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Trump's apathy leaves Republican insiders expecting 'punch to the gut' in midterms: report

President Donald Trump's focus on his legacy instead of GOP candidates has left Republican insiders expecting a "real punch to the gut" in November.

Trump told reporters recently he doesn't care about the midterms. According to a NOTUS report drawing on more than a dozen Republican lawmakers and officials, his party believes him.

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Analyst astounded by Trump's latest hoodwink 'deal' with Iran: 'How lame is that?'

A veteran political analyst rained scorn on President Donald Trump's peace agreement with Iran.

Iranian officials have announced they reached a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. to end fighting on all fronts, and they said the agreement will be signed on Friday, but The Bulwark's Will Saletan joined the chorus of criticism of the terms Trump administration officials had negotiated.

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MAGA rages as UFC champ booted from White House event: 'This is how you lose young voters'

Prominent MAGA figures expressed outrage Sunday night after Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Sean Strickland – an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump for his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein – was escorted out of the UFC White House event by U.S. Marshalls.

The current UFC Middleweight Champion, Strickland previously claimed he was banned from participating in the White House event for making “fun of Israel and Epstein,” and for claiming “Trump is owned by [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu].” He doubled down on his criticisms of Trump after learning of the ban by calling Trump a “f------ pedophile.”

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Calls to remove Trump from office after he appears to nod off at UFC birthday bash: 'How?'

President Donald Trump appeared to doze off in the front row of his own UFC birthday celebration, handing critics fresh ammunition and reigniting calls for his removal from office.

Footage circulating from UFC Freedom 250 on the White House South Lawn shows Trump, who turned 80 on Sunday, seated beside UFC chief Dana White with his eyes closed and his head slumping to one side, according to the Mirror and various observers.

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Republicans now believe Trump 'is going to croak' — and are vying to replace him: insider

Republicans have made a dramatic U-turn on the 2028 presidential election, with dozens of contenders now expected to enter the race to succeed Donald Trump as president, an insider told Raw Story.

And while no candidates have officially announced their campaigns yet, Rick Wilson, former Republican operative and co-founder of The Lincoln Project, told Raw Story in an exclusive interview that he was tipped off about the development by strategists.

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Trump caught smiling after UFC fighter drops shocking remark about Michelle Obama: report

President Donald Trump was captured on video “smiling” Sunday after an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter dropped a shockingly "offensive” and false remark about former First Lady Michelle Obama during the UFC event at the White House, CNN reported.

Mixed martial artist Joshua Hokit, 28, defeated his opponent Derrick Lewis Sunday night at the White House UFC bout, and after his victory, shouted an inflammatory and false claim targeting the former first lady.

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White House 'melting down' over 'clearly illegal acts' being exposed in new book: MS NOW

MS NOW's Joe Scarborough highlighted new reporting about the inner workings of President Donald Trump's White House that will likely become the subjects of criminal prosecutions.

New York Times correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller proposed suspending habeas corpus to speed up mass deportations, and both he and Vice President JD Vance pushed the president to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, and the "Morning Joe" host said those actions were plainly unconstitutional.

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JD Vance 'glitches out' in 'embarrassing' Fox News interview: analyst

Liberal commentator David Pakman ridiculed Vice President JD Vance in a video published Sunday over a recent Fox News interview with Jesse Watters, calling it an "embarrassment" that exposed Vance's inability to carry the Republican torch after President Donald Trump leaves office.

Vance was asked by Watters to comment on the recent Democratic Senate nominations of Texas state Rep. James Talarico and Graham Platner in Maine. Before uttering a word, Vance belted out a loud laugh, one that Pakman described as “completely disingenuous.”

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Stephen Miller's 'radical ideas' face pushback from unlikely White House advisers: report

A small group of arch-conservative lawyers inside the Trump White House quietly fought back against Stephen Miller and Vice President JD Vance's push to suspend constitutional rights, according to internal memos and accounts drawn from a forthcoming book on Donald Trump's second term.

The internal resistance — remarkable in an administration that rarely tolerates dissent — centered on proposals pushed by Miller to habeas corpus to accelerate deportations and invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military force against immigration protesters, reported New York Times correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their forthcoming book, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.”

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Eric Trump mocked over botched excuse for UFC cheating scandal: 'Denial took three tries'

Eric Trump fiercely denied accusations Sunday night that he had contacted an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) commentator about whether any of the fights at the White House event that day were “rigged” – a denial that only intensified scrutiny from critics.

In a social media post published just ahead of the White House UFC event, an X user by the name of “Sean O’Meowlly” flagged what they claimed was a “now-deleted post” by UFC commentator Daniel Cormier exposing alleged messages he received from Trump.

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'This is defeat': MS NOW says Trump just made Iran 'more radical, more enraged and richer'

MS NOW's Joe Scarborough dumped cold water on an agreement President Donald Trump has reached to end his war in Iran.

Iranian officials confirmed an agreement has been finalized, and Trump has said Strait of Hormuz will reopen Friday once the deal has been signed, but the "Morning Joe" host slammed the president for starting the war in the first place and questioned what had been gained in relation to the steep cost.

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Trump's 'hype man' now 'one of the five most powerful people around the president': report

President Donald Trump's senior personal counsel has quietly become one of the most influential figures in Washington, operating largely outside public view while maintaining near-constant access to the president and extending his reach across the federal government.

Legal adviser Boris Epshteyn speaks with Trump so frequently that the president sometimes places him on speaker phone during Oval Office meetings without informing other attendees, according to two people familiar with the practice, and he visits the Oval Office roughly once a week and is described by a White House official as "constantly" on the phone with the president in between.

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Psychologist shares sobering warning about Trump as his health worsens: 'Setting us up'

A psychologist and author shared a sobering warning about President Donald Trump on Sunday, noting that the president's symptoms appear to be as bad as ever.

Dr. John Gartner, a former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, argued on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" with host Joanna Coles that Trump appears to be grooming the American public to accept the prospect of what could be his most destructive act yet. That is happening at a time when Trump's symptoms have become so "extreme," according to Gartner, that the president appears to be the sickest individual that Gartner has ever witnessed.

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