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Donald Trump sees Nikki Haley as the closest Republican behind him, so he's questioning whether she can legally run for the presidency.

Political strategist, Dr. Basil Smikle, Ph.D., appearing on CNN's "Out Front" with Erin Burnett, accused the former president of trafficking in hate by attempting to bring back a debunked accusation to score political points.

In an interview posted Monday on Mike Lindell's new streaming network, Donald Trump told disgraced former Fox Business host Lou Dobbs that he really hopes the economy crashes as soon as possible.

While Americans are climbing out of the economic fall in 2020, numbers have slowly improved, charts posted by the Washington Post explain. Inflation is continuing to go down. Employment continues to go up. After Republicans blamed President Joe Biden for high gas prices, those have fallen.

Special counsel Jack Smith now has clear and devastating insight into former President Donald Trump's intent and mental state during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, argued former House January 6 Committee investigator Tim Heaphy on MSNBC Monday.

This comes amid new reporting that a key Trump campaign official gave Smith testimony that Trump didn't care if the violence at the Capitol stopped.

While many in the world were celebrating the birth of Christ, followers of Donald Trump planned a "swatting" attack on special counsel Jack Smith.

NBC News reported Monday evening that two law enforcement sources confirmed someone called police pretending to be from Smith's home and claiming there was an attack. The goal of the attacker is to rile up police enough that they might shoot first and ask questions later, accidently killing the target or someone in the target's family.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has families of hostages in Gaza upset about her recent comparison. Now, she's refusing to respond to questions.

The Congresswoman made news on Sunday when she appeared on "Meet the Press" and claimed that the guilty Jan. 6 attackers who are serving time in prison are "hostages." Host Kristen Welker didn't pressure Stefanik on the term, who specifically she was referring to as a "hostage" and which law was violated in the Constitution on Jan. 6.

Self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" Roger Stone was caught on an audio recording with his security guard floating assassinations of his alleged congressional Democratic nemeses: Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA), weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Mediate reports.

“It’s time to do it,” Stone reportedly told Sal Greco, an NYPD cop moonlighting as Stone's security guard, at Caffe Europa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “Let’s go find Swalwell. It’s time to do it. Then we’ll see how brave the rest of them are. It’s time to do it. It’s either Nadler or Swalwell has to die before the election. They need to get the message. Let’s go find Swalwell and get this over with. I’m just not putting up with this sh-t anymore.”

Pro-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis' apology letter she was ordered to write as part of the conditions of her plea deal in the Georgia election racketeering case has been released — and it is incredibly short, with a single line apologizing for her actions.

"To the people of Georgia: I apologize for my actions that gave rise to this indictment. Sincerely, Jenna Ellis," read the letter in its entirety, according to Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

An explosion rocked downtown Fort Worth, Texas on Monday afternoon and left at least 11 people injured, reports show.

NBC Fort Worth reported one person was critically hurt and another is missing after the explosion at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Hotel on 8th Street between Houston and Throckmorton, according to the report.

Is House Speaker Mike Johnson about to get Kevin McCarthy'd?

Johnson could soon face calls for ouster after he announced a tentative deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to set spending at nearly $1.66 trillion in the 2024 fiscal year, Political consultant Jay Townsend told Newsweek Monday.

Donald Trump's immunity claim has been denied, court records show.

The New York Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied Trump's request Monday to reconsider his immunity claim in the civil lawsuit brought by former journalist E. Jean Carroll, court records show.

Rudy Giuliani, one of several people charged in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' Georgia election racketeering case, is demanding to question former co-defendants who took plea deals, reported The Messenger on Monday.

"In a four-page motion, Giuliani's attorneys argued they 'will be unable to properly investigate the facts of this case unless Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issues an order requiring the former co-defendants to be made available for interviews,'" reported Steve Reilly.

Former President Donald Trump was the subject of a brutal fact-check Monday after legal experts found his election flier claims that his court cases were keeping him from the campaign trail.

MSNBC legal expert Lisa Rubin took to the airwaves Monday to explain Trump doesn't have to appear in court this week for his cases after an email to supporters went viral.