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Many political observers have been astonished by the speed at which President Donald Trump has taken a hammer to America's economic, political, and legal institutions.

In fact, one candidate who was up for a top position within the administration is now telling NBC News that Trump is hellbent on doing as much as he can over the next two years.

The White House is defying a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court ordering the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, and a pair of panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" warned they deliberately setting up a constitutional crisis.

A federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has ordered the Justice Department to provide "daily updates" on the government's efforts to bring him back, saying the high court was clear in its directive to facilitate his return, but U.S. District judge Paula Xinis said "nothing has been done" to comply with those orders.

The Harrisburg man arrested for setting fire over the weekend to the residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro allegedly planned to beat the governor with a hammer.

The Associated Press reports that newly filed court documents claim that 38-year-old Cody Balmer told police after being arrested and taken into custody that "he would have beaten Shapiro with a hammer if he had found him."

The North Carolina Republicans might “get away with stealing an election,” according to a new column in USA Today written by Sara Pequeño

The race for a seat on the state's Supreme Court, between Republican Judge Jefferson Griffin and Democratic Justice Allison Riggs, was incredibly close as Riggs won the race by just over 700 votes.

Five prosecutors who worked on cases involving Jan. 6 rioters have asked the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington, D.C., to investigate Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney there.

Senate Democrats have already pledged to delay a confirmation vote for Ed Martin, who has been serving as D.C.'s top prosecutor on an interim basis since Trump returned to office, and the former prosecutors have sent a letter to the D.C. Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel alleging that he has violated multiple professional rules, reported CNN.

America's tariff policy was thrown into further confusion over the weekend when Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the tariff exemptions that were unveiled on Friday were only temporary and that tariffs on electronics imported from China would be back in the near future.

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday hammered the Trump administration for adding yet more uncertainty to American trading policy that has already sent stock markets plunging in recent weeks.

Donald Trump is breaking the law and there's one way to deal with it, a former Republican strategist said.

Stuart Stevens, Chief Strategist of Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, appeared on MSNBC on Sunday to discuss the Trump Administration's wrongful removal of a man from El Salvador.

Donald Trump on Sunday pressured his FCC head to "impose maximum fines and punishment" on a TV network.

Trump, who has previously feuded with CBS and accused 60 Minutes of manipulating an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, took to Truth Social over the weekend to make the request of the FCC chief.

If you're an attorney who wants to be able to "look yourself in the mirror," then don't cut a deal with Donald Trump. That's the advice from one former prosecutor.

Ex-federal prosecutor Joyce Vance on Sunday analyzed the latest installment of a law firm filing a lawsuit against Trump following several possibly illegal executive orders.

Donald Trump's Department of Justice just "thumbed its nose at the Supreme Court," experts say.

The Trump Administration over the weekend filed multiple briefs in the case involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador. A day earlier, the Trump Administration confirmed that the man is alive but didn't provide many details.

A key State Department figure is out after purportedly "clashing" with the leader of the agency, Marco Rubio.

Pete Marocco was "a key architect of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash foreign aid has left the State Department," but he has now been let go after "less than three months on the job," according to the Wall Street Journal's report.

A man who is accused of an arson attack at the official residence of Democratic leader and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has been arrested and named publicly, after he initially avoided police, according to breaking media reports.

Shapiro, who was reportedly considered as a vice presidential candidate last year, was said to be inside the home with his family when the "fire broke out in a different part of the Georgian-style mansion in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania."

Donald Trump's insults toward judges are part of the "unprecedented attacks" judicial officers are facing in 2025, a jurist said Sunday.

U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas on Friday sounded the alarm about a particular type of "intimidation tactic" that is being employed against judges as Republicans seek to limit judicial authority and impeach the judges who rule against the President.