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A photograph shared by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani sparked controversy over security protocol violations.

The image, posted Sunday during U.S. and Iranian peace talks in Switzerland, shows Vance seated at a laptop with Jared Kushner standing behind him. A Common Access Card, or CAC, used by U.S. defense personnel appears inserted into the laptop, bearing a photograph of a woman instead of Vance.

President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social Sunday he inspected the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and consequently blamed its seriously vandalized conditions on sick, deranged people. He also announced work would immediately begin to fix it.

Trump's renovation project, allegedly aimed at restoring Washington, D.C., exceeded its proposed $14.2 million budget and was criticized by historians. In addition, days after its initial blue paint application, algae reappeared across the pool.

The Washington Post obtained over 25,000 memos and documents revealing former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's political actions were directed by Chris Butler of the Science of Identity Foundation.

The documents show Butler provided directives on legislation, policy positions, and television conduct, with memos instructing what bills Gabbard should propose, according to the report published Sunday.

Former President Barack Obama delivered pointed critiques of President Donald Trump during the opening ceremony of his presidential center in Chicago Thursday.

Obama gave a history lesson on America's founding ideals, saying, "In over more than two centuries, through petitions and protests ... men and women of all walks of life, from every color and every faith, every region, took up the cause of democracy until we, the people, came to include not just some of us, but all of us."

Senior Trump administration officials privately criticized President Donald Trump as a lazy warmonger, lacking sustained commitment to prosecute military conflicts.

Zeteo reports, administration insiders claimed Trump's approach to the Iran war resulted in an inevitable defeat, leaving the U.S. in a weakened negotiating position.

President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Jamaica, Kari Lake, refused to retract a false claim about Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) during her Thursday confirmation hearing.

During her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) confronted Lake over her 2024 campaign smear against Gallego, during which she accused Arizona's Senator of being "controlled by the cartels."

Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered pointed jabs at President Donald Trump during the Obama Presidential Center grand opening in Chicago Thursday.

Describing her husband as consistently unflappable at every turn, she said.

Veteran Washington reporter Scott MacFarlane predicted Congress will investigate Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller by week's end, following the New York Times' reports on Miller proposing to suspend habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants to accelerate deportations.

Habeas corpus, a centuries-old constitutional right rooted in the Magna Carta, requires the government justify detention before a judge. A confidential April 29, 2025 memo from White House staff secretary Will Scharf warned Chief of Staff Susie Wiles the proposal would be struck down, noting only Congress can suspend habeas corpus during rebellion or invasion.

President Donald Trump joked Vice President JD Vance would bear blame if the Iran peace deal fails, but Republicans are already privately criticizing the agreement while publicly remaining silent.

Oil industry insiders and GOP lawmakers object to economic support for Iran and Trump's defense of Iran's ballistic missile rights, with one Republican calling it total surrender, reported Politico's Playbook.

Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and John Kennedy (R-LA) confronted Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) during a closed-door Republican lunch Wednesday.

Sources described it as a pile-on over Lee's push to keep the Senate in session until a voter ID bill passes, reported Punchbowl News' Andrew Desiderio.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Vice President JD Vance have adopted a sauerkraut-and-kimchi-heavy diet promoted by physician Dr. Sean O'Mara.

The diet promises weight loss and improved gut health through fermented foods and grass-fed steak, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton noted President Donald Trump appeared unusually exhausted at the Group of Seven summit in France, his worn demeanor revealing more about his weakened standing than his Iran agreement.

The 80-year-old president, who stayed late at a White House UFC birthday celebration before traveling to Évian-les-Bains, notably lacked his usual bronze makeup, wrote Parton.

President Donald Trump erupted in a profane outburst at the G7 Summit in France when asked to compare his Iran agreement with former President Barack Obama's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.

While sitting beside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Trump claimed Obama bribed Iran with $1.7 billion in cash flown on a Boeing 757, falsely stating Iranians mocked Obama. He asserted his deal was superior, though he has refused to disclose its details publicly.