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President Donald Trump spoke Monday about negotiations with China that resulted in a dramatic step back from a tariff trade war — but in a rambling speech, he revealed the talks had left him confused.

First, he told the press, "Both sides now agreed to reduce the tariffs imposed. After April 2nd, to 10% for 90 days as negotiators continue." The date was more than a month in the past as he was talking May 12.

MAGA “loyalists” are making moves to oust senators who are not in line with President Donald Trump, according to an Axios report.

Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are all at risk of facing a primary challenge in 2026.

President Donald Trump took time out of an announcement on medication prices to praise former television personalities Mehmet Oz and Jeanine Pirro.

On Monday, Trump made the remarks before signing an executive order on drug prices. Oz heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services while Pirro is expected to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

Former Republican Rich Logis — executive director of the nonprofit Leaving MAGA — on Sunday unveiled 5 “critical guideposts” to reach loved ones who continue to support President Donald Trump, noting that in his own experience, “MAGA became all-consuming” until he “managed to find [his] way out … on [his] own.”

“It’s seemingly a daily occurrence to see testimonials from people who voted for Donald Trump but are now ready to renounce” his Make America Great Again movement, Logis wrote in Salon. “This buyer’s remorse is just beginning, and we need to provide an off-ramp for the increasingly uncertain.”

As Logis noted, “many people only care about something when it affects them personally” — and for Trump’s most fervent supporters, that realization could come in the form of deportations, tariffs or the president’s bucking of the Constitution.

For Logis, it’s best to avoid saying “I told you so” when speaking with disaffected Trump supporters.

“That may afford instant gratification, but it only strengthens an obsequious subservience to Trump,” Logis opined. The writer also suggested people interested in making inroads with Trump’s faithful should avoid referring to “MAGA as a cult, even if you believe that term fits.”

“MAGA people will shut down,” Logis noted.

The former Republican blamed support for Trump on “three primary reasons”: “Misinformation and disinformation; a tendency to believe the worst about the "other side"; and a profound misunderstanding of capitalism and free markets, which has created widespread financial dissatisfaction.”

“There will be a gradual, and then sudden, realization among many Trump voters that the chaos created, and havoc wreaked, by the likes of Trump … will harm lower-income and middle-class Americans, along with small business owners, worst of all,” Logis said.

The former Republican then offered his 5 “critical guideposts” to engaging Trump supporters:

1. "Search for relatability and common ground.”
2. “Don’t attack!”
3. “Introduce the possibility of reconciliation with their family and friends.”
4. “Rather than debating facts and policy, open up a respectful back and forth.”
5. “After you make some progress — which will likely take more than a single conversation — ask if they’re open to hearing about the regrets of former Trump supporters, which might include the work of our nonprofit.”

Longtime President Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon is no fan of the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV — and has an ominous message for him.

According to Newsweek, Bannon said of the new pope, "It is shocking to me that a guy could be selected to be the pope that had had the Twitter feed and the statements he's had against American senior politicians," and that there will "definitely be friction" between the two of them.

A Donald Trump announcement has left much of his hardcore following mad, and they're lashing out.

His loyalist backers on Truth Social and X were furious after he took to his social media platform to confirm reports he planned to accept a $400 million gift of a luxury plane from Qatar.

Long before President Donald Trump ran for his first term in office, conservative Supreme Court Justice David Souter appeared to glimpse the future in a stunning warning of how democracy could die.

The judge, who retired from the High Court in 2009, died last week at the age of 85. However, His 2012 comments were recalled in a New York Times column Monday by Adam Liptak.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) blasted his fellow Republicans for threatening to cut Medicaid to help offset tax cuts sought by President Donald Trump.

Missouri voters decisively elected to expand the state's Medicaid coverage in 2020, and now about 21 percent of residents benefit from that health care insurance. Hawley — a staunch Trump supporter — published an op-ed in the New York Times voicing strong support for maintaining those programs for his constituents.

As President Donald Trump's administration announced a cooling in the tariff trade war with China, critics were quick to pile on.

And, though Trump's team promoted the deal which slashed a 145 percent charge on imports to just 30 percent as a huge win, his detractors saw it as him backing down.

House Republicans late Sunday unveiled legislation that analysts said would rip Medicaid coverage from millions of low-income Americans — including children and people with disabilities — to help fund tax breaks that would disproportionately benefit the wealthy.

The bill text released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee is a section of the sprawling budget reconciliation package that Republicans are hoping to complete as soon as Memorial Day.