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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) took to the floor of Congress on Monday afternoon to accuse Republicans of a "bait and switch" after spending the 2024 election promising lower grocery prices.

"The Republican bait and switch has three elements," Jeffries began. "Part one: talk about lowering the high cost of living, but do nothing about it."

Senior Trump administration Justice Department official Emil Bove has ordered federal prosecutors to drop criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Fox News reported Monday.

This comes after weeks of speculation that the Trump administration might consider ending the case.

Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon challenged tech billionaire Elon Musk to a no-holds-barred debate at the next Conservative Political Action Conference, during a conversation on his "War Room" show with CPAC's long-controversial director Matt Schlapp.

Bannon and Musk represent a fracture in Trump's coalition, which has only grown worse as Musk has asserted that Trump's administration must allow for high-skilled immigration to fill tech jobs, triggering outrage from pro-Trump nativists with anti-immigrant views, including with Indian workers. A month ago, Bannon called Musk a "truly evil person" trying to sell out the MAGA agenda when it conflicts with his business interests.

An Arizona judge handed a court victory to the so-called fake electors in their bid to have charges against them dismissed.

The Republican defendants were charged with fraud and other felonies for signing and submitting a document that falsely stated Donald Trump had won the state's election over Joe Biden, but Maricopa County Superior Court judge Sam Myers ruled Monday that they could proceed with a motion arguing the case violates Arizona's anti-SLAPP law, reported KJZZ-FM.

Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s bumpy road to nomination could hinge on the tie-breaking vote of Vice President J.D. Vance – who is currently overseas – throwing further uncertainty over her confirmation prospects, according to a new report.

Gabbard’s selection to be the country’s next director of national intelligence has been marred by her controversial statements and past foreign associates, which has left even some Republicans in the GOP-led Senate hesitant of whether they will ultimately vote to confirm her to the top cabinet position.

Republican lawmakers in Congress are saying one thing about Elon Musk in public but singing a different tune behind closed doors, according to a new report.

"A review of letters sent by Republican members of Congress to their constituents shows many lawmakers expressing caution, even concern, about the role Musk is playing," The Bulwark's Sam Stein and Joe Perticone reported Monday.

Jacob T. Levy, a Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, made the case on Monday that X owner Elon Musk's rapid-fire efforts to unlawfully decapitate entire government agencies could actually be harmful to the broader goals of Project 2025, the radical right-wing blueprint for having the executive branch of the United States government seize unprecedented power.

Writing on Bluesky, Levy made the case that Musk's attacks on the federal bureaucracy could pose a setback for Project 2025's overarching goals.

President Donald Trump isn’t ready to commit to making his vice president the successor of the MAGA movement – at least not yet.

Trump on Sunday night refused to throw his support behind his vice president ascending to the top of the Republican Party ticket in 2028 when he is constitutionally barred from running for a third term.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) had a blistering and thorough takedown of tech billionaire Elon Musk's latest claims about supposed mismanagement of federal funds.

On Monday, Musk said his Department of Government Efficiency task force uncovered a serious example of financial misconduct in the federal government: the supposed siphoning of funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house "illegals" in high-end hotels in New York City.

The American Bar Association released a statement on Monday reminding lawyers they must stand up for the rule of law.

The statement comes amid a flood of legal battles between the Trump administration and several workers who were fired.

A former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief warned CNN's Brianna Keilar that the Trump administration is signaling a completely free rein for big banks and other financial institutions to defraud, scam, and rip off working Americans.

Since Trump took office and dismissed Rohit Chopra, the CFPB — the post-financial crisis agency responsible for protecting consumers from financial corporate malfeasance, and an agency Republicans have long wanted to destroy — appears to be completely paralyzed, with Trump-aligned tech billionaire Elon Musk declaring the agency dead.