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Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner issued a dire warning on Monday following President Donald Trump's latest vitory in court.

On Monday, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay on a lower court order preventing Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, a city that officials in the administration have described as "war ravagged." the decision allows the administration to deploy troops.

Author and CNN panelist Keith Boykin slammed President Donald Trump's latest "affront to democracy" during CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Monday.

Boykin and former George W. Bush administration spokesman Pete Seat clashed over the significance of an AI-generated video Trump posted ahead of the "No King's" protests last weekend that drew 7 million people nationwide. In the video, Trump can be seen flying a fighter jet named "King Trump" and the jet drops excrement on protesters in several cities, including Democratic influencer Harry Sisson in New York City.

Observers bashed the groundbreaking of President Donald Trump's signature White House renovation project on Monday, calling it "an abomination."

Trump announced on Monday that crews broke ground on the White House ballroom project that he announced over the summer. The roughly $200 million renovation is being funded by private interests, Trump included, the president said in a Truth Social post. The project also includes a renovation of part of the East Wing of the White House.

The top Senate Republican torpedoed one of President Donald Trump's most controversial nominees on Monday night, flatly asserting, "he's not gonna pass."

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) told CNN in a statement that he hopes the White House pulls Trump's nomination for Paul Ingrassia, a right-wing podcaster whom Trump nominated to lead the Office of the Special Counsel. Thune's comment comes after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) also said Monday that he would not support Ingrassia, setting up a potential fight between MAGA heavyweights and the president.

White House officials scrambled Monday to rescue President Donald Trump's peace plan for Israel and Gaza amid fears the Israeli prime minister could blow up the deal.

Trump's plan involves Gaza governance by a temporary committee led by the U.S. president with involvement from figures including Tony Blair. It also calls for Hamas to disarm and release all hostages.

A top Pentagon spokesperson joined the chorus of President Donald Trump administration officials offering childish responses to questions from journalists, according to a new report.

HuffPost reported on Monday that Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell told a reporter, "your mom bought it" in response to a question about why Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wore a Russian-colored tie to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.

During the height of his third campaign for the White House, President Donald Trump was reportedly obsessed with helping one of his recently divorced top advisors find a date, and frequently made objectionable comments about female members of his Mar-a-Lago club.

That's according to Zeteo journalist Asawin Suebsaeng, who recently reported that sources close to Trump said he went out of his way to offer "wingman" services to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. Zeteo editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan wrote in his publication's recent newsletter that he felt he needed "to go take a shower" after reading about what Suebsaeng's sources confided.

Cattle ranchers pushed back on Monday against one of President Donald Trump's latest plans to try and lower domestic beef prices.

Trump announced last week that he is considering purchasing beef from Argentina to help lower the cost for American consumers. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that beef prices hit record-highs this year amid Trump's trade war with China and other countries.

President Donald Trump continues to claim that he won the 2024 election by a "landslide" when, in fact, he won the popular vote by roughly 1.5 percent. And Trump is claiming that the No Kings Day protests held in cities all over the United States on Saturday, October 18 were small, marginal and poorly attended; in fact, there were millions of participants in protests that, organizers said, totaled around 2500.

According to MSNBC reporter Antonia Hylton, the No Kings protest in New York City turned out to be even larger than predicted. The turnout, Hylton reported, "far exceeded" the original estimate of 200,000 people.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that contractors have broken ground on the "much-needed" White House Ballroom, a $200 million development that includes modernizing part of the East Wing.

"I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernized as part of this process, and will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete!"

The nomination of one of President Donald Trump's most controversial allies for a key White House post appears to be imperilled after a key Senate Republican said Monday that he won't support the nominee.

Paul Ingrassia, a right-wing podcaster whom Trump nominated to lead the Office of the Special Counsel, has a lengthy history of making inflammatory statements. Politico published an exclusive report on Monday detailing text messages that Ingrassia sent, attacking civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and saying he has a "Nazi streak" in him.

Authorities arrested a 49-year-old man on Monday who was planning a large-scale attack at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to a new report.

Billy Cagle was arrested at the airport with an AR-15-style rifle and 27 rounds of ammunition inside the Chevrolet flatbed pickup truck, The New York Times reported on Monday. Cagle's family told officials that he planned to "shoot it up," referring to the airport.

Washington Post columnist Max Boot accused President Donald Trump of having a "Charlie Brown-like awareness" of what it will take to end Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a new column.

Trump claimed during the campaign trail that he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. However, more than a year later, the war continues. Meanwhile, there have been multiple instances where Trump had adversarial meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House.