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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent ICE agents to Minnesota to investigate what she called "rampant fraud" — even after FBI Director Kash Patel suggested he was leading the investigation into allegations of daycare fraud in the Somali community.

"The FBI is aware of recent social media reports in Minnesota," Patel explained in a Sunday post on X. "Fraud that steals from taxpayers and robs vulnerable children will remain a top FBI priority in Minnesota and nationwide."

President Donald Trump sparked widespread disbelief — and open laughter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — after claiming Sunday that Russia would help rebuild Ukraine because Vladimir Putin wants the country to “succeed.” The surreal remark came during a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort following peace talks, where Trump went on to describe Putin as “very generous” toward Ukraine, prompting Zelenskyy to visibly laugh. The comments ignited a social media firestorm, with journalists, analysts, and former officials blasting Trump for echoing Kremlin-friendly talking points and questioning his grasp on the reality of a war defined by Russia’s invasion, destruction, and mass civilian suffering.

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A stunning twist emerged from the latest release of FBI files tied to Jeffrey Epstein after Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown revealed that her own 2019 flight itinerary was included in materials attached to a grand jury subpoena. Brown, whose reporting helped expose Epstein’s abuse network, said the discovery raises alarming questions about why the Justice Department was collecting or retaining travel records of a journalist during the final weeks of Epstein’s life under the Trump administration. The revelation triggered immediate backlash online, with journalists and analysts warning that DOJ surveillance of a reporter covering Epstein represents a scandal separate from — and potentially as serious as — the Epstein case itself.

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Building upon a column from The Atlantic‘s Jonathan Lemire, who suggested the president is “suddenly looking a lot smaller” as his polling numbers collapse, the New York Times’ Mara Gay claimed the president now finds himself stuck in a political quagmire with no idea how to get out of it.

During a segment on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,“ Gay made the case that Trump looks “weak” because he has not been able to fulfill his campaign promises despite the Republican Party controlling both the House and the Senate.

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon is calling on President Donald Trump to ban all immigration into the United States for at least 10 years.

During a Monday interview with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on Real America's Voice, Bannon used alleged fraud in the daycare industry to push for Somali immigrants to be deported.

Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, ignited a firestorm Sunday night after lashing out at MAGA influencers who criticized the Trump administration, repeatedly hurling vulgar insults and dismissing them as profiteers spreading “bulls---.” The extraordinary tirade came as Dhillon faced backlash from her own supporters over her failure to act on alleged election fraud claims, prompting critics to accuse her of inaction despite her powerful DOJ role. Rather than defuse the situation, Dhillon escalated, branding critics “hoes” and “useful idiots,” stunning even some conservatives and triggering warnings from right-wing commentators that her attacks risk alienating Trump’s base ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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Mounting evidence suggests Donald Trump maintained closer ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein than he has publicly claimed, setting the stage for reckoning among his supporters.

According to Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte, Trump's heated response during the holiday weekend to the release of one million additional Epstein-related pages indicates genuine concern. The president's defensive reactions, including accusations directed at Democrats, suggest anxiety about the documents' contents.

Trump supporters may face difficult questions as new information emerges. However, many remain heavily invested in defending the president, potentially limiting their willingness to confront inconvenient facts as scrutiny intensifies.

Citing the president’s “erratic behavior — desperately grasping for any distraction he can throw at his base, leading to the pathetic blitz of ‘look over there!’-style Truth Social posts,” the columnist wrote, “he likely worries, for good reason, they won’t continue to embarrass themselves by denying every round of Epstein stories being released about him.”

Libertarian podcaster and political commentator Clint Russell put Vice President JD Vance on notice Sunday that Republicans will be forced to “kiss 2028 goodbye” if the Trump administration didn’t “get to f------ work,” and soon.

Russell’s remarks come amid a MAGA backlash over the administration’s fixation on an alleged large-scale fraud scheme in Minnesota, which Trump supporters have dismissed as performative. In response to one of Vance’s several social media posts about the alleged scheme, Russell warned that without swift action from the Trump administration, the GOP risked a major electoral defeat next year.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed new details about her split with President Donald Trump over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The retiring Republican congresswoman spoke to the New York Times for a nearly 7,600-word profile covering her decision to leave Congress after two terms, and she told the newspaper that she overlooked some glaring clues about Trump's longtime friendship with the late sex offender, who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.

MAGA hosts Gina Loudon and Emily Finn agreed that Black Americans did not have the right to criticize President Donald Trump's bombing of Nigeria over the holidays.

"On MS NOW, a guest reframed U.S. airstrikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria, not as counterterrorism, but as racial aggression," Finn said Monday on Real America's Voice. "He called the strikes, quote, violence in a brown country."