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'Do not be fooled': Stacey Plaskett warns of pain after GOP 'back room' deal

Republicans pushed their massive reconciliation bill through the House Budget Committee late Sunday after striking a deal with GOP hardliners who tanked a vote on the package late last week, complaining that the measure's proposed cuts to Medicaid and other programs were not sufficiently aggressive.

The final vote on Sunday was 17-16, with the four Republicans who voted against the bill on Friday switching their votes to "present," allowing the legislation to clear the committee.

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'Maybe even a decade': Oncologist tells Morning Joe that Biden had cancer for years

Joe Biden announced over the weekend that he has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer, but a physician told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the former president had almost certainly had the disease for a decade.

His personal office announced Sunday that Biden was examined after experiencing urinary symptoms and was diagnosed with a high-grade, aggressive cancer that had spread to his bones. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel expressed strong confidence that the former president had been ill for years and quite likely had known long before he announced the diagnosis.

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'He’s finished, done, gone': GOP insiders reveal the dramatic crash of Elon Musk

“People hate" Elon Musk — and the GOP is getting the message, according to a Politico report.

“He’s finished, done, gone. He polls terrible. People hate him,” said a GOP operative that Politico granted anonymity. “He’d go to Wisconsin thinking he can buy people’s votes, wear the cheese hat, act like a 9-year-old. ... It doesn’t work. It’s offensive to people.”

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Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder leaps into Trump's Bruce Springsteen fight

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder jumped into the ratcheting row between President Donald Trump and Brcue Springsteen.

The singer paid tribute to the New Jersey rocker at a Pittsburgh show just hours after the president called Springsteeen “highly overrated,” dumb as a rock” and “a dried out prune.”

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'Corrupt and unlawful!' Trump comes after megastars Beyoncé and Oprah

President Donald Trump called for investigations of big-name performers who backed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

The president unspooled a late-night rant against Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé and Bono for their support of the vice president he ultimately defeated in November's election, posting on Truth Social at 1:34 a.m. EST that all four megastars should be investigated for allegedly illegal campaign contributions.

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FEMA under fire: Trump slashes, GOP sweats

Many Republicans in Congress are uncomfortable with the Trump administration’s proposed overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and some of them are going public with their concerns.

“FEMA needs to be reformed, but it’s an important instrument in recovery in every disaster I’ve ever seen,” Rep. Tom Cole, chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, said. “We need to be careful about not throwing the baby out with the bathwater.”

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Trump's psychologist niece spills about 'great trauma' that made him who he is

Donald Trump is the way he is because of family trauma, according to a member of that family who happens to be a trained psychologist.

Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump and an outspoken critic of the president, did a live question and answer session on social media Sunday.

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'Isn't a lawyer': Ex-prosecutor fires shot at Stephen Miller's 'ridiculous' plan

Donald Trump's White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is under fire for an idea one former prosecutor deemed "ridiculous."

Miller, who is said to have received a "direct" message from the Supreme Court in its latest ruling against Trump, recently told reporters that the U.S. Constitution allowed for legal liberties to be halted in times of "rebellion or invasion."

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'Overplayed his hand': Experts flag big consequences of Trump's latest 'retreat'

Donald Trump's latest international negotiations aren't going as planned, according to experts.

Trump's recent negotiations in Switzerland resulted in what some saw as a win for the president, because it stopped some of the bleeding in the trade war against China.

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MAGA icon mocked as his 'audience turns against him' over conspiracy theory fail

A MAGA influencer and Donald Trump appointee is being ridiculed after a self-inflicted wound with his own base.

A Fox Morning Futures interview with Donald Trump FBI appointee Dan Bongino created new problems for the administration after he stated unequivocally that accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell while awaiting trial. That did not sit well with supporters of Trump, many of whom have long believed there is a massive cover-up of pedophilia by the "deep state" and have been frustrated since the president's re-election that the cover-up is still being maintained.

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'Everyone called me crazy': Trump pal lobs conspiracy theories over Biden cancer

A MAGA influencer who has the president's ear is spreading conspiracy theories following former President Joe Biden's recent cancer announcement.

Laura Loomer, who has been credited for getting certain White House officials fired because of her influential position in Trump's orbit, reacted to the news that Biden was diagnosed with cancer in an unusual way. She demanded apologies.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene complains nothing gets done 'even though we're in charge'

Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she isn't satisfied with what Donald Trump's administration has so far been able to accomplish.

After commenting on former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis, the MAGA ally turned to X to talk about how little Trump's team has been able to find out about those who tried to assassinate him.

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'This is odd': Yale doctor flags 'inconceivable' part of Joe Biden's cancer news

A medical scholar and physician known for mocking Republicans is asking questions about former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.

It was announced on Sunday that Biden had been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer. Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene wished him well, but their MAGA base wasn't so kind.

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