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A Republican group hired people from across the country to come to Utah and gather signatures for a ballot referendum repealing the state's anti-gerrymandering law — but many are coming forward to say they are ill-treated, not getting paid, and reduced to "living in their cars."

The allegations concern Patriot Grassroots, a campaign operation hired by Utahns for Representative Government, the GOP-led group trying to repeal Proposition 4. Earlier this year, a state judge invalidated the GOP's congressional map that carved up Salt Lake City to create four Republican districts, ultimately replacing it with a map that has one Democratic district, which caused an explosion of outrage by the state GOP.

A cabinet official in the Trump administration stunned political analysts and observers on Monday when she claimed during a television interview that a "golden age is right around the corner."

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins was interviewed on Fox Business on Monday afternoon, where she discussed America's rising cost of living with host Larry Kudlow. Recent polling has shown that the cost of living is a top priority for a wide swath of voters, even though President Donald Trump has dismissed the concerns as a "Democrat scam."

Two of President Donald Trump's cabinet secretaries were blasted by political analysts and observers on Monday after they held what one person described as an "ego contest" at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. about a new family travel initiative.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a new initiative on Monday, called the "Make Travel Family Friendly Again" campaign, that puts $1 billion toward facility upgrades for nursing rooms, workout stations, and healthy food options.

A sleepy President Donald Trump again appeared to nod off, this time during a White House Cabinet roundtable on Monday afternoon.

The 79-year-old president, who could barely keep his eyes open during a Cabinet meeting last week, again struggled to stay awake during a gathering in which Trump announced a multibillion-dollar aid package for U.S. farmers affected by his trade policies. When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins began going into detail about the initiative, Trump struggled to pay attention, The Daily Beast reported.

President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Monday to demand that Mexico release vast amounts of water to the United States — or face yet another round of tariffs.

"Mexico continues to violate our comprehensive Water Treaty, and this violation is seriously hurting our BEAUTIFUL TEXAS CROPS AND LIVESTOCK," wrote Trump. "Mexico still owes the U.S over 800,000 acre-feet of water for failing to comply with our Treaty over the past five years. The U.S needs Mexico to release 200,000 acre-feet of water before December 31st, and the rest must come soon after. As of now, Mexico is not responding, and it is very unfair to our U.S. Farmers who deserve this much needed water."

A CNN anchor was taken aback on Monday night after an investigation revealed more clips of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bashing President Donald Trump before he joined the administration.

On Monday, CNN's KFile revealed new video of Hegseth questioning whether Trump could unite the American military back in 2016. The video was released at a time when Hegseth is facing increasing scrutiny for his participation in a Sept. 2 strike against an alleged drug boat where the military killed two survivors of the initial strike while their boat was capsized.

With a deadline fast approaching for the Senate to vote on the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, far-right Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) issued a warning to his own party to come up with some alternative — any alternative — to what Democrats are proposing.

If not, he refused to commit to voting against the Democrats' proposal, which would be a clean extension of the subsidies for three years.

A federal judge dealt President Donald Trump's administration a significant legal blow on Monday, striking down his ban on wind power project approvals on federal lands and waters.

Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the president's executive order stopping all leasing for new wind projects was "arbitrary and capricious," violating federal law, The New York Times reported. The judge, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, found that the Interior Department failed to provide a legally required "reasoned explanation" for halting approvals, noting instead that the "agency defendants candidly concede that the sole factor they considered in deciding to stop issuing permits was the president’s direction to do so."

Republicans are facing a potentially bruising primary fight in the New York governor's race, as Rep. Elise Stefanik finds herself facing competition.

Stefanik, a longtime Trump loyalist who previously headed up the House Republican Conference, kicked off her campaign for governor a month ago. But this week, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman jumped into the race as well on Monday, setting up a clash.

MAGA Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas threatened state school districts on Monday that they will face "meaningful disciplinary action" if they dare to stand in his way of expanding the organization formerly led by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to a new report.

Abbott said during a news conference at the Texas Governor's mansion on Monday that he is working to expand chapters of Turning Point USA, the organization that Kirk led until his death, to every high school across Texas. Fox News reported that Abbott, a Republican, described the chapters, called Club America, as a "revival of foundational values on campuses and compared the movement to earlier faith-oriented groups that once dominated student life."