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'Keep the poor in poverty?' WSJ editorial jabs late Pope Francis over 'anti-Americanism'

The death of Pope Francis on Monday morning caused an outpouring of good wishes and mourning from people around the world and across the political spectrum — even if President Donald Trump's comments declaring his excitement to go to the funeral were met with a less-than-warm reaction.

But on Monday, the editorial board for the Wall Street Journal sent him off by attacking his economic views.

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Ex-mayor stabbed and husband slain in rampage at their home: police

The first Black mayor of Lewisville, Texas, was stabbed, and her husband was killed at the hands of their grandson in an early morning attack Monday, police said.

Mitchell Blake Reinacher, 23, has been charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the stabbing of longtime Denton County Commissioner Bobbie J. Mitchell and her husband, Fred Mitchell, the Daily Beast reported.

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'Wonderful champions!' Trump gives full-throated endorsement to 2 candidates in same race

President Donald Trump made two endorsements for the same race in a post to his Truth Social platform on Monday evening — giving the nod to two separate politicians for governor of Arizona.

"I like Karrin Taylor Robson of Arizona a lot, and when she asked me to Endorse her, with nobody else running, I Endorsed her, and was happy to do so," wrote Trump. "When Andy Biggs decided to run for Governor, quite unexpectedly, I had a problem — Two fantastic candidates, two terrific people, two wonderful champions, and it is therefore my Great Honor TO GIVE MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT TO BOTH."

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'Stymied at every turn!' Trump whines that Supreme Court 'intimidated' by 'radical' Dems

President Donald Trump railed against the Supreme Court on Monday, which he said has "stymied" him at "every turn."

The Supreme Court recently temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. The high court stressed that the targeted migrants must have a chance to challenge their removal in court.

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'They want us to fight alone': Dozens of groups unite in show of force against Trump

A coalition of 75 civil rights groups on Monday responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's "escalating threats and actions" targeting nonprofit organizations by launching "The Pact: A Civil Rights Coalition Unity Commitment."

Led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the groups represent "millions of people of every background in every ZIP code across America, exist to serve our communities, protect rights, and advance opportunity for all," the pact explains. "Today we face a campaign by the government to silence and isolate us, stop us from doing our jobs, and hurt the people we serve."

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'Can’t bully Adam Smith': WSJ conservative editors torch Trump amid market 'meltdown'

President Donald Trump was raked over the coals by the Wall Street Journal editorial board on Monday, over his escalating attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates to his satisfaction.

The conservative board, which has frequently laid into Trump for his tariff wars and other controversial economic policies, is speaking out after Trump attacked Powell as "Mr. Too Late" and accused him with no evidence of manipulating interest rates to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.

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Ex-Biden staffer tears into Stephen Miller for claiming rioters were denied 'due process'

Andrew Bates, former White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary in former President Joe Biden's administration, called out one of President Donald Trump's top advisors for saying that those sentenced for storming the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, did not receive "due process."

"The most corrupt administration in U.S. history is getting even more desperate," Bates wrote on the social platform X on Monday in response to a post by White House advisor Stephen Miller saying that the system was rigged against Jan 6. rioters.

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'Bad faith': Pundit says Trump admin 'reaping the results' of its own bad actions in court

President Donald Trump’s administration has its courtroom tactics to blame for bringing a Supreme Court with a conservative super majority hand-picked by the president to issue a stunning pushback of his signature policy that a longtime columnist said took “courage” to do.

“Thank God for the Supreme Court,” the New Yorker’s Ruth Marcus wrote in an opinion piece published Monday, where she made clear that it has been uncommon for her to heap praise on the high court in recent years. “But, at a time when the legislative branch has been shamefully supine and the public has been alarmingly complacent, the federal courts represent the last best hope—at least, until the midterm elections—of combatting Trump’s outrages against the Constitution.”

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'Carrying 3k in cash is very MS 13 behavior': Kristi Noem mocked after purse stolen

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem was mocked on social media Monday after CNN reported that her purse, carrying $3,00,0 was stolen in a restaurant in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night.

CNN analyst Jeffrey Gold wrote on the social platform X, "Who carries $3,000 in cash, except criminals?"

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It was his fault: Feds blame US-born citizen for making them arrest him

The federal government is blaming a U.S. citizen for his arrest during a traffic stop in Leon County last week under a temporarily blocked state immigration law.

A senior official with the Department of Homeland Security said Monday that Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old born in Georgia, was detained Wednesday after he told a Florida Highway Patrol trooper that he was in the country illegally.

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'It's not a barbecue': Trump mocked over excited post he'll attend Pope's funeral

In a Truth Social post on Monday, President Donald Trump declared, "Melania and I will be going to the funeral of Pope Francis, in Rome."

"We look forward to being there!" he said, excitedly.

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'Severe and long lasting': Harvard takes Trump to court as feud escalates

Harvard University filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration following weeks of presidential threats to slash billions of dollars in federal funding from the elite institution, The New York Times reported.

The legal challenge, filed in Massachusetts federal court, alleges the government let loose a broad attack as “leverage to gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard,” the Times said, adding that similar funding cuts to other major universities were also referenced in the suit.

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'Brainwashed': Analysis rips 'bamboozled' MAGA voters — and warns we all pay 'high price'

President Donald Trump sold the American people a bill of false goods, even from the perspective of people who agree with him politically, editor Michael Tomasky wrote for The New Republic substack — and it's time for his supporters to stop buying what he's selling.

One of the key new examples, he wrote, is Trump saying he'll "take a pass" on the Russian invasion of Ukraine if the two sides can't make a deal. This comes months after he took office a second time and despite his promise he would end the war within 24 hours.

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