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Trump's own words hurled back at him as he's threatened over 'unhinged' interview

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took a jab at President Donald Trump early Monday morning over what he called the president’s “unhinged” interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday, issuing a threat similar to one the president had made last year to file a complaint against the network.

“Maybe I should file a complaint with the FCC against the Trump White House for editing his unhinged 60 Minutes interview,” Schumer wrote in a social media post on X early Monday morning.

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'What the hell's going on?' Trump warned his lavish living has GOP in a panic

President Donald Trump's apparent "self-dealing" is becoming a political issue for the Republican Party, according to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.

The president and his family have raked in up to $1 billion since he returned to office in January, according to some estimates, and Trump's sons have reportedly used their father's position for their own benefit in business ventures. But the "Morning Joe" host said this weekend's "Great Gatsby"-themed party at Mar-a-Lago exemplified a growing problem for Republicans.

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Trump loses cool as he's grilled on '60 Minutes' — but CBS cuts it from broadcast

President Donald Trump got snippy as he was pressed about a suspicious pardon for a cryptocurrency billionaire linked to his own family at the end of his latest "60 Minutes" interview — but that question got slashed out of the broadcast, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.

The question, asked by CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, related to clemency for Binance cryptocurrency exchange founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, who pleaded guilty to money laundering violations before being let out of jail, at the same time the Trump family was expanding its business ventures into cryptocurrency and after they made a deal with C.Z. himself.

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'Grotesque': Furor over Trump's opulent party grows hours before America goes to polls

Sam Stein, managing editor of "The Bulwark," bashed President Donald Trump's Gatsby-themed Halloween party, saying it was an example of the "incredible and sad dichotomy" of the impact of the Trump administration.

On Friday, Trump held a Gilded Age party at his estate in southern Florida, Mar-a-Lago. Reports indicate the event was attended by administration officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as high-profile Republican donors and other wealthy individuals.

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'Make the world pay': Inside America's worst addiction

Intelligencer writer Sam Adler-Bell admits that pointing out MAGA hypocrisy ‘is a chump’s game,’ as is looking for “consistency” or “integrity.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson recently took a question about a MAGA-minded Jan. 6 Trump parolee caught conspiring to kill a Democrat. He then tried to blame Democrats for the Trump supporter’s attempted violence by saying: “They call every Republican a fascist now.”

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'Not really a war': Analyst reveals 'unprecedented features' of Trump's boat strikes

A prominent political analyst revealed the "unprecedented features" of President Donald Trump's strikes on alleged drug boats in international waters in a new essay published on Sunday.

Richard Galant, executive producer of Now It's History on Substack and a Senior Fellow at New America, argued in a new essay that Trump seems to be drawing from the authority other presidents have used during America's War on Drugs. He compared the strikes to operations conducted under the Hoover and Nixon administrations.

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RFK Jr.'s neighbors send him 'pointed message' with Halloween skeleton protest: report

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s neighbors sent him a "pointed message" by organizing a protest on his front lawn, according to a new report.

The Daily Beast reported on Sunday that Kennedy's neighbors placed a skeleton sitting in a chair on his lawn, holding a sign that says "I wish I took my vaccine!" There is also a small bottle of Tylenol at the skeleton's feet, alluding to Kennedy's comments about links between Tylenol usage during pregnancy and autism. They also put a headstone in his yard that reads "I did my own research," according to the report.

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'Should be seeking more': Analyst claims Democrats need new 'spirit' to beat Trumpism

Prominent political analyst Ezra Klein of the New York Times argued in a new essay published on Sunday that Democrats need to adopt a new "spirit" if they want to defeat Trumpism.

Klein argued in the essay that the Democrats have undergone a culture change over the last several elections, one that has left them more room to grow on the political left than it does on the right. He added that this presents an opportunity for the party to grow into areas that are otherwise leaning toward supporting President Donald Trump.

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RFK Jr.'s top drug regulator resigns after 'revenge campaign' against ex-colleague: report

The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration resigned on Sunday after it was revealed he undertook a "revenge campaign" against a former colleague, according to a new report.

Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was appointed to lead the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, or CDER, in June 2025, was accused of accepting bribes and defaming a former colleague in a lawsuit from a Canadian pharmaceutical company in Maryland on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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'Not what we're talking about': Trump ally undercuts key claim about drug strikes

One of President Donald Trump's allies in Congress on Sunday undercut a key claim the president has made about the administration's strikes against drug boats in international waters, according to a new report.

Over the last several weeks, the Trump administration has conducted at least 15 strikes against alleged drug boats, killing about 65 people in total, according to reports. That administration has also claimed that it does not need Congress's approval to conduct the strikes, even though both Republicans and Democrats have questioned the legality of the operations.

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'Uniquely dangerous': Analyst issues dire warning about upcoming elections

A CNN political analyst issued a dire warning about upcoming statewide elections, which he argued could mark "another milestone" in the "partitioning of America."

CNN Senior Political Analyst Ronald Brownstein wrote in a new article published on Sunday that elections occurring this week, from Virginia to New Jersey and California, could cause some political parties to believe they have "virtually no prospects or interests" in their opponent's sphere of influence, and accelerate the redistricting fight taking place across the country.

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'It's brazen': Conservative columnist blasts 'dark deeds' behind Trump's 'self-dealing'

Conservative New York Times columnist David French penned a blistering takedown of the "dark deeds" behind President Donald Trump's brazen "self-dealing" during his second stint in the White House.

In a new column, French blasted Trump for accepting a $400 million plane from a foreign government, pardoning a cryptocurrency billionaire with links to Trump's businesses, and openly calling for his political foes to be prosecuted. French argued that the efforts of GOP leaders like Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to defend the president's actions show how Trump has created a new political paradigm.

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'Political poison': Wall Street Journal editors issue searing rebuke of the 'new right'

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board issued a searing rebuke of the "political poison" metastasizing on the "new right" after one of MAGA's biggest media voices interviewed an avowed antisemite.

Last week, Tucker Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes on Carlson's popular show on X. Throughout the interview, Fuentes made salacious and antisemitic comments about popular right-wing Jewish commentators like Josh Hammer, Mark Levin, and Ben Shapiro. He also claimed to be a fan of Joseph Stalin, who is known for murdering millions of his people and creating the mass starvation event in Ukraine known as the Holodomor.

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