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'Oh': Onlookers shocked after 'communist' Trump makes disturbing admission

President Donald Trump shocked onlookers on Sunday while speaking with reporters on Air Force One.

On the flight home from New Jersey, where Trump, 80, won the Bedminster Senior Club Championship, he talked about recent deals his administration made, including receiving revenue from Venezuelan oil sales and from investments in companies like Intel. During the spiel, Trump made an inadvertent admission that caught several analysts off-guard.

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'Horrific' abuse revealed after Trump DOJ drops 'botched' indictment: expert

The Trump Department of Justice revealed something truly horrifying about itself last week after it dropped a "botched" indictment, according to one expert.

Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor, argued on a new episode of his podcast, "Justice Matters," that the Trump DOJ's decision to drop its indictment against David Hearn, an Olympic canoeist, for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool suggests that the department is in "ready, fire, aim" mode.

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Trump's 'shameful' tariff revival leaves lawyer dismayed: 'Kind of sad'

A lawyer expressed dismay at President Donald Trump's latest move to resuscitate his tariff regime.

Last week, the Trump administration unilaterally applied tariffs to 60 global trading partners, citing the president's authority to prevent products made from slave labor or in countries conducting human rights abuses. Shant Karnikian, a lawyer and co-host of the podcast "Civil Action," argued on a new episode that while Trump appeared to be acting within the scope of his authority, the move revealed that he is using a legitimate mechanism to further his own agenda.

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Red flags fly after Todd Blanche reveals dubious Epstein files scheme: 'A serious problem'

Experts sounded the alarm on Sunday after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed a dubious new scheme to protect some of the people mentioned in the Epstein files.

In a court filing last week, Blanche submitted explanations to Judge Emmet Sullivan about the Department of Justice's process for redacting the Epstein files. That court filing included a new definition of what it means to be a victim in the case, according to Allison Gill, host of "The Breakdown," who discussed the filing with Katie Phang, the journalist who sued the DOJ over its redactions, on a new episode.

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'Are you kidding me?' Ex-Trump aide blasts economic 'slap in the face'

The messaging coming out of the Trump administration about the state of the economy lit a fire underneath a former Trump White House official on Sunday.

Sarah Matthews, who was Trump's deputy press secretary during the first term, told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House: Weekend" that the second Trump administration is trying to "gaslight" Americans about the state of the economy. She pointed to a recent appearance by Trump's top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, where he claimed that the economy is "amazing" despite a wealth of evidence suggesting otherwise.

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GOP's 'remarkable' Trump humiliation floors ex-prosecutor: 'They have gone too far'

The GOP delivered one of its most "remarkable" humiliations of President Donald Trump this week, which stunned a former federal prosecutor.

Last week, the GOP successfully held up Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation to the attorney general job over concerns about the $1.776 billion so-called "anti-weaponization" fund the Trump Department of Justice has sought to create to pay former January 6 rioters and Trump allies who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted by the government. The DOJ is pursuing the fund as part of a settlement between Trump and the IRS in a $10 billion lawsuit that stemmed from Trump's tax returns being leaked as part of a trove of tax returns released by an agency contractor.

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'Bottomless pit of need': Trump mocked after claiming victory at his own golf tournament

President Donald Trump was ridiculed by critics on Sunday after he claimed victory at one of his golf tournaments.

Trump, 80, bragged on Truth Social that he won the Bedminster Club Championship with a final-round score of 70, or two under par. The tournament was hosted at the golf club he owns in New Jersey, the same place where he also claimed to have won the Men's Senior Club Championship in 2025.

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GOP senator thrashes Trump's latest raging 'lie' on NBC News: 'Multiple vehicle pile-up'

A Republican Senator called out President Donald Trump for what one independent journalist dubbed "blatant reflecting pool lies."

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) appeared on "Meet the Press" Sunday to discuss U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's sudden decision to drop vandalism charges in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case she promised would be "open and shut."

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'Knifing each other': GOP goes haywire as Trump tantrums and Senate stalls

Public fighting between President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are infuriating party members who say now isn't the time to throw tantrums.

“We need to be talking up the wins, talking about how crazy Democrats are," a GOP senator told CNN Sunday. "Instead we are knifing each other."

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Trump’s dumbstruck response to missile strikes revealed: 'April Fool's?'

President Donald Trump was left dumbstruck following the Iranian strikes on a U.S. military base in Jordan last month, Fox News’ Trey Yingst revealed on Sunday, citing a phone call he had with the president the day after the attack.

The new details come as the Trump administration scrambles to secure an end to the deeply unpopular U.S. war against Iran, with Trump revealing Saturday night that he had called off a planned attack designed to destroy Iranian energy infrastructure.

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'Trump is raging': Columnist prescribes 'spinal transplant' for Congress

President Donald Trump's erratic eruptions as Congress lay "prostrate" before him have led the United States to the "brink of catastrophe" — and it's up to voters to stop it, a furious opinion writer argued Sunday.

New York Times columnist David French issued this dire warning to American voters ahead of the midterm elections, when Democrats could feasibly reclaim the House and begin checking Trump's power.

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'Gilded junk': Trump slapped with stark recession warning in seething analysis

President Donald Trump, a man whose love of gold frequently reaches religious heights, has received a stark warning that his gilded age is about to end.

Americans, who reported this weekend they survive by selling blood and hunting churches for toilet paper, will not be fooled by a White House website that declares they live in an, all caps, "GOLDEN AGE," MS NOW Paul Waldman wrote Sunday.

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Scholar flags ‘tip of the iceberg’ of what could be 'biggest' Trump scandal 'in history'

President Donald Trump and his family could soon be confronted with “one of the biggest scandals” he’s ever faced, scholar and journalist Sidney Blumenthal argued in a video published Saturday on the legal commentary network “Legal AF.”

At the heart of the potential scandal is the recent arrest of MAGA influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, both of whom are facing extradition on charges involving human trafficking, rape and child pornography.

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