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Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles warned that President Donald Trump is going to invoke the Insurrection Act because he's wanted to do it for a long time, and that the U.S. Supreme Court will likely let him do it.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann and ex-Justice Department official Mary McCord debated the legal challenges to whether or not Trump could invoke the Act and how it would be argued in court. But Taylor was the one who made it clear that his time in the Trump administration had shown him a deep desire to declare something a legal "insurrection" and invoke martial law.

MAGA TV host Eric Bolling lobbed a sarcastic threat at Antifa during a live call with one of his show's viewers on Monday.

A caller asked Bolling why groups like the Proud Boys have not been sent after Antifa. Bolling appeared stunned by the question at first, before launching into an answer about how quickly the Proud Boys could "take out" Antifa.

President Donald Trump's immigration policies appear to be creating a "moral horror" for at least one of the president's allies in Congress, according to two analysts.

Krystal Ball and Emily Jashinsky, co-hosts of the "Breaking Points" podcast, said on Monday that Trump's immigration policies seem to be alienating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has been one of the MAGA base's most loyal Trump supporters. They cited comments Greene recently made on comedian Tim Dillon's podcast, "The Tim Dillon Show.

Ethics experts are furious after Trump allies running a private investment firm promoted an event called the “Inaugural U.S. Treasury A.I. Summit,” that was billed as having Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent deliver an address and was heavily implied to be an official government-sponsored event, even though it wasn't.

According to the Wall Street Journal, "The fund, called 1789 Capital, circulated the pitch to technology companies in recent weeks, calling the Oct. 21 event 'historic,' according to an email to potential donors and the pitch itself, a copy of which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. It offered an array of perks, including a VIP cocktail party and dinner, to those who paid," and was essentially sold to people as an event where Bessent would outline the Treasury Department's AI strategy.

President Donald Trump's hand-picked prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia is getting a lot of pushback from career prosecutors in the office because of her efforts to prosecute the president's political foes, CNN reporter Katelyn Polantz revealed on Monday.

Polantz joined CNN's "The Arena with Kasie Hunt" to discuss how career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are reacting to their new boss, Lindsey Halligan. Halligan is a former insurance attorney with no prosecutorial experience whom Trump picked to run the Eastern District of Virginia, which typically handles national security or classified information cases, after former U.S. Attorney Erick Siebert resigned last month.

Officials in Washington State have agreed to water down a key provision of a child abuse reporting law passed to prevent misconduct by religious clergy, under pressure from both Catholic bishops and the Trump administration, MSNBC reported on Monday.

These entities, according to Ja'han Jones, "filed lawsuits seeking to overturn a bill signed by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, a Democrat and a Catholic, that required faith leaders of all denominations to report allegations of abuse they received in private religious settings — including confession. Though the Catholic Church has a documented history of enabling child sexual abuse, the sponsor of Washington’s bill said the legislation was inspired by reports of abuse within Jehovah’s Witness churches."

Former Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards won't run for the U.S. Senate, dashing the hopes of those seeking him to challenge the survivor of a four-way Republican primary.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is facing a primary challenge from three other GOP candidates.

The Boston Globe and Mass Live reported Sunday that a 13-year-old was "arrested" by U.S. Customs and Enforcement agents in Everett, Massachusetts, and is now 500 miles away from his mother and family in a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.

According to the boy's lawyer, Andrew Lattarulo, there was an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department, and the boy's mother was called to come and pick him up. However, when she went to the police department, after waiting, she was told that ICE had taken him, Josiele Berto told the Boston Globe in an interview.

President Donald Trump's signature tariff policy appears to have caused sales of a staple American spirit to collapse as trade relations between the U.S. and other countries deteriorate, according to a new report.

CNN reported on Monday that sales of American spirits to Canada crumbled by 85% during the second quarter of the year, citing figures from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. One of the spirits most hurt by the tariffs is American single malt whiskey, according to the report.

Lawmakers in North Carolina announced a redistricting plan that was expected to add at least one more Republican seat ahead of the midterm elections.

According to The Associated Press, the state's legislature will vote next week on redrawing the district boundaries, which already heavily favor Republicans.