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The Trump administration is seeking to impose the "biggest financial blow yet" against Harvard University by referring the university for a process known as "debarment," according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the Trump administration plans to refer Harvard for debarment over its campus antisemitism policies. Debarment refers to a process that would exclude Harvard from being eligible for federal grant funding, which is one of the largest sources of income for the university.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump answered questions about whether he would use his administration to target former FBI Director Christopher Wray in the wake of a federal indictment against James Comey.

At the top of her second hour, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace gave a phonetic reading of Trump's statement about Wray, telling her audience, "Stop the car."

Journalist Max Blumenthal mocked an assertion from Katie Miller, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, on Monday that President Donald Trump isn't "bought and paid for" by Israel.

Miller made the claim about Trump during an appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" on Monday. During the episode, the panel discussed a proposed peace deal offered by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hamas leadership that could end the Israel-Hamas war.

MAGA TV host Eric Bolling called on President Donald Trump to fire "800,000 Democrats" if the government shuts down due to a lack of funding this week.

Bolling made the comments on Monday's episode of his show "Bolling!" on the conservative Real America's Voice network. They come at a time when Democrats and Republicans are negotiating a funding bill that would keep the government open for the rest of the year.

Retired Major Gen. William Enyart, former adjunct general for the Illinois National Guard, said that sending federal agents into places like Chicago and Portland is more about covering for President Donald Trump's own failures as a president.

Speaking to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace on Monday after Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) held a press conference about the latest group sent into a Democratic city, Enyart pointed to John Deere being among the large U.S. companies struggling in Trump's economy.

Ex-Republican analyst Tim Miller, the host of The Bulwark's eponymous podcast, said on Monday that President Donald Trump's administration appears to be "champing at the bit" to create conflict in Portland, Oregon, which would justify his sending national guard troops to the city.

Last week, Trump threatened in a social media post on Truth Social to send federal troops to Portland "to protect War ravaged (sic) Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists." About 200 troops will be sent to Portland for about two months, according to media reports. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, a Democrat, has sued the administration to reverse Trump's order.

In a Sunday, September 28 post on X, formerly Twitter, Deputy White House Press Secretary Abigail Jackson echoed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance's claim that the majority of domestic terrorism in the United States is coming from the left. Jackson posted, "Democrats, calling your political opponents Nazis has consequences. Study: Left-wing terrorism climbs to 30-year high."

Jackson tried to prove her point by linking to an article by Axios reporter Zachary Basu. But Jackson's critics, including the Daily Beast's Tom Latchem and former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, are pointing out that Basu's reporting doesn't say what she claims it does.

Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump's agriculture secretary, is apparently worried that the administration got outsmarted by China. That's according to a photo taken over the shoulder of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent of a message she sent, and flagged by Rohit Chopra, the third director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The photo by The Associated Press was taken at the United Nations General Assembly last week.

President Donald Trump stood with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and announced a new ceasefire proposal and peace plan, but critics couldn't help but notice it's missing some critical pieces — namely, that a key party is missing.

Steve Herman, executive director at the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation, quoted Trump's comment, "Everyone else has accepted it."

Republicans are starting to falter on the hardline stance about the government shutdown, according to a House GOP conference call on Monday.

While Republicans hold the majority in the House, Senate and White House, they don't have enough votes to pass an increase in the debt ceiling. It means they'll need support from Democrats. However, Democrats don't want to help Republicans raise the debt ceiling unless they bring back the healthcare subsidies for those utilizing the Affordable Care Act.

President Donald Trump's trade war is squeezing small business owners as increasing costs for the materials they need cut into their profits.

Many larger companies absorbed higher costs from the president's tariffs without passing the difference on to consumers, but smaller businesses often lacked the money and storage space to stockpile materials before the levies kicked in — and they fear raising prices could alienate customers, reported The New York Times.