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An elections expert on Sunday flagged the "unforced error" that could determine which political party controls the Senate following the 2026 midterm election.

Democrats have been vying for control of the Senate, as it would give them leverage to potentially convict President Donald Trump if he is impeached after the midterms. The Democrats have said that impeaching the president is their number-one priority following the November election. Trump was impeached twice during his first term, but was not convicted by the Senate in either trial.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was one of the lucky Trump administration officials who was asked to go on the Sunday morning news shows, but things apparently didn't go according to plan, according to some political analysts and observers.

Hegseth joined CBS News' Margaret Brennan on Sunday, where he was asked about the ongoing negotiations between the Trump administration and the Iranian regime to end the war against Iran. President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that the two sides were "so close" to a deal before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved another strike in Beirut, Lebanon. Iran considers Israeli strikes on Lebanon — particularly Beirut — a red line because of its ties to Hezbollah

Political analysts and observers were floored on Sunday after reports indicated that President Donald Trump's signature birthday bash faced a "chaotic" risk that could prevent the event from going forward.

The Weather Channel reported on Sunday that Trump's "UFC Freedom 250" event on the South Lawn of the White House could be delayed or canceled because of "chaotic" weather. There is "a 60% chance of thunderstorms, heavy downpours, and wind gusts up to 34 mph threatening to delay the outdoor fights," according to the report.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller launched into a tirade Sunday over wind turbines, which he described as “monstrous” and a “visual assault on God’s creation.”

A social media user on X published a photograph Saturday that showed several wind turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach. The image apparently upset Miller, who on Sunday, responding to the post, voiced his preference for fossil fuels as an energy source.

President Donald Trump received praise from his own Homeland Security (DHS) secretary on Sunday for apparently not taking the day off on his 80th birthday, which comes as the White House scrambles to seal an interim agreement with Iran to end the president’s deeply unpopular war.

Markwayne Mullin, who replaced Kristi Noem as DHS secretary, appeared on Fox News Sunday and was asked about security at the president’s White House birthday blowout, which included a motorcycle stunt performance and, later, an unprecedented Ultimate Fighting Championship event.

President Donald Trump expressed outrage Sunday in a purported phone call with Axios’ Barak Ravid over Israel’s latest act of defiance, one that risks jeopardizing his long-sought peace deal with Iran that he’s shown a “strange insistence” for finalizing on Sunday, his 80th birthday.

On Saturday, Trump said that a peace deal between Washington and Tehran was scheduled to be signed on Sunday – a statement that also included what many interpreted to be a threat to use nuclear weapons. On Sunday morning, however, Israel launched airstrikes at Lebanon – killing at least three and injuring 16 – a violation of Iran’s conditions for signing any peace agreement with the United States.

Despite the White House’s claim that the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) posed “no conflict of interest” regarding President Donald Trump, a new development directly undercut that claim and established a firm connection between the event and the “Trump family’s financial interests,” The Guardian reported Sunday.

As revealed by UFC on Friday, fighters participating in the event will be partially paid “in a form of cryptocurrency issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial.” Some fighters will also receive “USD1 stablecoins” issued by World Liberty Financial, the finance company founded in 2024 by Trump and a number of his family members.

Celebrity birthday wishes poured in for President Donald Trump as he turned 80 on Sunday – but many doubled as brutal condemnations of the president’s global impact, with one columnist declaring Trump’s legacy to be one of “mass immiseration and death.”

“Dear Number 47. You’re aging fast, Mr President, plagued by bruising, memory holes, verbal incoherence and unwelcome fits of sleep,” wrote novelist Siri Hustvedt, as reported by The Guardian.

As President Donald Trump turns 80 years old, an expert in politics and government sounded the alarm Sunday over what they say is making the president “even more dangerous,” and predicted that Americans had a “frightening” two years ahead of them.

Trump has faced growing scrutiny over what some critics argue are signs of his cognitive decline, including apparent spells of dozing off during cabinet meetings, increased instances of rambling during speeches and an unexplained MRI scan. The issue, argued Larry Jacobs, who heads the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, was that Trump's “limited toolkit” compared with other presidents made his alleged cognitive decline exponentially more “dangerous.”

The Wall Street Journal exclusively reported recently that President Donald Trump is actively working with allies to “void” his two impeachments, an effort that inadvertently revealed that the president felt “disgrace and embarrassment” over his past conduct, a top Democratic congressman argued Sunday.

Citing anonymous inside sources, the Journal revealed that “Trump and his allies” were planning to push a resolution on GOP lawmakers that would symbolically expunge the president’s two impeachments: his 2019 impeachment related to his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his 2021 impeachment for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.