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Pope Leo XIV dropped a political statement in his first conversation with the media on Monday.

Among his comments was praise for, and solidarity with, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. The pontiff then took a swipe at the lack of free speech in Russia.

President Donald Trump raised eyebrows and concerns about his mental fitness after wandering away from a White House event.

The president announced an executive order Monday morning intended to lower the price of prescription drugs by up to 80 percent, but he nearly walked out of the gathering without signing the order following a rambling speech, reported the Irish Star.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced that the nation of Qatar would give him a new luxury Air Force One and that the plane would be donated to his presidential library after his term in office — meaning he can keep using it.

Discussing the matter on Monday, Sunny Hostin, co-host of "The View" and former federal prosecutor, recalled working for the government and being told that taking such gifts was unacceptable.

CNN anchor Manu Raju broke out the U.S. Constitution while hosting Inside Politics on Monday morning to slam President Donald Trump’s acceptance of a $400 million plane from Qatar.

“We've heard a lot about the emoluments clause back in the first Trump term. But just to remind viewers about what that is, it's Article One, section nine, clause eight of the Constitution,” Raju said.

President Donald Trump is more or less flying blind in his second term, according to a new analysis.

The president infamously skipped nearly all of his intelligence briefings during his 2016 transition process and had little patience for them during his first term, saying he didn't need them because he was "like, a smart person." MSNBC's Steve Benen wrote that he's even less interested the second time around in hearing the information he needs to guide his decision making.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was criticized after taking his grandchildren swimming in an unsafe creek with a high bacteria count because of sewage runoff.

In a post to X on Sunday, Kennedy revealed that he spent Mother's Day swimming with his family in Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek.

President Donald Trump spoke for a little under an hour on Monday morning about the ongoing trade negotiations with China, the costs of pharmaceuticals, and other matters that left some viewers with many questions.

One professor addressed Trump's claim on Obamacare: “I made it work. I could have let it die, but I chose to make it work.”

Critics pounced on a New York Times reporter's narrow definition of corruption as he published a new story on President Donald Trump's personal business dealings.

Investigative reporter Eric Lipton co-authored the new report on the president and his family marketing cryptocurrency and how those dealings have turned into a vehicle for foreign influence campaigns, which he described as "potentially corrupt" — and then provided his own interpretation of the term.

As President Donald Trump signed an executive order to lower drug prices, an ABC reporter questioned the gift of a $400 million plane from Qatar which he is set to receive.

“What do you say to people who view that luxury jet as a personal gift to you?” The reporter asked. “Why not leave it behind?”

President Donald Trump claimed Monday that Obamacare initially did not work — and its eventual success was all down to him.

“Ozempic costs 10 times more in the United States than in the rest of the developed world. Ten times more. Why? Why? What did we do? Suckers,” Trump said about the well-known weight loss drug as he announced an executive order involving prescription drug prices.

President Donald Trump responded to critics who say he should not accept a "free" Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar to serve as the new Air Force One.

During a White House press conference on drug prices, the president was asked if Qatar wanted anything in exchange for the airplane.