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A leader of protests at Columbia University against Israel's war in Gaza was arrested by immigration officers, a campus union said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.

Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent faces in the campus's protest movement that erupted in response to Israel's conduct of the war, was arrested Saturday, the Student Workers of Columbia union said.

A GOP strategist on Sunday flagged what he says is an "underappreciated fracture" among MAGA Republicans.

Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), appeared on MSNBC over the weekend, and was asked about a recent "contentious cabinet meeting" involving Donald Trump appointee and richest man in the world Elon Musk.

Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, was ridiculed on social media on Sunday, following a statement he made against climate change.

Hegseth had a rocky path to being confirmed in his current position, following allegations of sexual assault and drinking concerns. His prior statements about women in the military also raised some red flags for certain observers.

Donald Trump's former lawyer on Sunday warned the President that voters will take revenge at the ballot box for a purported "war on the poor."

While Trump has enjoyed a consistently strong base of support, that support is not endless, according to Trump's ex-lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen.

The White House could face legal repercussions after it reportedly ordered the Department of Homeland Security to detain Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.

Amy Greer, Khalil's attorney, told The Associated Press that her client was at his home Saturday night when he was arrested despite being a permanent legal resident with a green card. The Palestinian graduate student played a prominent role in last spring's anti-Israel protests on campus.

The owner of social media network X and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, was blasted on his own app on Sunday after he was seen insulting a Polish leader.

Musk, who has made waves as Donald Trump's political appointee, has also been featured in news headlines due to his attempts to intervene in foreign politics.

Attorney A. Scott Bolden reminded Vice President J.D. Vance that, as an elected official, he would have to "deal with protests" after he complained about demonstrators confronting him over his stance on Ukraine.

Writing on the X social media platform, Vance griped that his 3-year-old daughter had been "scared" by people protesting the Trump administration's decision to "pause" aid to Ukraine.

Filling in for regular MSNBNC host Jen Psaki on Sunday afternoon, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele scorched GOP lawmakers who have been going out of their way to prove how much they love Donald Trump.

After citing a Trump meme retweeted by the White House X account calling the president "the king," Steele said Trump certainly acts and believes he is and that he views everyone else as "jesters" solely kept around for his amusement.

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett admitted that President Donald Trump was launching a "trade war" after insisting that tariffs against Mexico and Canada were part of a "drug war."

During a Sunday interview on ABC's This Week program, Hassett complained after the show referred to Trump's "trade war."

Reacting to members of Elon Musk's DOGE team digging through troves of U.S. citizens' private information at the Social Security Administration, MSNBC host and former RNC chair Michael Steele had a meltdown on Sunday morning.

While noting that the Department of Government Efficiency staffers are also looking at information on child support payments, and Republicans are seeking to gut Medicare, the co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend," finally had enough.

"Just real quick on that point about the savings," he told co-host Alicia Mendez, "having, you know, managed the affairs of my mother before she passed away on Medicaid and my dad now on on Medicare. There are no savings there! I mean, you know, why are there no savings, folks? Because the government won't allow you to save! You can't accumulate income, there's a cap in how much you can have in your bank account, and that's roughly $6,000 if you're married. If you're not, it's half that."

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"So you know, if you're only allowed a certain amount of money to accumulate in your bank account or in order to be on Medicaid, for example, where do you save?" he elaborated.

"And now you're putting these incompetent buffoons in charge of managing the system which they have no clue about, number one," he continued with his voice rising. "And number two, [they] are sitting there making judgments over getting your private personal information and what are you going to do with that, Elon!?"

"Exactly why do you need my parents' information? Why do you need their –– and then, of course, this little ditty," he added. "You've got DOGE now going out trying to access sensitive child support information. Why do you need to know who's paying child support? Why?"

"Why are Republicans allowing him to have that kind of access?" he then exclaimed.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem insisted Sunday that the United States of America was "President Donald Trump's country."

During an interview on CBS, host Margaret Brennan noted that border crossings were at a 25-year low.

Reacting to a New York Times report that billionaire and Donald Trump confidante Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio engaged in a shouting match at the White House, former RNC chair Michael Steele urged the former Florida senator to stand his ground.

On Friday the Times reported the two argued after Musk complained that Rubio hadn't fired enough State Department staffers, with the Times' Maggie Haberman reporting Trump seemed to enjoy the squabble.

On Sunday morning, the entire panel on MSNBC's "The Weekend" laughed at the behind-the-scenes White House drama.

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Co-host Steele took it a step further after colleague Alicia Menedez humorously compared the fight to a scene out of the teen comedy "Mean Girls."

With Symone Sanders Townsend proclaiming " What is really going on here, Marco Rubio? Stand on business, sir. I will back you up on that," co-host Steele jumped in.

"I back you up too, Marco. You're my man, do your thing, bro," Steele interjected. "Just, you know, don't let this fool punk you. You know, you stand your ground. You're the secretary of state and he is no one in this government –– period. He has a made-up title in a 180-day position –– period. And so the fact that, you know, he tries to call you out in the Cabinet meeting, you were right to push back."

"And other cabinet members should do the same," he continued. "Y'all can't do this in silence. You have to make sure that you are the one running your department. Donald Trump even came out and said as much, but, you know, this truth social tweet that, you know, 'we're all good here.'"

"No, you're not all good, no, you're not all good," he repeated. "And the fact that you love the fight, it's your whole game, because when they're fighting you feel more powerful, Trump. That is your aphrodisiac among other things that are stupid."

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President Donald Trump downplayed a stock market selloff that began immediately after he announced 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

During an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump about his admission that there would be economic "disruption" because of his presidency.