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President Donald Trump's administration faced new war crime accusations on Monday after it was revealed that the administration disguised the airplanes it used to bomb at least one alleged drug boat.

The New York Times reported that the Trump administration disguised its bomber plane as a civilian plane during the now-infamous "double tap" strike in September that killed 11 people. The Times also reported that the plane's munitions were also hidden inside its fuselage, rather than being visibly displayed on the wings.

Immigration agents arrested an employee from the New York City Council on Monday during a routine immigration hearing, according to Speaker Julie Menin.

Menin said at an emergency press conference that an employee was detained while attending a routine hearing at immigration offices in Bethpage, Long Island. The employee was then taken to a local detention center, where he was given one phone call and chose to call the city council's human resources department for help, Menin said.

President Donald Trump floated a strange idea on Monday that his administration is working on to lower utility costs for Americans.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that his administration is working with tech companies to ensure that their data centers do not inadvertently drive up utility prices for the average American. The idea was floated at a time when Democrats had won a spate of elections by focusing their messaging on lowering the cost of living, something Trump also promised to do on the campaign trail. Republicans have been working behind the scenes to get Trump to talk more about affordability, an idea that he's called a "Democrat scam."

President Donald Trump offered a "revealing" window into his economic messaging ahead of the 2026 midterm elections while speaking with reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, according to one of the pool reporters.

The economy is shaping up to be the top issue in the 2026 midterm elections, and Republicans are quietly urging Trump to spend more time on American jobs rather than foreign affairs, The New York Times reported on Monday. Instead, Trump appears tobe throwing more chaos into the economy by attacking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

The battle to win the Republican Party nomination to replace the termed-out Gov. Ron DeSantis on the November ballot took an uglier turn as hedge fund CEO James Fishback ramped up his racist attacks on primary frontrunner Rep. Byron Donalds (R).

Donalds, a longtime defender and ally of Donald Trump, holds a commanding lead over Fishback, who is running as an outsider, with the Florida Phoenix reporting the GOP lawmaker holds an overwhelming 76 percent to 6 percent gap among voters with Trump’s endorsement factored in.

The Trump administration's move to criminally investigate the chair of the Federal Reserve could blow up in President Donald Trump's face in a big way, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated on Monday.

Specifically, Thune told Semafor's Burgess Everett, the legal threat against Jerome Powell could make it "challenging" to confirm any additional nominees Trump would make to the Fed, because it adds extra difficulty in establishing that such nominees could make monetary policy decisions independent of White House influence.

Republicans have been fairly quiet since it was revealed that President Donald Trump's administration began investigating the Federal Reserve chairman, but behind the scenes, many appear to hate the fight, according to one analyst.

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Trump-aligned former Fox News host and current federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro, had begun investigating Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over his handling of the $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project. Trump had previously accused Powell of mismanaging the project, which Powell fact-checked live on television when Trump and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) attempted to confront him about the project.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) squared off against Elon Musk on Monday after Musk posted a conspiracy theory about the Somali community in Minnesota.

Musk retweeted a post on his social media platform X about an alleged voter fraud scheme where voters are imported from other countries and given welfare benefits in exchange for their votes. Musk said in his post that the same "scheme" is playing out across the country, and attempted to tie Omar to the conspiracy.

Comedian Rob Potylo said he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis while performing in a giraffe costume as a fictional character known as Robby Roadsteamer.

Several Robby Roadsteamer social media accounts claimed that ICE had arrested Potylo. The social media posts included a video showing around a dozen law enforcement officers approaching the comedian and violently forcing him to the ground without any explanation.

President Donald Trump privately rages to his aides about his "weak and ineffective" attorney general because of her repeated failures to enforce his agenda, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Trump has told aides that Attorney General Pam Bondi is not pursuing his priorities with enough vigor, citing "administration officials and other people familiar with his complaints." The report was published at a time when Trump had directed law enforcement agencies to go after his political foes, such as Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and New York Attorney General Letitia James.