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'Who knows what trouble I may get into': Matt Gaetz teases Senate run amid ethics report

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hinted that he could run for U.S. Senate just hours before a House Ethics Committee report was expected to suggest that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl.

While speaking at Turning Point USA's AmFest conference on Sunday, Gaetz responded to speculation about his next move after backing out as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next attorney general.

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'Not exactly a statement you want to have to make': Jen Psaki points to Trump problem

On Sunday morning former White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed a statement from Donald Trump's incoming press secretary that her boss is "the Leader of the Republican Party. Full stop," is a bad sign for the president-elect.

Referring to the ongoing appearance that billionaire Elon Musk, lately always seen by Trump's side, is calling the shots for the president-elect, Psaki said the messaging coming from the Trump Team is not what the communications shop would want to be pushing back on before Trump is even sworn in.

On her MSNBC show, she shared clips of Democrats using "President Musk" as a way to get under the president-elect's skin.

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She then commented, "Musk felt the need to go back on X and say it was, quote, the media who was trying to drive a wedge between him and Trump –– also declaring it wouldn't work."

"A Trump spokesperson even felt the need to clarify that the actual president-elect is, in fact, the leader of the Republican Party. I promise you that's not exactly a statement you want to have to make," she added with a smile.

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'He's not taking the presidency': Trump fumes about 'President Musk' at MAGA conference

President-elect Donald Trump used a speech to MAGA supporters to strongly push back on claims that billionaire Elon Musk had effectively taken over his presidency.

While speaking to Turning Point USA's AmFest conference attendees on Sunday, Trump argued that "big companies" wanted him to cut regulations more than slashing taxes.

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'What the hell was that?' Trump pauses speech to investigate 'strange sound' on stage

President-elect Donald Trump paused a speech to MAGA followers after claiming to hear a "strange sound" on stage.

At Sunday's AmFest in Arizona, Trump was complaining about undocumented migrants when he was interrupted by an apparent noise.

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'I don't want to go': Trump complains about walking down stairs at MAGA conference

President-elect Donald Trump complained about possibly having to walk down steps to reach the stage at a conservative conference on Sunday.

As he walked out to the podium at AmFest in Arizona, Trump began by wishing the audience a Merry Christmas.

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'Let me stop you there': Fox News host refutes Trump lawsuit over 'Russia hoax'

Fox News host Howard Kurtz suggested there were "no actual inaccuracies" in reporting by The New York Times and The Washington Post after President-elect Donald Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize Board for awarding the news organizations for work done to expose Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

"Trump has openly said, he doesn't make any secret of it, that if he loses these lawsuits, he's still satisfied because it puts the journalists or media organization through an ordeal and forces them to hire expensive lawyers," Kurtz explained to Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz on Sunday.

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Maria Bartiromo grills Trump spokeswoman on GOP: '38 of them voted against Trump's agenda'

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo pressed incoming White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt after 38 Republicans voted against President-elect Donald Trump's last-minute demand to raise the debt ceiling as part of a bill to prevent a government shutdown.

During an interview on Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo told Leavitt that "drama" broke out on Capitol Hill due to Trump's demands derailing a government spending bill.

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Trump headed for 'egg on his face' with latest lawsuit threats: legal expert

Should Donald Trump make good on his threats to sue media organizations and critics whom he believes have disparaged him, he will end up "looking like the fool that he is."

That is the opinion of conservative lawyer and Trump critic George Conway during an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning.

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'You are so influenced': Fox News host confronts GOP senator for bowing down to Elon Musk

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) attacked Hunter Biden when asked about billionaire Elon Musk's outsized role in influencing President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Mullin touted Musk as the solution to government spending after the billionaire temporarily derailed a bill to prevent a government shutdown.

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Lara Trump buried on MSNBC for bailing on Senate bid for 'big' January announcement

A decision by Lara Trump to withdraw her name from consideration to fill Sen. Marco Rubio's seat representing Florida was greeted with skepticism and no small amount of mirth on MSNBC on Sunday morning.

Late Saturday night, just days after she reaffirmed she was very interested in taking Rubio's place after he was nominated by her father-in-law to be his next secretary of state, the wife of Eric Trump issued a statement explaining, "I could not have been more honored to serve as RNC co-chair during the most high-stakes election of our lifetime and I’m truly humbled by the unbelievable support shown to me by the people of our country, and here in the great state of Florida," before announcing a "big announcement" to come in January.

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Ivanka to be 'informal adviser' in new admin as Jared profits off Middle East: report

Ivanka Trump is expected to remain an "informal adviser" in President-elect Donald Trump's next administration but will do it "under the radar" this time, sources close to the former president's daughter said.

In a Sunday report, CNN revealed that Ivanka Trump intended to stay out of the divisive political limelight in the next administration.

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'What the hell are you going to do?' Ex-RNC head mocks threat from GOP's Byron Donalds

Reacting to a fire-breathing speech given by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) in Phoenix on Saturday, both former RNC head Michael Steele and ex-Rep. Dave Jolly (R-FL) both laughed off the MAGA lawmaker's threats aimed at his colleagues.

On Saturday, Donalds told a crowd at a Turning Point USA gathering, "In Washington we have one simple job that we got to do and we've got to deliver the agenda that you worked hard for, that you gave up your time for. And I'm going to tell you this, we're going to accomplish that agenda in Washington, D.C., and if any of my colleagues decide to get in the way, you will hear it directly from me and they will be held accountable."

After viewing the video clip Steele, the co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend," smirked and asked, "What the hell are you gonna do?"

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He repeated, "What the hell you going to do? You don't represent the 720,000 people who live in the Maryland Fifth Congressional District. I mean, what -- what are you going to do? I mean this sort of, you know, banal kind of threats and crazy talk –– the reality of it is, you negotiated a bill to put the nation's fiscal house in order, budget, right? And along comes Elon Musk who says, 'Oh, no, we're not doing that.' I guess Byron gets all on board with it, then what do they do? They wind up with the exact same bill."

Jolly chimed in by explaining, "Byron Donalds is a member looking for his place in the world and hasn't found it. He's run for speaker a couple times, he maybe runs for governor –– he doesn't know. He hasn't landed anything in the [Donald] Trump orbit so when you can't find your place in politics you get angry. He's not going to do anything about it."

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'Blindsided' and 'furious' Trump turned Elon Musk loose on House leadership: insider

According to a deep dive into how House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to get most of his caucus and Donald Trump to agree on a budget package that kept the government working until March, the Washington Post is reporting that Johnson "blindsided" the president-elect by also negotiating with Democrats.

That, in turn, led Trump to prompt billionaire adviser Elon Musk to launch a war on the House leadership in a flurry of attacks on X that derailed the proposed deal at the time.

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