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A friend of the suspected assassin of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last week described the man as a “thoughtful person” who led a book club, practiced yoga and calisthenics – and suffered from chronic back pain.

“I'm beyond shocked. It's unimaginable,” said R.J. Martin, a friend and former roommate of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione. Martin opened up in a revealing interview with CNN on Monday night, hours after a nationwide manhunt led police to a Pennsylvania McDonald’s location where Mangione was arrested on weapon and fake ID charges, according to media reports.

A far-right lawmaker and vehement defender of President-elect Donald Trump gave the MAGA leader a glowing review when asked about his awkward handshake with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Trump and Macron shared a notably intense handshake Saturday as they attended the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The encounter happened as Trump arrived for a meeting at the Elysee Palace as part of ceremonies to mark the reopening of the Cathedral, about five years after a fire left the Gothic masterpiece with extensive damage.

The police department in Worcester, Massachusetts, allowed officers to engage in sexual misconduct with women believed to be in the commercial sex trade, Justice Department investigators said in a report, according to WBUR.

Investigators found that police officers "'rapidly escalated minor incidents by using more force than necessary' including during encounters with people who have behavioral health disabilities or are in crisis — a violation of the Fourth Amendment," according to the report Monday. "The report also includes what investigations describe as 'concerns about some credible reports that officers have sexually assaulted women under threat of arrest and engaged in other sexual misconduct; and concerns that WPD lacks adequate policies and practices to respond to and investigate sexual assaults by officers and others.'"

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) continued his yearslong crusade against Dr. Anthony Fauci, telling a conservative radio host Monday that he would again pursue criminal charges against the country’s former top infectious disease expert with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House.

And the idea that President Joe Biden is considering a preemptive pardon of Fauci didn’t seem to phase the Kentucky senator, who has forcefully lambasted Fauci for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in an infamous January 2022 shouting match during a Senate Health Committee hearing.

McDonald's locations in Pennsylvania have been subject to a flood of bad reviews as reviewers express outrage that an employee reportedly called in the tip that led to the arrest of the suspect in the shooting of a health insurance CEO, according to a report.

Police on Monday announced the arrest of Luigi Mangione at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee called police.

A former Republican staffer who has made headlines for his social media comments — and was once rumored to be on President-elect Donald Trump's list for attorney general — delivered another threat on Monday evening, this time to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).

Cheney, a vocal critic of Trump, said in a statement Monday that Trump's suggestion that she and other members of the Jan. 6 committee see jail time "is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law."

President-elect Donald Trump is sending a clear, and dark, message to his supporters with his renewed vow to pardon the Jan. 6 rioters as soon as he takes office, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance told MSNBC's Ari Melber on Monday evening.

Specifically, she argued, he is telling his supporters that no matter how many crimes they commit, he will have their back as long as the crime was on his behalf.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) used the acquittal of Daniel Penny on Monday to attack New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg – and encouraged the marine veteran to pursue legal action against the prosecutor.

A jury returned a not guilty verdict earlier in the day, refusing to find Penny guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a homeless Black man who Penny confronted on a New York subway for threatening passengers. The judge tossed out the more serious manslaughter charge Friday after jurors became deadlocked during deliberations.

America got a slap on the wrist from the Pennsylvania governor Monday evening as authorities announced the arrest of Luigi Mangione on forgery and gun charges stemming from the killing in Manhattan of a health insurance CEO.

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Monday afternoon vowed that "justice will be delivered" in the shooting death of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, who was slain last week outside a hotel. He had been in New York for an annual UnitedHealthcare investors meeting and the shooter fled on a bicycle.

The Minority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives tore into Susan Valdés, a Tampa-area state lawmaker who defected from the Democratic to the Republican Party, in a statement obtained by Politico reporter Gary Fineout.

"It is sad that she has elevated her own aspirations above the needs of her district," said Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell. "It feels especially egregious in light of the fact that, just last week, she ran for Hillsborough County chair and lost by a substantial margin."

A real-life legal drama involving Rupert Murdoch’s trust was reportedly sparked by the hit HBO series "Succession," which gave audiences a glimpse inside the fictional world of a family dynasty and the ensuing power struggle among its members.

Call it an example of life imitating art, but the episode hasn't come to a conclusion just yet.

A group of 75 Nobel laureates are concerned that there will be a disaster for public health, with someone like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the Department of Health and Human Services.

The New York Times reports that "it's the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice," according to 1993 winner, Richard Roberts, who helped draft the letter to Senators.

A Republican senator seized on right-wing reporting of "vitriolic threats" after a jury declared Daniel Penny not guilty of criminal charges after he choked a man to death on a New York City subway.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) claimed Monday afternoon that Penny received threats after the verdict was read — and blamed "the left" for them.