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'Might lead to violence': Republican senator goes to war against Trump's plot win midterms

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) openly condemned President Donald Trump’s push for GOP-controlled states to redraw their congressional districts Sunday – laying equal blame on Democratic Party leaders’ retaliatory efforts like in California – and warned that continued gerrymandering could ultimately “lead to violence.”

Trump launched what some have referred to as the “redistricting wars” in June when he encouraged Texas state lawmakers to approve new congressional maps, and in a manner that the Trump administration hoped would give the GOP five additional House seats. That push sparked a wave of mid-decade redistricting efforts in both GOP and Dem-controlled states, and one that Paul warned could produce deadly results.

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Epstein's friendship with MAGA titan ended with 'one last eerie message': analysis

Jeffrey Epstein maintained regular and sometimes daily contact with MAGA influencer and former Trump official Steve Bannon leading up to Epstein's 2019 arrest, and transcripts recently compiled by journalist Ellie Leonard show their exchanges ended with Epstein leaving “one last eerie message," Leonard wrote Saturday.

Much has been reported on the friendship between Epstein and Bannon, with last month’s release of around 20,000 files from Epstein’s estate revealing that the two had far more than a professional relationship.

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'Unqualified': CBS News' Trump-backed boss roasted for massive Erika Kirk TV campaign

The editor-in-chief of CBS News was hit with strong pushback his weekend after heavily featuring Erika Kirk, and the editor-in-chief Bari Weiss herself, in the network's coverage.

CBS has included numerous features on Erika Kirk, the widow of the slain MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk, and even aired a town hall in which the last man to speak to Charlie Kirk confronted Erika about Donald Trump's behavior.

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'Absolute legend': Observers hail 'hard as nails' man who wrestled gun from mass shooter

The mass shooting in Australia Sunday was thwarted, in part, by what appears to be a man wrestling the suspected gunman to the ground and taking his firearm, a video of which has gone viral on social media and garnered praise from thousands.

“Absolute legend,” wrote Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, in a social media post Sunday on X.

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'Referee stunned': Internet erupts in ridicule as Trump makes 'worst coin flip in history'

Donald Trump on Saturday shocked the internet when he gave what some have dubbed a non-traditional coin flip at the Army-Navy football match up.

Trump can be seen on the video awkwardly tossing the coin, which doesn't appear to have actually flipped to the other side.

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Trump's break with big MAGA star could 'hand a Democrat the seat': Georgia GOP leader

The chair of a major Republican Party committee in Georgia is sounding the alarm that President Donald Trump’s messy break with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) may end up handing her seat to a Democratic candidate, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

Once one of the president’s most loyal and vocal supporters, Greene has grown increasingly critical of Trump in recent months, having openly criticized his administration’s approach on health care, its reluctance to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, and it’s military and geopolitical support for Israel amid its siege on Gaza, which a number of human rights organizations have labeled a genocide.

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'Not what they voted for': Why swing voters are leaving Trumpism in droves

New York Times writer E.J. Dionne Jr., says a great many Americans who helped put Donald Trump in office have absorbed what’s happened since.

“They may not be glued to every chaotic twist of this presidency, but they do pay attention and have concluded, reasonably, that this is not what they voted for,” said Dionne.

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Leaked Trump Admin memo hints at cuts at VA: report

A leaked Veterans Administration memo reveals staffing reductions at facilities serving former military members, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

Under the leadership of former far-right GOP lawmaker Doug Collins, the VA is planning to eliminate up to 35,000 positions, The Washington Post reported. The agency has already faced persistent criticism for inadequate staffing levels, which have contributed to extended wait times for veterans seeking care.

The VA responded, confirming that 25,000 cuts were being made, but that they were all open roles, many of which were created during the COVID pandemic, and that they would have no effect on the quality of care. An administration spokesman said no actual employee would lose their job.

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Trump's legal losing streak is forcing him to scramble before 'the game is over': report

Donald Trump faces mounting obstacles in his strategy to place loyalists in U.S. Attorney positions without Senate approval, prompting the normally stubborn and confrontational president to explore alternative approaches.

According to reporting from Politico's Erica Orden, the resignation of Trump appointee Alina Habba signals that the administration recognizes its legal position has weakened and may be reluctant to pursue the matter before the Supreme Court.

Habba, a former personal attorney to the president who represented him when he lost two defamation lawsuits filed by writer E. Jean Carroll, stepped down this week following a court ruling that deemed her appointment unlawful. In her statement, she explained, "As a result of the Third Circuit's ruling, and to protect the stability and integrity of the office which I love, I have decided to step down in my role as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey."

Delaware U.S. Attorney Julianne Murray subsequently resigned, also citing the Habba ruling as her reason for stepping down.

Legal experts indicate the administration faces a difficult calculus moving forward. Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, outlined the administration's limited options when speaking with Politico: suggesting they could "...continue to try to install temporary U.S. attorneys, only to repeatedly have those choices disqualified by courts, or attempt the traditional process of Senate confirmation."

Tobias suggested the White House may be hesitant to escalate the matter to the Supreme Court, noting, "I think the last thing they want is to have the Supreme Court say no, right? Because then the game is over. ... they can continue to do what they've been doing, and that is avoiding advice and consent, which is in the Constitution, which they've done in more than half the districts, and continue to play games with the system."

Nina Mendelson, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, cautioned that a Supreme Court decision could cut either way, with potential long-term implications. She wrote in an email to Politico, "If [the administration] does appeal, the Supreme Court may, on the one hand, be interested in preserving the Senate's constitutional function of advice and consent and thus narrowly interpret the President's authority to appoint acting US Attorneys. On the other hand, the Supreme Court has, in a series of cases, expressed its concern for presidential control and flexibility, which might prompt it to more generously interpret the President's power."

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‘May send a marshal to the prison’: Colorado Dems brace for pardon ‘battle’ against Trump

Colorado officials are bracing themselves for an all-out “battle” against President Donald Trump as they seek to get ahead of the president’s pledge to pardon Tina Peters, a former county clerk who was jailed in connection with the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, The New York Times reported Saturday.

“This is so far beyond the pale,” said Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democrat, the Times reported Saturday. “No one has thought to do this because it is so clearly against our constitutional system of government.”

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Trump DOJ ordered to surrender files from Comey adviser after 'unlawful intrusion'

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to return files that had been illegally seized from former FBI Director James Comey's ex-legal adviser Daniel Richman, All Rise News' Adam Klasfeld reported.

The files were taken as part of the criminal indictment against Comey for false statements and obstruction, which has now been dismissed.

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Racist rants exposed for Border Patrol agent accused of threatening to shoot bystanders

A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.

"Timothy Donohue, 38, was a member of lead commander Gregory Bovino’s maurauding so-called 'Green Army' during 'Operation Midway Blitz' in Illinois, part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown," reported Tom Latchem. "Donahue was cited — though not by name — in a blistering opinion by U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis after he was filmed threatening someone watching an arrest in Evanston." Footage apparently of Donohue appeared to show him saying, “Step back or I’m going to shoot you,” to a bystander.

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