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Trump uncorks furious rant blaming Zelensky for Ukraine war -- and not Putin

President Donald Trump on Monday published a long tirade blaming former President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.

Writing on his Truth Social page, the president tried to brush off responsibility for the failure of his diplomatic efforts to stop the war by attacking both Biden and Zelensky.

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Wow!' MSNBC's Mika surprised after hearing Trump voters ripping his top economic policy

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski was taken aback by the negative reactions of Donald Trump supporters who slammed his sweeping tariffs and expressed concern with the direction the economy seemed to be heading.

During his presidential campaign, Trump vowed to bring down prices for consumers "on Day One," yet the steep tariffs he imposed on the country's trade partners this month threaten to do the opposite.

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'That would be kidnapping!' Stephen Miller says Trump won't return wrongly deported man

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller yelled at Fox News host Bill Hemmer for asking if President Donald Trump's administration would return a man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador.

During a Monday interview, Hemmer wondered if the Trump administration would follow a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said it must "facilitate" the return of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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RFK Jr. leading a 'sadistic' attack on children's health: analysis

One in 36 children have autism, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is looking for the cause. However, Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte noted one problem with the mission: Kennedy “pre-determined [his] conclusion.”

“By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic," Kennedy said last week when he announced a "massive testing and research effort."

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'Polarizing' Trump lawyer negotiating deals with law firms: report

President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn has been negotiating deals with the leading law firms he's targeted with punitive executive orders.

The president's personal lawyer does not work for the government, but he has been the face of the administration's campaign to force law firms to provide free legal services and change their hiring practices to avoid a government investigation and other scrutiny, reported the Wall Street Journal.

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'Never vote Republican again': Ohio voter explains why he's had it with GOP 'nonsense'

An Ohio voter declared he wanted to "never vote Republican again" after what he's seen in the Trump era in a scathing column for the Columbus Dispatch published on Monday.

"I've lived in Ohio for 50 years," wrote Dr. Michael Lederman, a retired professor of medicine for Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "Sometimes the Republican Party has the better candidate on the ballot, and so I’ve voted for Republicans in the past. But I don't think I ever will in Ohio again."

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Trump appears 'hellbent' on pushing US allies into China's arms: historian

With President Donald Trump’s tariff wars sending shockwaves through the world economy, a new Atlantic column written by historian Phillips Payson O'Brien surmised that the president “doesn’t care about its allies and trading partners.”

The column noted the countries who rely on the United States for security had faced some “harsh” tariffs, violating the economic health of allies.

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'They're embarrassed': Morning Joe guest reveals GOP secretly humiliated by Trump

Republicans, and particularly legacy Republicans, secretly hate what their own party has become under President Donald Trump, Politico's Jonathan Martin told a panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday — but their options for doing anything about it have basically vanished.

"We're talking about 10 years on in the Trump era, and he's consolidated power in his own party and the voices of dissent have lost retired, or muted themselves, or frankly they're living a lie," said Martin. "And I think that that's one of the great untold stories, because it's hard to to write it, but i think a lot of Republicans, especially in the Senate but certainly some in the House, they're humiliated by this. They don't like it, but they also don't like the left and they sure as heck don't like being guilted about it because that's why it's awkward. Because they know it's true. You know, on policy on politics, on presentation, they're embarrassed by it. It's not their party, it's not their country, it doesn't reflect who they are, the public life they want to lead. They look, you know, at their newer colleagues and it's hard to forge a connection."

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'My jaw dropped': Maine governor 'appalled' by Trump threats to her state

Maine's governor Janet Mills discussed her reaction to president Donald Trump's threats to her state during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday.

A federal judge recently ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funding allocated to Maine by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which Trump ordered to be withheld because state law allows transgender student athletes to participate in girls sports, and the governor told "Morning Joe" that she was surprised when the president called her out at a February event at the White House.

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Trump 'realizes he'll get impeached again' after losing midterms: GOP pollster

Many political observers have been astonished by the speed at which President Donald Trump has taken a hammer to America's economic, political, and legal institutions.

In fact, one candidate who was up for a top position within the administration is now telling NBC News that Trump is hellbent on doing as much as he can over the next two years.

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'The White House wants this fight': Morning Joe panelists warn 'crisis close at hand'

The White House is defying a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court ordering the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, and a pair of panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" warned they deliberately setting up a constitutional crisis.

A federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has ordered the Justice Department to provide "daily updates" on the government's efforts to bring him back, saying the high court was clear in its directive to facilitate his return, but U.S. District judge Paula Xinis said "nothing has been done" to comply with those orders.

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Pennsylvania arson suspect plotted to beat Gov. Josh Shapiro with a hammer: report

The Harrisburg man arrested for setting fire over the weekend to the residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro allegedly planned to beat the governor with a hammer.

The Associated Press reports that newly filed court documents claim that 38-year-old Cody Balmer told police after being arrested and taken into custody that "he would have beaten Shapiro with a hammer if he had found him."

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GOP close to achieving 'January 6 with a robe and suits' in North Carolina: analysis

The North Carolina Republicans might “get away with stealing an election,” according to a new column in USA Today written by Sara Pequeño

The race for a seat on the state's Supreme Court, between Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin and Democratic Justice Allison Riggs, was incredibly close as Riggs won the race by just over 700 votes.

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