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John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser-turned-chief critic, has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, CNN reported Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.

Bolton has also agreed to pay a fine of more than $2 million, according to one of the sources. A conviction on a single count of illegal retention carries a sentence of zero to 60 months in prison. A hearing is scheduled for June 26, according to the court docket.

Brian Kilmeade surprised his Fox & Friends co-hosts Thursday by breaking with the conservative line on Confederate monuments — declaring that Robert E. Lee shouldn't have a statue because he "made a choice, and it was the wrong choice."

The moment came after co-host Carley Shimkus noted that a Lee monument removed from a Charleston, South Carolina, school campus in 2021 had been put back on public display, and that Italian American groups had filed a federal lawsuit seeking to restore a Christopher Columbus statue removed from Columbus, Ohio's city hall in 2020.

During a “Morning Joe” discussion on Donald Trump’s constantly evolving statements about bringing the Iran war to a close, MS NOW contributor Katty Kay suggested the president’s deep-seated obsession with former President Barack Obama could be the biggest roadblock.

Speaking with co-host Willie Geist, Kay humorously claimed the president lives in fear of the “O word.”

Conservative podcaster Candace Owens is facing a firestorm from within her own movement after speaking at a Kremlin-backed forum in St. Petersburg alongside sanctioned Russian officials — and the backlash from the right has been savage.

Radio host Mark Levin fired the opening shot Wednesday, calling Owens a "Woke Reich traitor" on X. Far-right activist Laura Loomer went further, demanding a federal investigation into whether Owens violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act — and suggesting she may be "auditioning to be the female Edward Snowden so she can avoid all accountability…" Loomer also took personal shots at Owens, appearing to mock a possible pregnancy and making an unverified allegation about her husband, George Farmer, and drunk driving.

At the same time that Donald Trump is demanding $1 billion for his ballroom to fill the space where the East Wing used to be, congressional leaders are facing the prospect that the Rayburn House Office Building where they work is falling apart and needs a massive renovation.

To the tune of an estimated $9 billion.

President Donald Trump raged at the four "bad Republicans" who voted with the Democratic minority to end his war against Iran.

The 79-year-old president lashed out Wednesday morning after the Iran war powers resolution passed 215-208 in the GOP-led House after Republicans Tom Barrett of Michigan, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Thomas Massie of Kentucky joined Democrats in the vote.

Nobel Prize-winning economist turned political commentator Paul Krugman had a scathing review of President Donald Trump's latest attempt to impose sweeping global tariffs.

Trump has already lost multiple court battles over his tariffs. He first tried to enact a worldwide "reciprocal" import tax scheme under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), only for the Supreme Court to invalidate this. He then pushed a 10 percent global tariff under a different law, only for the Court of International Trade to rule that illegal too.

With their primary two weeks away, Georgia Republicans are waiting nervously for Donald Trump’s endorsement in the GOP race for one of Georgia's two U.S. Senate seats, fearing a longer delay could have a huge impact not just on the eventual nominee, but also on November’s general election.

According to a report from Politico, the Tuesday primary in Iowa, where MAGA-friendly Rep. Randy Feenstra (R) was upset, despite getting the president's coveted endorsement to be the next governor four days before the election, is serving as a red flag to Georgia GOP insiders.

Donald Trump was up, once again, after 1 a.m., posting on Truth Social early Thursday, this time accusing California election officials of trying to steal Tuesday’s primary election from Republicans.

Despite it being common knowledge that in California mail-in ballots received after Election Day — as long as they are postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days — are acceptable, the 79-year-old president was furious about the delay and claimed an investigation is underway.

President Donald Trump has privately told aides he would consider resuming bombing campaigns against Iran under one specific condition, and it has the fragile ceasefire teetering on the edge.

Trump privately told aides he would consider ending the ceasefire if Tehran becomes responsible for the deaths of American troops, according to U.S. officials cited by the Wall Street Journal. The president has signaled a willingness to tolerate smaller military flare-ups for weeks or even months rather than risk a broader conflict.

A self-described "MAGA lefty" stunned political analysts and observers on Wednesday by calling on President Donald Trump to issue new stimulus checks because of the impact of his tariffs.

Batya Ungar-Sargon, a political commentator, called on Trump to issue the checks during a panel discussion on CNN's "NewsNight" with host Abby Phillip. She said the impact of Trump's tariffs has been disastrous to Trump's voters, and it is unclear whether Trump is aware of the impact.