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Ontario Premier Doug Ford tore into President Donald Trump on Monday as a bully, a dictator, and a man unfit to give lessons on economics.

Ford unloaded at a press conference in Hamilton after Trump's Monday announcement of 50% tariffs on Canadian autos and steel — the latest blow after trade talks between the two nations collapsed Friday.

Before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent could flee reporters after announcing plans for an economic war on Iran, one reporter called him out over his “D-Day” analogy.

Prior to his press availability, Bessent had previewed his plan by claiming, “Today, at President Trump's direction, the United States Treasury has begun Operation Economic Outcast, an unprecedented campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers. In the Second World War, D-Day marked the historic beginning of a campaign with our allies to target and drive the enemy from its positions, including those in third countries. Today, in that same spirit, we are launching an economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe."

National Guard members who served in President Donald Trump’s long-running deployment in Washington, D.C., are speaking out about the mission — with one saying it now “embarrasses” him to have taken part.

The guard members who spent months deployed in the nation’s capital told NPR in a report published Monday that they have serious concerns about the mission, which began in August 2025 and has since become Trump’s largest and longest domestic military deployment, according to the outlet.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford taunted Donald Trump on Monday, threatening to cut off electricity to the United States in response to the president’s escalating trade war with Canada, warning: “He better have a pack of batteries.”

“We power 1.5 million homes and businesses,” Ford said in a new Associated Press interview, according to the Daily Mail. “Everything's on the table. I'll do whatever it takes.”

The BBC asked a federal judge to dismiss President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit, warning that allowing it to proceed would have "massive implications" for foreign media companies worldwide.

The British Broadcasting Corporation filed the motion Monday in federal court in Miami, targeting Trump's amended complaint in a defamation case that has escalated for nearly a year.

When the Trump administration dismantled USAID in early 2025, one prominent voice cheered the demolition – and now his own Christian aid organization has benefited enormously from the shuttering.

Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham and CEO of Samaritan's Purse, echoed Elon Musk's unsubstantiated claims of waste and fraud at the agency and expressed confidence that President Donald Trump's team would "make good decisions," and The Bulwark reported he had reason to be confident, because Secretary of State Marco Rubio quickly exempted Samaritan's Purse from the initial aid freeze.

A Donald Trump-endorsed Republican Senate candidate was busted for using artificial intelligence to generate social media posts denouncing data centers.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton endorsed a pause on the construction of data centers introduced by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in response to the growing backlash against AI and the infrastructure needed to power the tech, and the GOP Senate nominee introduced his own four-point plan on the issue.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a threatening ultimatum Monday with a message that CNN’s Jeremy Diamond said would “ripple around the world.”

Speaking during a press conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., Bessent unveiled the Trump administration’s new “economic D-Day” plan, officially named Operation Economic Outcast, which is designed to financially squeeze Iran into submission through the use of secondary sanctions and other measures.

President Donald Trump’s unusual technique for waving the starting flag at this weekend’s IndyCar race in Washington, D.C., drew mockery from Jim Acosta’s show on Monday after the moment went viral.

Trump appeared at the event Sunday and is seen in clips waving the green flag to start the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a first-of-its-kind IndyCar race through the streets of the nation’s capital celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.

Iowa is in play for Democrats in large part because there is a major feeling of betrayal by the state’s farmers aimed at President Donald Trump.

In an interview with MS NOW’s Alex Tabet, Iowa Farmers' Union President Aaron Lehman bluntly stated that the president's policies, including a new plan to bring in imported beef, are doing nothing to help them out of their financial straits and are only making matters worse.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) refused to even say Vice President JD Vance's name as she announced she would not join his campaign stop in Maine on Monday.

The move comes as Collins trails former Maine Senate president Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee, in a race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, according to recent polling. Vance spoke at Compotech, a defense contractor in Brewer, without her.

The Justice Department pressed the Supreme Court to lift an injunction blocking President Donald Trump's mail-ballot order, even after its only argument had "evaporated."

Trump signed Executive Order 14399 in March, directing the United States Postal Service to impose new requirements on mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections. Federal courts repeatedly blocked it, including with two separate injunctions from a Massachusetts federal judge now barring implementation of the order for the Nov. 3 election.