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Vermont state Sen. Sam Douglass is set to step down Monday after being exposed as a participant in a Young Republican group chat in which members—including at least one Trump administration official—exchanged hate-filled messages.

Douglass, a Republican, said in a statement Friday: “I must resign. I know that this decision will upset many, and delight others, but in this political climate I must keep my family safe.”

The nationwide "No Kings" protests that occurred on Saturday exposed a key vulnerability in President Donald Trump's administration, according to one progressive analyst.

Roughly 7 million people participated in the protest, according to estimates, making it one of the largest protests in American history. That kind of backlash shows that Trump's administration is not as popular as he claims, and that lack of popularity could foment opposition from within Trump's Republican caucus, progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen argued on a new episode of his podcast on Sunday.

The shaky Gaza ceasefire further frayed on Sunday as Israel launched at least 20 airstrikes and blocked all aid delivery in the obliterated Palestinian exclave, while Hamas rejected US allegations that it is preparing to violate the tenuous truce.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it has “now begun a wave of strikes” in southern Gaza “following a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement earlier today” by Hamas, whose fighters are accused of killing two Israeli occupation troops and wounding three others in Rafah on Sunday morning.

Disgraced former Republican lawmaker George Santos would not commit to repaying donors he stole money from during an interview on CNN on Sunday.

Santos was convicted in August 2025 of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his campaign donors by taking their credit card information and using it for personal expenses like rent and OnlyFans subscriptions, according to the Department of Justice. He was just three months into a more-than-seven-year prison sentence when President Donald Trump commuted his sentence.

MAGA appears to be making the same mistake Democrats did during President Barack Obama's administration, according to a new editorial from The Washington Post's editorial board.

The editorial was published following the nationwide "No Kings" protest on Saturday, which drew more than 7 million people. It argued that the protests were another example of a popular uprising spurred by an unpopular government, like when the Tea Party was formed in response to the Obama administration.

A motorcycle that is part of Vice President JD Vance's security detail and a California Highway Patrol car were hit with shrapnel on Saturday after a 155-millimeter shell exploded over Interstate 5 during a live-fire demonstration for the Marines' 250th anniversary on Saturday, according to a new report.

Officials told The New York Times that the explosion was a "mishap" and that no officers were injured. California Gov. Gavin Newsom had ordered the freeway to be closed ahead of the celebration after reports emerged that the Trump administration was planning to fire live ordnance at the event.

Marc Elias, an election lawyer, warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump's latest hire poses a threat to the 2026 midterm elections.

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration had hired Kurt Olsen as a Special Government Employee at the Justice Department focused on election fraud cases. Being a special government employee means that Olsen can only work for 120 days a year, although the Trump administration has tried unsuccessfully to extend the duration of some temporary employees.

A foreign analyst slammed a proposed tunnel project that could link the United States and Russia on Sunday, saying the proposed project "stretches the imagination to the breaking point."

On Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin's international investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, had proposed building an underground tunnel linking the U.S. and Russia. Dmitriev added that President Donald Trump's ally, Elon Musk and The Boring Company, could help facilitate the construction.

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Mark Savaya, a dispensary owner from Michigan who reportedly contributed to Trump’s 2020 campaign, would be the White House’s next special envoy to Iraq.

“Mark’s deep understanding of the Iraq-U.S. relationship, and his connections in the region, will help advance the interests of the American people,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Mark was a key player in my campaign in Michigan, where he, and others, helped secure a record vote with Muslim Americans. Congratulations, Mark!”

Conservatives are calling out U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for ignoring what appears to be a brutal attack on an American journalist by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Jasper Diamond Nathaniel, formerly of the Paris Review but now an independent journalist, said on social media that he was attacked Sunday in the Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya, which, along with the entire West Bank, remains under Israeli occupation. He described the attack as an “ambush” by Israeli settlers, and one orchestrated by the Israel Defense Forces.

MSNBC reporter Jake Taylor revealed on Sunday that people inside the White House say President Donald Trump is "leaning in" to the government shutdown because it allows him to vastly expand his power.

Taylor joined MSBNC anchor Alex Witt on "Alex Witt Reports" to discuss the ongoing government shutdown and how each party is responding. The reporter said that "preliminary discussion" between Republicans and Democrats about reopening the government has begun, although neither party has admitted it publicly.