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CBS producers grappling with 'mass confusion' from new Trump-backed boss: report

Producers at CBS News told Variety on Monday that they are grappling with "conflicting orders" and "mass confusion" because of a memo sent by the new organization's editor in chief, Bari Weiss.

Last week, Weiss sent CBS News staffers a memo requesting that they explain "how they spend their time" to her, their thoughts about CBS News generally, and how Weiss could align with the editorial staff "on achieving a shared vision for CBS News." Union counsel representing the CBS News workers told employees last week not to respond.

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'Mark my words': Ex-Trump admin official makes dire 'insurrection' warning

Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles warned that President Donald Trump is going to invoke the Insurrection Act because he's wanted to do it for a long time, and that the U.S. Supreme Court will likely let him do it.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann and ex-Justice Department official Mary McCord debated the legal challenges to whether or not Trump could invoke the Act and how it would be argued in court. But Taylor was the one who made it clear that his time in the Trump administration had shown him a deep desire to declare something a legal "insurrection" and invoke martial law.

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MAGA TV host delivers ominous on-air threat: 'We don’t wanna condone violence — wink-wink'

MAGA TV host Eric Bolling lobbed a sarcastic threat at Antifa during a live call with one of his show's viewers on Monday.

A caller asked Bolling why groups like the Proud Boys have not been sent after Antifa. Bolling appeared stunned by the question at first, before launching into an answer about how quickly the Proud Boys could "take out" Antifa.

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Trump's ICE raids causing 'moral horror' for top ally who sees no 'off-ramp': analysts

President Donald Trump's immigration policies appear to be creating a "moral horror" for at least one of the president's allies in Congress, according to two analysts.

Krystal Ball and Emily Jashinsky, co-hosts of the "Breaking Points" podcast, said on Monday that Trump's immigration policies seem to be alienating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has been one of the MAGA base's most loyal Trump supporters. They cited comments Greene recently made on comedian Tim Dillon's podcast, "The Tim Dillon Show.

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DOJ stuns CNN reporter saying 'quiet part out loud' about Trump ally

President Donald Trump's hand-picked prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia is getting a lot of pushback from career prosecutors in the office because of her efforts to prosecute the president's political foes, CNN reporter Katelyn Polantz revealed on Monday.

Polantz joined CNN's "The Arena with Kasie Hunt" to discuss how career prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia are reacting to their new boss, Lindsey Halligan. Halligan is a former insurance attorney with no prosecutorial experience whom Trump picked to run the Eastern District of Virginia, which typically handles national security or classified information cases, after former U.S. Attorney Erick Siebert resigned last month.

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Sales for American staple 'collapse to zero' due to Trump's policies: report

President Donald Trump's signature tariff policy appears to have caused sales of a staple American spirit to collapse as trade relations between the U.S. and other countries deteriorate, according to a new report.

CNN reported on Monday that sales of American spirits to Canada crumbled by 85% during the second quarter of the year, citing figures from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. One of the spirits most hurt by the tariffs is American single malt whiskey, according to the report.

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North Carolina Republicans unveil election scheme to add new GOP seat

Lawmakers in North Carolina announced a redistricting plan that was expected to add at least one more Republican seat ahead of the midterm elections.

According to The Associated Press, the state's legislature will vote next week on redrawing the district boundaries, which already heavily favor Republicans.

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MAGA TV network refuses to sign Hegseth's dubious new press policy

Pro-MAGA TV network Newsmax joined many other outlets in refusing to sign the Pentagon's new restrictive press policy.

"Newsmax has no plans to sign the letter," the network said in a statement provided by New York Times reporter Erik Wemple." We are working in conjunction with other media outlets to resolve the situation. We believe the requirements are unnecessary and onerous and hope that the Pentagon will review the matter further."

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Glenn Beck claims Kash Patel sent FBI agents to his house for help finding antifa

Conservative host Glenn Beck claimed that the FBI, under Director Kash Patel, sought help from him in exposing an alleged antifa "network."

In a Monday post on X, Beck claimed that the "FBI showed up to my house to discuss my TV show exposing Antifa's network."

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'Hand it back to the president': Top Trump aide asks Nobel winner to cede prize

Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, called on Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado to relinquish the award to the president.

Following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza, Stone told Real America's Voice host Jack Posobiec that he was "not happy that the Norwegian-based Nobel Peace Prize Committee elected to give their award to Maria Corina Machado."

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Congress faces 'absolute threat' to power as Trump weaponizes obscure tool: report

In a move reshaping Washington’s balance of power, President Donald Trump has weaponized an obscure budget tool, using the so-called “pocket rescission” to claw back billions approved by Congress and sideline lawmakers from decisions over federal spending. Even some Republicans have warned that Trump’s campaign to consolidate control of the nation’s purse strings could leave Congress permanently weakened.

And on Monday, The Washington Post reported that Trump's consolidation of budget authority has left “long-lasting” consequences for what was meant to be an equal branch of government.

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'Wrong': WSJ editorial rips Trump's approach to bail out foreign pal

President Donald Trump's administration is moving forward with a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, which critics contend is a bid to rescue the flagging political ambitions of one of his closest allies on the world stage, libertarian-leaning President Javier Milei.

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board is sympathetic to this goal, but wrote over the weekend that Trump's approach to how to fix Argentina's economy is all wrong.

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'You don’t mind being called beautiful, right?' Trump uses summit to gush over Italian PM

During his address in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Monday during the Gaza Peace Summit, President Trump took a moment to gush over the looks of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, remarks that he lamented may be the “end of [his] political career.”

As he spoke, Meloni was seen standing awkwardly right behind him.

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