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Trump's 'pathetic' insecurity exposed as White House spins humiliating losses: analysts

President Donald Trump has been losing on multiple fronts and these losses have now taken a "humiliating turn," The New Republic reported in its podcast on Monday.

In a conversation between Zeteo reporter Asawin Suebsaeng and Greg Sargent, staff writer at The New Republic and the host of the podcast The Daily Blast, the two analysts described a number of Trump's failures, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, the Supreme Court striking down his tariff policy and birthright citizenship case, the Justice Department ending its case against his perceived foe Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his redistricting battle going south.

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Trump plans rare 'power play' in red state: 'Some of those candidates are in trouble'

President Donald Trump and Republican Party leaders have decided to "host a GOP midterm twist" with a convention in Dallas, The Dallas Morning News reported.

The "Texas power play" would bring a rare midterm rally to deep-blue Dallas in an attempt to garner voter support ahead of the midterms this fall. The unprecedented move would rely on "Texas money and muscle" to bring together Republicans in hopes to secure victories for GOP candidates.

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Melania Trump hits Jimmy Kimmel with furious demand over 'expectant widow' comment

First Lady Melania Trump demanded Monday that ABC “take a stand” by axing comedian Jimmy Kimmel over what she described as his “hateful and violent rhetoric,” calling the comedian a “coward” that engages in “atrocious behavior.”

Last week on his show “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the comedian joked that Mrs. Trump “had the glow of an ‘expectant widow,’” Yahoo Entertainment reported Monday. A clip of Kimmel’s remarks resurfaced in the wake of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting on Saturday, prompting Mrs. Trump to issue her demand to the network that airs Kimmel’s program.

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Supreme Court hands Republicans in Texas major win

The United States Supreme Court reversed a block on Texas redistricting efforts, ending litigation against new maps that could give Republicans additional House seats.

The high court cited Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens in its order, but did not elaborate on its thinking. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson offered a dissent from the decision.

GOP senators turn against Pete Hegseth as he shows same 'failing grade' problems as Noem

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might not be feeling comfortable about his future after a Republican senator publicly broke ranks and said that there is growing discomfort in Congress with Hegseth's job performance.

In an interview with The Hill, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), whose threat to halt the confirmation of Donald Trump’s pick, Kevin Warsh, to head the Federal Reserve was a contributing factor leading to the DOJ to drop an investigation of current chair Jerome Powell, now seems to be turning his focus to Hegseth, a former Fox News personality.

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'Terrifying' new Epstein bombshell uncovered by famed reporter: 'Brace yourselves'

In a nearly 3,000-word bombshell report, veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez recently uncovered the company that appears to have constructed Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling New Mexico property, the implications of which, Valdes-Rodriguez wrote, were “terrifying” and made “it hard to sleep.”

Valdes-Rodriguez has uncovered several revelations as it relates to Epstein, largely revolving around his activity in New Mexico, including that his New Mexico property known as Zorro Ranch may have been used to surveil two U.S. nuclear weapons labs, and that the former chief federal prosecutor for the state had previously undisclosed ties to the disgraced financier.

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Pro-Trump activists pile on admin over 'inexcusable' Supreme Court betrayal

Followers of Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who contributed mightily to Donald Trump’s reelection in 2024, are fuming that the administration is blowing off their concerns as a closely-watched case heads to the Supreme Court on Monday.

According to CNBC reporting, the conservative-leaning court will hear arguments Monday to decide whether federal law preempts state-level lawsuits alleging glyphosate, the chemical in Bayer's herbicide Roundup, causes cancer. Simultaneously, the Republican-majority U.S. House is expected to take up a massive agricultural policy measure that includes new protections for the chemical.

Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) activists feel completely blindsided, according to CNBC, which is reporting the health movement that propelled RFK Jr. to influence within the administration expected Trump to challenge corporate agriculture and chemical industry protection — not become Bayer's champion.

Just months ago, Trump signed an executive order to boost the domestic production of glyphosate-based herbicides, forcing Kennedy himself to intervene and attempt damage control with his base.

Kelly Ryerson, a prominent MAHA advocate known as "the Glyphosate Girl," expressed the depth of her extreme dismay, telling CNBC, "It has been a really, really rough few months because we have an attack coming from the executive branch, the judicial branch and over in Congress."

"The combination of the executive order and going to bat for Bayer at the Supreme Court are really inexcusable," Ryerson continued. "And I think it showed a deep disconnect between what the administration thinks that MAHA cares about and what is actually true."

House Republicans are dismissing MAHA as emotional rather than principled. House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson (R-PA), leading the farm bill, attacked the movement as "emotional-driven" and claimed the bill merely ensures "labeling is done in a way with the highest level of science."

Thompson asserted that states retain the ability to alter labels through the EPA process, explaining, "If a state wants to have additional provisions for labeling, they only have to go through the EPA to make that happen, it will be on the label."

That infuriated Ryerson even more.

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White House chief of staff to convene meeting on protecting Trump

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was expected to convene a meeting this week on protecting President Donald Trump.

In a statement on Monday, the White House confirmed the meeting to PBS NewsHour. The meeting will come just days after a gunman tried to enter the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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Kash Patel grilled on Fox News over rumors of major security blunder

FBI Director Kash Patel faced tough questions Monday morning on "Fox & Friends" about an apparent assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The embattled FBI director was questioned on Fox News about security failures that allowed alleged gunman Cole Tomas Allen to charge into an area near the entrance to the black-tie event at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., despite an alert reportedly issued with a description of the suspect, reported The Daily Beast.

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Embarrassed Trump to fire gaffe-prone Cabinet member within days: White House insider

Donald Trump is preparing to fire a chief member of his Cabinet after a series of gaffes left the president embarrassed, a White House insider has claimed.

Trump recently dismissed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi in quick succession, marking a dramatic purge of Cabinet members.

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'Unsettling': New details emerge about suspected would-be WHCD shooter

New details were revealed Monday about the suspected gunman who rushed through a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday in Washington, D.C., details that journalist Ken Klippenstein described as “unsettling in its ordinariness.”

The suspected gunman was soon identified as Cole Allen, a 31-year-old California resident whose background largely remained a mystery – that is, until Klippenstein obtained a copy of his resume and spoke with his former colleagues.

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Fox News calls out Trump-loving billionaire over MAGA mishap in swing state race

Republican Rick Jackson is confronting an awkward contradiction in his Georgia gubernatorial race.

While aggressively positioning himself as President Donald Trump's most loyal supporter, the billionaire's healthcare company has repeatedly criticized Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, warning it will devastate the medical industry, reported Fox News.

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Legal loophole could allow Todd Blanche to avoid Epstein scrutiny: report

Senate Democrats’ desire to hold acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s feet to the fire over the Jeffrey Epstein files and his reasoning behind his sympathetic treatment of Ghislaine Maxwell, could be waylaid by a legal loophole.

According to Politico's Erica Orden and Eli Stokols, legal scholars are divided on whether Donald Trump can keep Blanche in the acting role past statutory time limits, creating a potential end-run around Senate confirmation battles and Democratic accountability efforts.

Trump has multiple pathways to avoid nominating Blanche permanently. By simply declining to submit a nomination, the president can sidestep the contentious confirmation hearing where adversarial Democrats would be lying in wait with a battery of uncomfortable questions.

The Federal Vacancies Reform Act provides one avenue but with a deadline, Politico is reporting. The statute authorizes the president to keep an acting attorney general in place for 210 days which means Blanche's clock runs out on Oct. 29 — five days before the midterm elections. Trump could extend this timeline by then nominating someone — including Blanche himself — to the permanent position.

But a second statute opens a much broader loophole. The Attorney General Succession Act authorizes the deputy attorney general to exercise the duties of the attorney general's office if the post is vacant. There is a dispute among legal experts about whether the 210-day limit applies to that statute.

Legal scholars are split on the question's resolution. One expert told Politico that "The President cannot legally rely indefinitely on an acting Attorney General" and predicted "Blanche may well face legal challenges," pointing to lawsuits challenging Matthew Whitaker's service as acting AG during Trump's first term.

But Stanford Law School professor Anne Joseph O'Connell offered a starkly different interpretation. She argued the succession statute contains no time limits, meaning Blanche could serve the remainder of Trump's term without Senate confirmation.

O'Connell cited a precedent: Julie Su served as acting Labor secretary under a Labor Department succession provision for nearly two years during the Biden administration — a tenure critics labeled the "forever nominee" arrangement.

Trump has already normalized confirmation workarounds across the government. At least 10 U.S. attorney offices around the country are being led indefinitely by the person in the No. 2 role — a pattern showing the administration's systematic approach to bypassing Senate oversight, the report noted.