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President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at limits on toxic "forever chemicals" in Americans' drinking water — a move likely to deepen anger among his Make America Healthy Again allies, NOTUS reported Monday.

The EPA announced Monday that it wants to scrap legally enforceable nationwide drinking water limits on four forever chemicals, including GenX, a chemical used to make Teflon that has infamously contaminated North Carolina's Cape Fear River.

Sen. Mike Lee's (R-UT) attempt to showcase Republican diversity by posting photos of the only four Black House Republicans was undermined by their collective departure from Congress.

Reps. Wesley Hunt of Texas, John James of Michigan, Byron Donalds of Florida, and Burgess Owens of Utah are all leaving Capitol Hill, with no Black Republican candidates likely to replace them. By January 2027 Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will remain the sole Black Republican on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) posted a video of himself playing the banjo with some other musicians to his campaign account on Monday, ahead of a primary in which he is fighting for his political life.

"Pickin and grinnin!" said the post.

President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, was briefly stopped by Chinese security during the administration's trip to the country last week, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.

"Footage circulating online appears to show Scott Bessent being stopped outside the Great Hall of the People, one of the Chinese Communist Party’s chief government buildings in Beijing, ahead of a state banquet held in Trump’s honor at the venue on Thursday," said the report. "The guards seem to be pointing out that Bessent isn’t wearing what was likely an entry or clearance pin on his suit after blocking him at the door. After a brief conversation, he is handed an item by his aides and then allowed into the building."

Vice President JD Vance has a fashion confession — and it involves a pair of shamrock socks, the Irish prime minister, and a very unamused Donald Trump.

Speaking in Kansas City on Monday, Vance regaled the crowd with a cautionary tale about dressing for the boss after complimenting Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on his blazer.

President Donald Trump plans to dig up the South Lawn and install a permanent helipad, marking the latest in a series of extensive White House renovations.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Trump has already paved over the Rose Garden, installed black granite walkways, redesigned the Oval Office, added flagpoles, and demolished the East Wing to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. And now, the President is justifying the helipad by citing the new VH-92A Patriot helicopter's exhaust, which can burn grass in hot conditions and is 6,200 pounds heavier than the aging VH-3D Sea King it replaces.

A Democratic congressional staffer flagged an eye-popping provision in the massive fund established by the Department of Justice to pay off President Donald Trump's allies.

DOJ set aside $1.776 billion in taxpayer funds to compensate Trump allies, including Jan. 6 rioters already pardoned by the president, who say they were unfairly targeted by previous administrations, but legislative staffer Aaron Fritschner called attention to one clause regarding how the payments may be used.

A consultant for Rep. Tom Kean Jr. — the New Jersey Republican who has been missing from Congress for 74 days — decided Monday that the real scandal isn't his boss's 2 1/2-month disappearance, it's the journalist asking about it.

Kean last cast a vote in the House on March 5 and has since missed 68 votes, been out of the public eye, skipped the campaign trail in one of the most competitive districts in the country, and his office has only offered vague references to a "personal health matter."

Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL and GOP congressional candidate hand-picked by President Donald Trump to unseat Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), lashed out at The Daily Caller after the outlet reported that he may have inflated his military record during his campaign.

“This lie-filled story is nothing but a desperate attempt by Thomas Massie and his allies to smear the good name of a heavily-decorated Navy SEAL who served this country admirably for three decades,” reads a statement sent to the Caller by Gallrein's campaign.

Rev. Franklin Graham delivered a pre-recorded video message at President Donald Trump's Rededicate 250 prayer event Sunday at the National Mall in D.C., describing America as "morally rotten" and "completely sick with sin."

Graham cited "transgenderism" and "opening women's locker rooms to men" as a couple of examples of America's alleged moral decay.

The Department of Justice announced the creation of a $1.776 billion fund of taxpayer money that would be used to pay off President Donald Trump's allies, including Jan. 6 rioters, who say they were politically targeted by previous administrations.

The 79-year-old president, his two elder sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the family-owned Trump Organization agreed to drop their $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the establishment of the taxpayer-funded payouts, which will have little oversight or transparency.