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President Donald Trump was confronted by a reporter on why he hadn't bothered to order flags at half-staff for the murder of former Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, as he did after right-wing youth activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University last week.

But Trump initially appeared not to recognize the lawmaker's name.

The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee didn't quite take President Donald Trump at his word Monday about the legality of a recent lethal drone strike on an alleged drug boat in international waters.

Trump has ordered at least two U.S. military strikes on boats from Venezuela that he has claimed contain narcotics bound for the United States. The first strike this month killed 11 people on a Venezuelan speedboat, which the Trump administration said contained large amounts of cocaine and fentanyl.

President Donald Trump issued a new round of attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) during a news conference on Monday, a move that was widely condemned online.

Trump talked with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday after signing a bill to send federal troops to Memphis, Tennessee. A reporter asked Trump to respond to Omar's criticism of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Two psychologists have recently pointed to several indicators that they argue show President Donald Trump is battling "early dementia."

The Daily Beast reported Monday that in the latest episode of the podcast "Shrinking Trump," psychologists John Gartner (who was educated at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University) and Harry Segal (a psychology professor at Cornell University) said Trump's pattern of falling asleep in public is particularly concerning for the 79 year-old president. They pointed to Trump's attendance at the U.S. Open men's singles final between Italy's Jannik Sinner and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz as just the latest example of a pattern the president has exhibited before.

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld raged at a colleague on Monday's episode of "The Five" after she mentioned an example of political violence committed by a right-wing extremist.

Gutfeld and left-leaning co-host Jessica Tarlov got into a debate about whether more information is needed to understand the motives of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murderer. President Donald Trump blamed "radical left lunatics" for Kirk's killing, a line that the right-wing media have repeated incessantly.

The New York Times on Monday published a blockbuster report detailing how US President Donald Trump’s administration gave the United Arab Emirates access to high-powered artificial intelligence chips just days after receiving a massive investment in Trump’s cryptocurrency startup.

As the Times report documented, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) ruling family, had one of his investment firms deposit $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, the startup founded by members of the Trump family and the family of Trump Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.

Prominent liberal academic Cornel West stormed out of an interview on Monday after a MAGA-aligned podcaster accused him of celebrating the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.

West appeared on a new episode of "Piers Morgan Uncensored" on Monday to discuss Kirk's killing. The episode aired at a time when political tensions boiled over between right- and left-wing groups. Some MAGA personalities have called for a permanent national divorce after Kirk's murder, arguing there can be "no unity" with people who have different political views.

A teenage “Dreamer” deported with her mother to Guatemala watched helplessly as her mother struggled to survive without her essential medications, ultimately dying at 45.

NBC News' Jacob Soboroff brought the story of Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother, Estela, to America's attention as President Donald Trump continues to deploy mass deportations across the country. While Trump told Americans he would target criminals and gangs, the family didn't fall under either label.

President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Monday afternoon to level a new threat at the terrorist group Hamas.

"I have just read a News Report that Hamas has moved the hostages above ground to use them as human shields against Israel’s ground offensive," wrote Trump. "I hope the Leaders of Hamas know what they’re getting into if they do such a thing. This is a human atrocity, the likes of which few people have ever seen before."

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he's asked his attorney general to look into whether the federal government can charge "paid agitators" under federal statutes.

Trump was asked during a news conference in the Oval Office about an incident that occurred last week, where protesters shouted at him and members of his cabinet while they dined at a local Washington, D.C. restaurant. Videos surfaced online of multiple protesters shouting "Free Palestine" at the president and members of his cabinet who attended the dinner.

President Donald Trump approved another military strike in international waters, just two weeks after ordering his first strike, killing what he said were 11 narcoterrorists carrying drugs into the United States.

However, one keen observer noticed Trump may have revealed the second strike while speaking on Sunday.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller made a series of threats against left-wing groups on Monday that stunned political analysts.

Miller appeared on a new episode of "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Monday, hosted by Vice President JD Vance. During the show, both Miller and Vance threatened to go after Democratic activists, journalists, and political party members who allegedly celebrated the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.

President Donald Trump caused outrage earlier this year by hanging giant banners of his face from federal buildings. But according to The New Republic, the saga goes deeper — because these stunts weren't free.

"The Trump administration has spent at least $56,000 so far on Orwellian banners displayed on government buildings, according to a report from Democratic Senator Adam Schiff published by MeidasTouch Network," said the report.