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Trump's own DOJ may be forced to air salacious claims against him at trial: analyst

The alleged gunman charged in the storming of the White House Correspondents' Dinner last week may have just put President Donald Trump's Justice Department in an awkward position, according to a new legal analysis in MS NOW.

If the Cole Allen assassination case goes to trial, prosecutors working for Trump's DOJ may find themselves in the uncomfortable position of reading accusations that the president is a "pedophile, rapist, and traitor" out loud to a jury to prove Allen intended to kill him, legal analyst Jordan Rubin laid out this week

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Trump sours on major legislation after endorsing it — and throws it into chaos

President Donald Trump threw a bipartisan bill on housing affordability into turmoil in recent weeks — backing off after issuing an endorsement, and expressing concerns with a major provision of the bill that helped unify lawmakers in favor of it.

According to Politico, "Trump was on the verge of putting out a social media post taking issue with the major housing affordability package the Senate approved this year, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. The president doesn’t support language in the bill that would require large institutional investors to sell single-family homes that are built as long-term rentals after seven years, the people said."

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Obama reveals major Trump frustration to close confidants

Barack Obama has faced criticism from fellow Democrats over his perceived lack of activism during the Donald Trump political era, but he's privately "frustrated" that he can't do more.

The New Yorker took a deep dive into the life of the 64-year-old former president after he left the White House nearly a decade ago, and one of his confidants told the magazine that Obama is certain he could have beaten Trump in a one-on-one election.

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Trump's own family hates him and his grandkids find him 'weird': ex-insider

According to one of Donald Trump’s longtime friends from his Manhattan days — before the president decamped to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida — Trump‘s family only tolerates him and at times hates him because of his self-absorption and “weird” habits.

Speaking with a podcaster Vlad Vexler, Wall Street investor Anthony Scaramucci, who had a public falling out with the president after a brief stint serving in the White House, claimed Trump’s grandkids aren’t sure what to make of their grandfather, who sits in the Oval Office. And it goes much deeper than that.

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'It's an admission': New scramble said to be a confession of major Trump failure

By announcing a new naval operation to provide security for vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump had “effectively” admitted that his naval blockade of the critical shipping waterway was a failure, Bloomberg columnist Javier Blas argued on Monday.

“The push to re-open the Strait of Hormuz today, with two US warships crossing it and two US-flagged merchant vessels, signals the White House realizes it cannot keep waiting for the blockade to force Iran into the negotiation table,” Blas wrote in a social media post on X.

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'Frustrated' Fox News voter panel blames Trump for 'very, very, very high' prices

A panel of voters on Fox News suggested that Republican control of government and President Donald Trump were to blame for "very, very, very high" prices.

During a Fox News segment on Monday, host Harris Faulkner asked the voter panel how they would approach the midterm elections. One independent said that she was frustrated and might not vote at all.

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Trump snarls at 'crying like a baby' CNN strategist for calling him a 'dictator'

Donald Trump flew off the handle on Monday morning, attacking Van Jones, claiming the CNN personality once came to him “crying like a baby” for help, and now has deemed him a “dictator.”

Jones, who once famously praised Trump in his first term after the president honored the widow of a slain NAVY Seal during a joint session of Congress, telling his CNN colleagues, “He became President of the United States in that moment, period,” has always straddled the line between faint praise and then criticism.

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Big-name outsider is primed to swipe '28 nomination from Vance and Rubio: ex-GOP insider

According to DC insiders, the race to assume the MAGA crown from Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s 2028 presidential nomination is a two-horse race between Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

However, as longtime GOP campaign strategist Rick Wilson wrote on Monday, there is a wild card in the mix who not only could use Donald Trump’s outsider playbook from 2016, but already has a base to lean upon that could elevate him in the early primaries and clear the field: former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

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'They are lying': Speculation swirls as Trump admin repeatedly denies attacks by Iran

The Trump administration refuted a claim Monday that a U.S. warship transiting the Strait of Hormuz was forced to retreat after being struck by Iranian-launched missiles, a denial that several critics called into serious question.

“I suspect that a US Navy ship was, indeed, hit and the Pentagon is playing wordsmith because they are attempting to avoid escalation,” argued geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert. “We have exhausted all military options.”

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'Serious consequences': Judge curbs Trump's plot to renovate DC golf course

U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes warned of "serious consequences" if the Trump administration failed to get her approval before renovating a Washington, D.C., golf course.

In federal court on Monday, the D.C. Preservation League argued that President Donald Trump should not be allowed to take over the East Potomac Golf Links for renovations. For months, crews have dumped debris from the destruction of the White House's East Wing at the golf course.

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'Comey's lawyers must have loved' Todd Blanche's interview confession: ex-prosecutor

Comments made by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during two Sunday cable show interviews with regard to the prosecution of former James Comey likely delighted the former FBI director’s lawyers.

That is the opinion of former state attorney of Palm Beach County, Florida, Dave Aronberg, who was amused on “Morning Joe” that Blanche put himself in the position of having to awkwardly explain the reasoning for going after Comey one year after he posted a picture of seashells spelling out “8 6 4 7,” which the DOJ insists was a threat against Donald Trump.

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'That's our house': Don Jr. slammed for bragging about White House 'sleepover at dad's'

Donald Trump Jr. was reminded that the White House was not his "dad's house" after he shared that he was having a "sleepover" with the commander-in-chief.

On Monday, the president's son shared a video of himself exiting Marine One with luggage for a stay at the White House.

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Trump's new 'bet' just set US on path to 'humiliation in full view of the world': expert

With his newly announced Project Freedom – a naval operation commencing Monday to provide security for vessels traversing the Strait of Hormuz – President Donald Trump “made a public bet,” international security expert Robert Pape argued on Monday, one that has only two likely outcomes: a major military escalation or “humiliation in full view of the world.”

“He is betting that Iran will not strike a ship under American protection. If Trump wins the bet, the United States stabilizes the corridor,” Pape, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, wrote in an analysis published on his Substack. “If it fails even once, Washington must escalate – or accept humiliation in full view of the world.”

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