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Trump social post sparks probe as it reveals legal blunder of 'inexperienced' aide: report

Prosecutors blindsided "inexperienced Trump loyalists" in a shocking mortgage fraud investigation into whether Trump administration officials shared information to unauthorized people about a criminal probe into a Democratic lawmaker, according to a report.

Christine Bish, a GOP Congressional candidate and California real estate agent, gathered and sent documents to the administration in April, just a few months before President Donald Trump announced a mortgage fraud investigation of Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in July, according to The Washington Post Monday.

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‘Theft!’ Outraged Republican slams Trump admin's seizure of border crosser's cash

The Department of Homeland Security announced the seizure more than $70,000 over the weekend in “unreported currency,” an announcement that drew the ire of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who accused the agency of outright “theft.”

On Saturday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection – an agency under DHS – announced that $70,749 in cash had been seized from a driver at the U.S.-Mexico border, in the Texas city of Brownsville on the state’s southern-most point.

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Trump predicts tariff payments to 'skyrocket' as Americans struggle with paying bills

President Donald Trump is praising his own tariffs, declaring that their impacts have yet to be fully felt, and predicting that payments are about to “skyrocket” — just as the holidays approach and Americans are increasingly concerned about being able to pay their bills.

Consumer sentiment has fallen to a near record low, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, noting that views of personal finances are “the dimmest since 2009, and consumers remain frustrated about high prices and weakening incomes.”

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Looming Trump-fueled collapse makes it easier for Dems to recruit candidates: report

Donald Trump's increasing unpopularity with voters is making it easier for the Democratic Party leadership to recruit stronger candidates — thereby increasing the chances the Senate could flip in the upcoming 2026 midterm election, according to a report.

Trump’s name won’t be on the ballot next year, but his presence will loom large as voters head off to the polls, which has Republicans quaking and Democrats succeeding at encouraging some Democratic heavyweights to make the leap and sign up to run against vulnerable Republicans.

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Trump warned he's isolating rural America—and it's turning blue: 'American Dream is dead'

Donald Trump's tariffs may have alienated rural America so much they vote for Democrats at the midterms next year, the Governor of Kentucky has said.

Andy Beshear, writing in The Washington Post, believes the "American Dream is dead" under the president's watch, with the GOP split on issues such as healthcare and economics. This may push those in hardened red states to vote elsewhere in the upcoming election cycle.

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Even Donald Trump's ex-lawyers alarmed by latest orders: 'Clear quid pro quo'

Multiple former Trump administration officials are sounding the alarm over the president’s pardons, saying they appear designed to signal to his supporters that breaking the law is acceptable — so long as it’s done to his benefit.

“He is upending a whole process by which you reach a fair and accurate recommendation,” said an attorney who previously helped President Donald Trump with pardons during his first administration, speaking with The Washington Post Monday on the condition of anonymity.

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'Declared war on president': GOP rep accuses party of using Epstein bill to turn on Trump

Many Republican Party members believe the GOP has "declared war on the president" with its vote on the Jeffrey Epstein bill, according to a report published Monday.

A 427-1 vote to release Epstein's files passed earlier this month, with Donald Trump confirming he would sign a bill to release the files should it reach his desk. The Senate voted unanimously to pass the bill, which has since been signed by the president.

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'Lughead' Republican lambasted by Morning Joe as party trapped by Dems' 'brilliant move'

Republican lawmakers who are supporting Donald Trump through thick and thin may have gone a step too far after they, along with the president, took the bait when Democrats who served in the military argued thata no illegal presidential orders should be followed.

During a discussion on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” over the brouhaha stirred up by Donald Trump's accusations of sedition and threats of hanging aimed at Democrats who took part in a video telling military members they need not follow illegal orders, co-host Joe Scarborough laid into an unnamed Republican who appeared on CNN on Sunday for making a fool of himself.

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Trump-branded phone's 'made-in-USA' message scrubbed as it falls way behind release date

A new mobile phone announced by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump earlier this year and branded around their father is still nowhere to be seen three months past its planned release — with NBC News reporting Monday that the launch date still remains unknown despite the company having already charged customers for pre-orders.

The company’s website has also scrubbed past mentions of the phone being “built in the United States” since its initial announcement in June, and instead now touts “American hands [being] behind every device.”

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Trump family takes $1B hit as crypto crash linked to president's woes: Nobel Prize winner

An expert economist believes the Crypto slump is due to it being tied to Donald Trump's approval rating.

Paul Krugman says the Trump trade is "unraveling" after the president went all-in on the digital currency. The Trump family made their way into meme coins and cryptocurrency earlier this year and it appears to have backfired. The Daily Beast reported the Trump family has lost upwards of $1 billion in trading crypto.

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Inside Trump's rage: Behind his growing retribution as cracks emerge in his base

Everyone knew that once Congress passed legislation requiring the Justice Department to release all the Jeffrey Epstein files, US President Donald Trump would go on a tear to “flood the zone” with other distractions so he could command the agenda.

And that’s exactly what he did. Over the next four days, Trump met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office to announce expedited visas for fans at next year’s World Cup (though, pointedly, not for all).

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'That is not the law': Professor schools JD Vance as he scrambles to defend Trump threats

Yale Law School graduate JD Vance was on the receiving end of a lecture from a former U.S. attorney for jumping in late on Sunday to defend Donald Trump in the squabble about issuing illegal orders to U.S. military members.

The president has been at war with Democrats in Congress who have served in the military for advising their brothers and sisters in arms not to follow any demand of the president that they believe is illegal.

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'Elephant in the room': GOP warned this one Trump issue threatens massive midterm exodus

The midterm elections could swing massively in favor of Democrat candidates, and it's because of an issue with Donald Trump the GOP have not addressed.

Greg Sargent of The New Republic and Amanda Marcotte believe the problem of age will weigh heavy on the election cycle next year. Trump, 79, is "not looking good these days" according to Marcotte, who says the "elephant in the room" of the 2026 midterms is the president's age.

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