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Vice President JD Vance announced Monday night he forwarded a criminal referral to the Justice Department regarding fraud allegations against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Vance released a statement on social media, saying, "I've referred these allegations to DOJ's new Fraud Division for criminal investigation."

Investigative journalist Ken Silva revealed three significant omissions in the toxicology report for Thomas Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania before the 2024 election.

Silva discussed his findings in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson on Monday.

President Donald Trump was booed by the crowd at Madison Square Garden during the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.

As the anthem played, ABC cameras captured the President saluting in his suit. The crowd reacted loudly; this marked the only time Trump appeared on screen during the introduction. A crowd outside the arena also booed his motorcade upon arrival.

President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden Monday night and was met with sustained booing both outside the arena and during the National Anthem broadcast.

In his podcast "Another Day," progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen criticized Trump's attendance as selfish, arguing the President habitually makes moments about himself. Cohen noted Trump prioritizes attending sporting events while New Yorkers face serious challenges.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor rebuked the Mississippi Supreme Court for applying a problematic standard in the case of Tony Terrell Clark, a Black death row inmate convicted by a jury of 11 white people and one Black juror.

The all-conservative Mississippi Supreme Court denied Clark's latest appeal, which Justice Sotomayor agreed with. However, she wrote this revealed, "A double standard where the State struck Black jurors who took anything but the most hardline pro-death penalty position, but not white jurors who expressed serious doubts about the death penalty."

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) openly defied President Donald Trump Sunday night by encouraging Israel to launch strikes against Iran, contradicting Trump's explicit directive to Israeli leadership not to respond to Iranian attacks.

After Iran struck Israel in response to Israeli bombing of Lebanon. Trump urged restraint, but Israel launched missiles anyway, according to reports by Barak Ravid.

Comedian Walter Masterson conducted undercover interviews at a MAGA rally in Florida, wearing an "ultra MAGA" shirt to expose what he characterized as hypocrisy in how President Donald Trump's loyalists view identity and self-expression.

Masterson drew parallels between MAGA rally attire and Pride Month fashion, pointing out similarities that rally attendees apparently failed to acknowledge.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reversed a controversial Pentagon religious classification policy after Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) called it "repugnant" and contacted President Donald Trump directly.

A May 20 memo by Under Secretary of Defense Anthony Tata reduced military religious affiliation codes from 211 to 31, but excluded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Christian category.

The New York Knicks return to Madison Square Garden Monday night, riding a historic 13-game playoff win streak with two wins from the NBA championship, but amid the excitement, President Donald Trump's attendance at Game 3 forced the cancellation of watch parties across New York City.

MS NOW's "Morning Joe" panelists questioned whether Trump's attendance at the Knicks' first championship home game would disrupt the team's good fortunes. While co-host Mika Brzezinski noted the loss of organic fan gatherings and street celebrations that characterized the postseason.

GOP pollster Sarah Longwell warned, President Donald Trump's push to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as permanent Attorney General could create a midterm liability for Republicans.

In the latest episode of her podcast, "Illegal News with Sarah Longwell," Longwell explained the Senate's narrow Republican majority means only four GOP votes can defect before confirmation fails.

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter criticized President Donald Trump for attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden Monday night, calling it his absolute worst act of selfishness.

The New York Knicks face the San Antonio Spurs in their first home-base game of the Finals.

President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, a wealthy housing finance official and PulteGroup founder's grandson, as acting director of national intelligence without any prior security clearance or vetting process.

CNN reported that three sources confirmed Pulte had no evidence of even the lowest-level security clearance before being named to oversee all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA and NSA.