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'She's lost!' Trump flips out at MAGA ally for saying 'prices are up'

President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after the MAGA loyalist argued the cost of living had gone up since he took office.

During an Oval Office event on Monday, one reporter told Trump that Greene "would rather see you focused on nonstop domestic policy meetings here at the White House instead of nonstop foreign policy meetings."

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'Disaster': Trump's big affordability plan bashed by experts

Experts bashed President Donald Trump's proposed plan to make housing more affordable on Monday, calling it a "disaster" that would result in more families passing down debt instead of assets.

Last week, Trump proposed creating a 50-year mortgage in an effort to make housing more affordable. That's in contrast to the traditional 30-year mortgage, which most Americans use to buy homes.

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Drug dealer freed by Trump back in prison on charges of attacking nurse and groping nanny

A convicted drug dealer who was freed by President Donald Trump and later accused of attacking a nurse and groping a nanny was sent back to federal prison on Monday.

Jonathan Braun, a Long Island man who reportedly violated the terms of release after he was charged with several new crimes, has been sentenced to 27 months in a federal jail in Brooklyn, The Guardian reported.

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'Gave away the game': Expert says this senator just exposed Dems' new shutdown strategy

A political scientist on Monday broke down why eight Democrats broke from the Senate Democratic Caucus — and betrayed their own party — in moving to end the government shutdown.

Larry Sabato, director for the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia and the author of "Campaign of chaos, Trump, Biden, Harris and the 2024 American Election," told CNN anchors Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar his analysis of the government shutdown nearing its end and what led it to happen.

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Trump threatens to 'pay back' $2 trillion if Supreme Court rules against tariffs

President Donald Trump warned that there would be a $2 trillion "catastrophe" if the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against his ability to impose emergency tariffs, despite having collected only around $100 billion.

"The 'Pay Back' Numbers being quoted by the Radical Left Lunatics, who would love to see us lose on Tariffs because of how bad it would be for our Country, are much higher than those being stated by our Fake Opposition," Trump insisted in a Monday post on Truth Social. "The actual Number we would have to pay back in Tariff Revenue and Investments would be in excess of $2 Trillion Dollars, and that, in itself, would be a National Security catastrophe."

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'Spoke volumes': MAGA TV outlet takes a shot at Mike Johnson for ducking questions

LindellTV, the pro-Trump, conservative online streaming and media platform founded by election-denier MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, criticized Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday after he refused to take questions about a possible end to the historic government shutdown, Mediaite reports.

Speaking on Capitol Hill, Johnson made a quick statement to the press.

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'He's delusional': MAGA lawmaker fires back after attack from ex-Fox News host

A MAGA lawmaker hit back Monday after former Fox News host Tucker Carlson attacked his comments, calling him "delusional."

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez what he thinks about Carlson, who has faced criticism over interviewing self-described neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes on his podcast. Carlson was recently interviewed by MAGA commentator Megyn Kelly, and said he took issue over Fine apparently posting a laughing emoji over a photo of a dead baby.

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Trump’s promise to send Americans $2,000 would blow massive hole in his budget: report

President Donald Trump's proposed $2,000-per-person plan could cost the government $300 billion, according to a new report.

The president confirmed his intention to give away $2,000 per person in a post to Truth Social on Sunday. Trump claimed "a dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone."

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J6 rioter now accused of kidnapping and aggravated assault

A pattern has emerged as another Jan. 6 rioter has landed in legal trouble, as Republicans have aimed to minimize the insurrectionist rioters and whether they were armed, according to an MSNBC report Monday.

John Emanuel Banuelos, 40, was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges on Oct. 17, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, NBC reports. Banuelos reportedly lives in Utah, where an arrest warrant was issued in Salt Lake County on Oct. 1.

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Big-name Dem scrambles to avoid giving Chuck Schumer a vote of confidence

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) did everything he could on Monday morning to avoid answering whether Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should remain in his leadership position or be forced out.

Although Schumer did not join the seven Democrats and one independent who voted to assist Republicans with ending the government shutdown, he has taken a beating from progressives and members of his own party for allowing the schism, which has infuriated Democrats.

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‘Wouldn’t last five minutes’: Buttigieg torches Trump over air traffic controller threat

Pete Buttigieg has said Donald Trump "wouldn't last five minutes" as an air traffic control employee.

The president hit out at air traffic controllers in a post to Truth Social on Monday, warning those who didn't return to work would have their pay "substantially docked." Buttigieg, the former secretary of transportation, responded to Trump's statement with a post of his own to X.

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'Whining like a child!' Vance team lashes out after Dem's brutal attack

Vice President JD Vance's communications team slammed Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) following the governor's fiery speech on Friday, accusing Vance of being a "total phony" who abandoned his community in middle America.

The controversy stemmed from Trump and Vance's decision to withhold funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, during the federal government shutdown, despite multiple federal courts ruling that this was not allowed. The Supreme Court temporarily stayed those decisions.

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Dems get 2-point playbook to take down MAGA in NYT essay

An economist is predicting how Democrats can defeat MAGA and reconnect with American workers with "two major makeovers."

Dani Rodrik, Harvard University’s Kennedy School professor and the author of “Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor and Our Climate," suggests a new strategy for Democrats and how they approach the working class in an opinion piece for The New York Times published Monday.

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