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Two former federal prosecutors took to CNN on Monday to call into question President Donald Trump's latest controversial move: purging more than a dozen inspectors general, tasked with acting as a watchdog for the federal government.

Trump fired at least 17 independent watchdogs late Friday at multiple federal agencies — a move even some allies have opposed. The move will allow him to insert his own choices for the roles, CNN reported.

President Donald Trump’s decision to terminate security protection for former administration officials turned critics John Bolton, Brian Hook and Mike Pompeo is one early decision that he “would be wise to reverse,” the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board argued.

In a stinging editorial out Monday, the editorial board applauded Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) for publicly bashing Trump’s revoking of security for his former advisers – and lobbed their own scorn at the president’s decision.

Trump's new anti-diversity executive order could prevent the State Department from observing Black History Month, reported the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

The order is designed to eliminate any diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, programs from the executive branch — a common target of right-wing ire. However, as strictly written, the order goes beyond eliminating recently enacted diversity training policies, and could also eliminate decades-old discrimination and sensitivity policies.

President Donald Trump left the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board — an independent civil liberties watchdog — "paralyzed" on Monday after firing three of its members who were selected by Democrats, according to The New York Times.

This comes after the new MAGA administration earlier today fired "more than a dozen" prosecutors on Special Counsel Jack Smith's team.

The Pulitzer Board is asking a court to pause all defamation proceedings in President Donald Trump's lawsuit against them, CNN reported on Monday — and they're citing Trump's own legal theories to make their argument.

Trump filed the lawsuit against them for awarding prizes to The New York Times and The Washington Post for their coverage of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election — after his previous attempts to sue those outlets over the coverage directly fell through.

President Donald Trump suggested Monday that the United States deport not only undocumented immigrants but U.S.-born citizens who commit crimes.

Trump made the eyebrow-raising comment while speaking during a House Republican members conference meeting at Trump National Doral resort, in Miami, Florida.

Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, was “personally assured” by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) that her stinging statement critical of the Defense secretary nominee could carry influence with Republican senators – and doom his nomination, according to a report Monday in the Wall Street Journal.

Tillis, whose “yes” vote made him the 50th senator to officially support President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, told Danielle Hegseth that if she moved forward with her sworn statement, it could potentially sway three votes – that of Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) and his own, the Journal reported.

Former GOP operative Tim Miller laid into Trump's plans to reform "fraud" in the government on the latest Bulwark Podcast on Monday.

Miller, a frequent conservative critic and the current trajectory of the Republican Party, highlighted what he sees as hypocrisy in how Trump has presented himself to the American people.

A top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee slammed Scott Bessent, who has been confirmed to become the nation's next Treasury secretary.

The Senate voted 68-29 on Monday to confirm Bessent to head the Treasury Department.

President Donald Trump is once again flirting with the unconstitutional idea that he could pursue a third term in office.

The comments came Monday during a speech at his Trump National Doral Miami golf club for the Congressional Institute’s annual retreat for House Republicans as he read from a teleprompter in what appeared to be prepared remarks.

A new bout of fighting between two guerrilla groups in northeastern Colombia, where violence has displaced nearly 50,000 people in 10 days, claimed 13 lives this weekend, authorities said Monday.

The toll brought to 54 the total number of confirmed deaths from fighting in the cocaine-growing Catatumbo region -- lower than the figure of about 80 reported last week based on local counts, officials said.

WASHINGTON — Democratic and independent U.S. senators introduced a resolution Monday to condemn President Donald Trump’s clemency for the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, injuring numerous law enforcement officers and sending lawmakers into hiding as they tried to certify the 2020 presidential election results.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York along with Sens. Patty Murray of Washington, Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Andy Kim of New Jersey are leading all Democrat and independent senators who signed the resolution that “disapproves of any pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers.”

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has a wake-up call for President Donald Trump over his ongoing obsession with acquiring Greenland as part of the United States: they're an "ally, not an asset."

In a joint statement with Danish MP Aaja Chemnitz, Murkowski slammed the ongoing attempts by Trump to strongarm Denmark into surrendering the island territory, which has in recent days triggered alarm from Danish officials. Murkowski, widely considered one of the more moderate members of the GOP caucus in the Senate, co-chairs the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region.