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The White House reacted late Monday to deafening criticism of its shock move to pull down part of the White House's historic East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom.

President Trump defended the massive project, declaring, "They've wanted a ballroom for 150 years. And I'm giving that honor to this wonderful place. You're gonna see a ballroom the likes of which... I don't think it'll be topped."

Democratic influencer Harry Sisson floated a new theory about why President Donald Trump included him in a recent AI-generated video.

Over the weekend, Trump posted a video of him flying a fighter jet named "King Trump" over what appears to be the "No Kings" protests that more than 7 million Americans participated in. Throughout the video, Trump dumps excrement on protesters, including Sisson.

Election officials and voters preparing for next year’s midterm elections face disruptions on multiple fronts, including President Donald Trump’s efforts to influence voting procedures, a rare midcycle redistricting push in several state legislatures, and activity in the U.S. Supreme Court, whose election-related docket could have a big impact.

This month, the justices heard arguments in two cases with potentially profound implications for elections and redistricting — and at least two more significant election-related cases are seeking a spot on the court’s docket.

Five months after the Trump administration closed investigations into law enforcement agencies across the country, the Justice Department has signaled that it will continue its investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.

Rankin County NAACP President Angela English said a Justice Department official recently informed her that Attorney General Pam Bondi had authorized federal investigators to move forward with the Rankin County investigation after months of uncertainty about whether it would continue under the Trump administration.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner issued a dire warning on Monday following President Donald Trump's latest vitory in court.

On Monday, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay on a lower court order preventing Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, a city that officials in the administration have described as "war ravagged." the decision allows the administration to deploy troops.

Author and CNN panelist Keith Boykin slammed President Donald Trump's latest "affront to democracy" during CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Monday.

Boykin and former George W. Bush administration spokesman Pete Seat clashed over the significance of an AI-generated video Trump posted ahead of the "No King's" protests last weekend that drew 7 million people nationwide. In the video, Trump can be seen flying a fighter jet named "King Trump" and the jet drops excrement on protesters in several cities, including Democratic influencer Harry Sisson in New York City.

MAGA fans expressed astonishment and disgust Monday night as FBI head Kash Patel publicly celebrated Diwali, the Hindu “Festival of Lights” celebrated each autumn by more than a billion people, including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists.

In a post on X, Patel wrote "Happy Diwali - celebrating the Festival of Lights around the world, as good triumphs over evil."

Observers bashed the groundbreaking of President Donald Trump's signature White House renovation project on Monday, calling it "an abomination."

Trump announced on Monday that crews broke ground on the White House ballroom project that he announced over the summer. The roughly $200 million renovation is being funded by private interests, Trump included, the president said in a Truth Social post. The project also includes a renovation of part of the East Wing of the White House.

Ohio Republicans appear all but guaranteed to join the ranks of GOP lawmakers around the country, heeding President Donald Trump's call to rig congressional maps to give themselves extra seats — but Democrats may be hatching a plan to stop it, Punchbowl News reported on Monday.

The issue stems from Ohio's redistricting laws, which Republicans passed several years ago to ensure they'd retain the power to draw maps unilaterally, while creating a series of extra steps and checks to make it look as if they didn't. Under Ohio's procedure, the map must be passed on a bipartisan basis, but if no consensus can be reached, the majority party can pass its own map, but only for four years.

President Donald Trump's loyal followers in the right-wing media have drummed up a false panic about chaos and disorder in American cities to justify his authoritarian crackdown with the National Guard on anywhere that protests him, Media Matters for America president, Angelo Carusone, told MSNBC's "The Weeknight" on Monday.

This comes after a federal appeals court panel dominated by Trump appointees gave the green light for the president to activate the Oregon National Guard to march on protesters at the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

Fox News host Sandra Smith repeatedly talked over a guest after he mentioned a sophomoric AI-generated video President Donald Trump posted to social media on the day of massive protests against his administration.

The Daily Beast reported Monday that former Biden administration official Dan Koh, who is running as a Democrat for a U.S. House district in Massachusetts, was abruptly interrupted the moment he brought up the video, which shows the 47th president of the United States flying a jet with "King Trump" written on it, dumping feces on a crowd of protesters. The video featured the song "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins, though the musician later demanded that his song be removed from the video. The video with the song is still live as of this writing.

The top Senate Republican torpedoed one of President Donald Trump's most controversial nominees on Monday night, flatly asserting, "he's not gonna pass."

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) told CNN in a statement that he hopes the White House pulls Trump's nomination for Paul Ingrassia, a right-wing podcaster whom Trump nominated to lead the Office of the Special Counsel. Thune's comment comes after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) also said Monday that he would not support Ingrassia, setting up a potential fight between MAGA heavyweights and the president.

White House officials scrambled Monday to rescue President Donald Trump's peace plan for Israel and Gaza amid fears the Israeli prime minister could blow up the deal.

Trump's plan involves Gaza governance by a temporary committee led by the U.S. president with involvement from figures including Tony Blair. It also calls for Hamas to disarm and release all hostages.