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Trump snaps when asked for proof of major new Reflecting Pool claim: 'There's no evidence'

President Donald Trump snapped at a CBS reporter on Monday after he claimed someone took a knife to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Ed O'Keefe, CBS News' senior White House and political correspondent, asked Trump during an Oval Office press conference if he would share a photo or proof that the incident had happened. Trump responded with frustration.

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Trump angered by suggestion Iran now has leverage over him: 'So stupid'

President Donald Trump appeared angered by a reporter's suggestion on Monday that his negotiation tactics with Iran may be giving the regime leverage over him.

Trump held a press gaggle in the Oval Office after he signed an executive order to support America's quantum computing industry. While he was taking questions, one reporter asked Trump if he was willing to cause economic mayhem by striking Iran again, which Trump said was an option that he's considering. The back-and-forth escalated from there.

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Grim verdict as ex-GOP operative says US is on a 'raft ride down the sewer river' of Trump

A former GOP operative argued President Donald Trump "is drowning in his own failure" in a video on Monday.

Anti-Trump conservative Steve Schmidt described how Trump's failed Iran war, struggling economy and blunders around the algae-ridden reflecting pool have further damaged the United States. He suggested the next move would be the Trump cabinet meeting inside the Situation Room, and how future generations would view this "as a portal into understanding the insanity of this moment."

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Firebrand who helped build MAGA claims movement poised to 'collapse under its own weight'

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.

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Renowned economist predicts Trump's mistakes will impact U.S. credibility

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.

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ABC calls on army of 'The View' fans to help fight Trump

ABC is calling on its army of "The View" fans to check President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission, according to reports on Monday.

The network released a new video urging viewers of the long-running talk show to fight back against the Trump administration and agency, which has launched a probe against the talk show, The Daily Beast reported.

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John Oliver warns Trump's crude swipe at Obama is about to backfire spectacularly

Comedian John Oliver warned Sunday that President Donald Trump's profane attack on Barack Obama is going to come back to haunt him.

On "Last Week Tonight," the HBO host zeroed in on Trump's G7 appearance in France, where the president, seated beside Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, mocked Obama's 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump tore up in his first term, and claimed Iran once "laughed at Obama" and called him "a stupid son of a b----" over a $1.7 billion payment.

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DOJ prosecutor's conduct could now unravel more than 100 of her cases

A veteran federal prosecutor's grand jury misconduct is so pervasive that the Justice Department now expects to review more than 100 cases she handled going back to 2007.

A court filing in the Northern District of Illinois names the collapsed prosecution of the "Broadview Six" as the case that started it all. News reports identify the lead prosecutor as Sheri Mecklenburg, a nearly two-decade veteran of the Justice Department whose conduct before a grand jury unraveled a high-profile case against six Democratic officials and activists arrested for protesting outside a Chicago Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz" deportation campaign.

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Ex-Trump lawyer to sit down with House Epstein investigators to 'set the record straight'

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."

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Judge's scathing rebuke of Trump admin startles CNN: 'Quite a shock to see it on paper'

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar was stunned after a federal judge scolded the Trump administration in a scorching new ruling on Monday.

Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota blocked the Justice Department's efforts to subpoena Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and other Democratic officials in an immigration enforcement probe, CNN reported. Walz, who has publicly criticized President Donald Trump, was targeted by the DOJ along with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her. County officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties were also issued subpoenas.

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Woman swarmed by National Guard and US Marshals for dipping hand into reflecting pool: TMZ

A woman was allegedly issued a citation and escorted away from the reflecting pool on Monday after dipping her hand into the water, TMZ reported.

Members of the National Guard, U.S. Marshals, and police officers were seen questioning her at the location, according to TMZ.

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