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GOP panics as laughing-stock Trump endorsee threatens to drag down entire ticket

Republican Party hopes of picking up a reachable Senate seat were dashed on day one after a campaign blunder left critics rolling in the aisles, according to a new report.

The GOP once saw Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) as very beatable when President Donald Trump anointed Rep. Mike Collins to take him on, but that optimism has since collapsed, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

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Trump humiliated after Strait of Hormuz traffic hits ‘lowest’ levels since May: report

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz reached its “lowest” level since May, Reuters reported on Sunday, just days after President Donald Trump insisted that the critical shipping waterway was “open” and under the full “control” of the United States.

According to shipping data reviewed by Reuters, an average of 10 commodity ships per day transited the strait over the past 10 days, a sharp drop from just a week prior. Six vessels transited the strait on Sunday, and only two on Saturday, “mostly using the Iranian route,” according to Reuters.

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‘Oh hell no!’ Trump sparks fury as he doubles down on latest name-change obsession

President Donald Trump sparked outrage Sunday as he doubled down on his latest name-change fixation, this time with his eyes set on the state of New Mexico.

“Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the great vote cheating states of all time, to NEW AMERICA,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow, I Love It!!!”

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Onlookers fear ‘something very wrong’ with Trump as he claims US ownership of the moon

President Donald Trump left countless onlookers aghast Sunday after publishing three dozen bizarre online posts in the span of two hours, one of which suggested the United States owned the moon.

“Something is very wrong with the president,” wrote Tom Nichols, staff writer for The Atlantic, in a social media post on X Sunday. “And yet, still has the codes to our nuclear arsenal and is the single person who can order their use.”

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Trump makes bonkers admission on stock trading amid defensive rant: ‘I’ve made billions’

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Sunday to make a startling admission regarding the tens of thousands of stock trades he’s made during his second term, insisting that they were done for the "country," not himself.

“I do this for our Country, not myself. I’ve made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for the U.S.A., not myself, and all I do is get criticized by the Radical Left Dumocrats,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Very unfair, but what can you do!”

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Bipartisan giggles over GOP Convention price tags: 'Grist to the mill of the grift'

There was a bipartisan roasting on MS NOW Sunday afternoon as a Republican strategist and former Democratic lawmaker joyfully mocked President Donald Trump's midterm convention.

Susan Del Percio and former state Rep. Don Calloway (D-MI) chuckled gleefully on "Alex Witt Reports" over the GOP Convention slated to begin in Dallas on Tuesday.

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'They're going to punish the president': Flailing campaign spurs stark warning for GOP

The Republican party received a stark warning on CNN Sunday morning as a group of political experts tried to figure out which exactly was Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's biggest problem.

Paxton's campaign against Democrat state Rep. James Talarico — which has Republicans wringing their hands over their vulnerable majority in the Senate — has three major problems, according to the panel.

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Fawning Cabinet member on international crisis: 'Thank God for President Trump's courage'

A fawning member of President Donald Trump's cabinet on Sunday praised a higher power for his boss's character.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared on CNN Sunday morning amid an ongoing war in Iran that has reportedly cost thousands of lives and delivered a severe blow to the global economy with the subsequent and record-breaking spike in gas prices.

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'Enemy': Canadians find new way to define U.S. under Trump

A survey released Saturday by polling firm Leger finds that a plurality of Canadians now view the US as an “enemy” nation thanks to President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on their economy and national sovereignty.

In all, the poll finds that 41% of Canadians now consider the US enemy, compared with 22% who say the US is an ally, and 22% who say the US is a neutral country.

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‘What in the world?’ Trump sparks online frenzy with head-turning new look

President Donald Trump turned heads Saturday after a photograph of him stepping off Air Force One went viral online, an image that appeared to show the president with a drastically different look.

“What in the world is going on with Trump’s hair?” asked independent journalist Aaron Rupar Saturday in a social media post on X.

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Canada hits Trump with drunken frat-boy movie threat: 'I don't get mad, I get even'

Canada slapped back at President Donald Trump as he made bizarre threats about trade deficits, a new report shows.

Canada will no longer discuss sharing critical minerals as an asset with the United States, Politico reported Saturday.

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‘Concerning’ Trump health signs flagged by expert: ‘Side of his mouth starting to droop’

President Donald Trump exhibited several “concerning” behaviors during a White House meeting earlier this week, behaviors that could point to a number of health-related issues, forensic psychologist John Paul Garrison suggested Friday.

Trump met with some of his top officials on Monday in the Oval Office to publicly discuss his administration’s health care policies, and during the meeting, appeared to doze off several times, as covered by countless media outlets.

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Steve Witkoff slammed for 'humiliating bootlicking' after plans to reminisce with Putin

President Donald Trump's envoy sparked outrage for "sucking up" to Russian leader Vladimir Putin with plans to reminisce about their meeting.

On Saturday, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to meet with Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. At one point during their meeting, Witkoff told Putin that their meeting would be a special memory later in life.

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