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CNN's Kaitlan Collins called out White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after she blamed Democrats for any government employee layoffs that might take place during the ongoing government shutdown.

During Monday's White House briefing, Collins questioned Leavitt about President Donald Trump's repeated claim that Democrats would be to blame if the his administration were to order mass layoffs.

The U.S. Supreme Court nixed Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal against conviction on Monday, leaving her with only one other legal option outside of a pardon from President Donald Trump, an expert said.

Maxwell was convicted of crimes relating to her role in aiding Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with underage girls.

United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee pushed back Monday against Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who accused him of failing to protect Americans currently being held captive in Israel.

At least 24 Americans were on board the latest embankment of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of ships attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gazans amid Israel’s military siege and aid blockade on the Gaza Strip.

The government shutdown, with Republicans controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, is poised to claim more victims — Social Security recipients who depend on their annual cost-of-living increases which allows them to keep pace with inflation.

According to a report from NOTUS, October has normally been the month when the Social Security Administration analyzes the data and comes up with a percentage increase, something seniors look forward to.

President Donald Trump's longtime strategist and anti-immigration hardliner Stephen Miller is using the mounting protests against the administration's immigration policies as a pretext for harsh crackdowns on political opposition, Jonathan Chait warned in an analysis published by The Atlantic on Monday.

Miller, wrote Chait, has been escalating his rhetoric precipitously to make clear what he is doing. “There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded,” Miller posted to X. “And it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks.”

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) smeared Muslims and Democrats as terrorists during a television appearance to discuss the government shutdown.

The Florida Republican, who has earned a reputation for making Islamophobic remarks, was asked during an appearance on Newsmax2 to comment on efforts to reach an agreement on a government spending bill, and he falsely claimed that Democrats were blocking the measure to protect free health care for undocumented migrants.

Donald Trump may not be the only one in his administration held to account if the International Criminal Court in The Hague decides to take up accusations against the American president.

In a column for the Wall Street Journal, conservative George Mason University Scalia Law School professor Eugene Kontorovich suggested Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might want to be careful when they travel abroad after they leave their jobs.

President Donald Trump insisted that young people owed him "big" for his role in a deal that allowed TikTok to continue operating in the U.S.

Although the Chinese government has not approved the deal, Trump recently signed an executive order allowing a joint venture led by billionaire Larry Ellison to run TikTok.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she would be deploying federal agents to the 2025 Super Bowl following the announcement that Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny would be the halftime show performer — and Whoopi Goldberg sees it as a perfect time to punk ICE.

Noem's promise suggests that Bad Bunny — who is a U.S. citizen as he is from a U.S. territory — will bring with him immigrant fans, despite the astronomical price of a Super Bowl ticket.

Democratic lawmakers have a strong opportunity to come out on top in the ongoing government shutdown, argued political commentator and columnist Michael Tomasky in an analysis published Monday in The New Republic — but only “if they’re willing to use it.”

“If the Democrats stick together, they can win this and make [President Donald] Trump cave,” Tomasky wrote. “The Democrats have three cards to play here that give them a strong hand, if they’re willing to use it.”

President Donald Trump has purged dozens of judges as part of his sweeping changes to immigration policy.

Since Trump returned to office in January, 139 immigration judges have been fired, taken an early-out offer or been involuntarily transferred, according to the National Association of Immigration Judges — with 24 dismissed last month alone, reported CNN.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at the NFL's decision to have Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny perform at the Super Bowl halftime show by calling on Congress to make English the official language of the United States.

"Bad Bunny says America has 4 months to learn Spanish before his perverse unwanted performance at the Super Bowl halftime," Greene complained Monday in a post on X. "It would be a good time to pass my bill to make English the official language of America."