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Nobel winner warns Trump has made US 'despised like nobody has ever been despised'

The United States may never recover from how Donald Trump and his administration have carried themselves, a Nobel Prize winner has warned.

Whether the U.S. is capable of clawing back its global standing is yet to be seen, but economist Paul Krugman believes Trump will have fundamentally changed how the world views the country. Writing in his Substack, the award winner warned that the world will no longer rely on the U.S., particularly when it comes to defense.

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Ex-Congress member scrambles after suggestion she threw JD Vance under the bus

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) may have accidentally thrown Vice President JD Vance under the bus on Monday.

Greene was speaking with CNN anchor Pamela Brown about the war in Iran and describing how some senior members of the Trump administration had cast doubt over the joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran. Brown suggested that MTG's source was Vance — and asked her directly.

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'All eyes are on body language': Awkward meeting expected to reveal Trump and Vance rift

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will appear in public on Monday, which is expected to expose the reported split between the two men and how they view the war in Iran.

Trump and Vance have not been seen together much since the United States began its joint military operation with Israel in the war with Iran, according to The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack.

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Trump reveals his chief of staff Susie Wiles is battling cancer

President Donald Trump revealed on social media Monday that Susie Wiles, his White House chief of staff, was diagnosed with breast cancer, and that she would be starting treatment “immediately” while remaining at the White House “virtually full time.”

“Susie Wiles is an incredible Chief of Staff, a great person, and one of the strongest people I know but, unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, and has decided to take on this challenge, IMMEDIATELY, as opposed to waiting,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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MTG accuses president of lying on campaign trail: 'Trump did not mean it'

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) criticized President Donald Trump for backtracking on campaign promises to end foreign wars.

During a Monday interview on CNN, host Pamela Brown asked Greene if she regretted campaigning for Trump following the launch of Operation Epic Fury in Iran.

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Trump furious at 'handpicked general' over Iran war strategy: report

President Donald Trump has reportedly been furious with his "handpicked general" over delays to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing war with Iran, according to reports Monday.

Gen. Dan Caine was selected by Trump and the president apparently doesn't understand why the top military leader hasn't forced the oil route to reopen "despite Caine having repeatedly briefed him on the likely closure of the waterway ahead of the war," The Daily Beast reported.

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GOP lawmaker goes scorched earth: Execute Americans with 'any terrorist sympathies'

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) called to execute people in the United States if they were suspected of "any terrorist sympathies."

During a Monday interview, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson complained to Gill after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former National Guard member who killed two people at Old Dominion University, was set free from prison after a conviction related to support of the Islamic State or ISIS.

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'You can’t answer the question?' Trump official’s silence on war plans rattles Fox host

Tammy Bruce, President Donald Trump’s deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations, rattled Fox Business’ Stuart Varney on Monday after refusing to comment on whether the president was considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to Iran.

The ongoing U.S. military siege on Iran – an operation that has expanded into a regional conflict, sent oil prices skyrocketing and reportedly sparked panic within the Trump administration – was going well, Bruce insisted during her appearance on Fox Business’ “Varney & Co.”

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Trump blames Iran as he delays China trip

A spokesperson for President Donald Trump said the U.S. commander-in-chief had delayed his upcoming trip to China because of the war with Iran.

Trump had said he was traveling to China on March 31, although the Chinese government never confirmed the trip.

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Trump rams through last-second agenda as he pressures board on Kennedy Center plans

Donald Trump’s race to shutter the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which has floundered after his takeover, reached new heights late Sunday with pressure on the trustees to rush a vote on Monday.

According to a report from the New York Times, while most of the country was watching the Academy Awards ceremonies taking place in Los Angeles Sunday, the president’s handpicked trustees on the board that he chairs received a last-second agenda containing action items for their Monday meeting.

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Trump headed for Supreme Court bruising as John Roberts 'lost patience with him': expert

A meltdown by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro over being blocked by Judge James Boasberg in her attempt to subpoena the Federal Reserve as she pursues Chair Jerome Powell is setting up a possible showdown in the Supreme Court — which will not go well, according to a former prosecutor.

Appearing on MS NOW Monday, former Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg claimed Pirro has every intention of running to the nation’s highest court for relief.

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Bari Weiss hire gave Epstein private medical advice after 2008 sex conviction

A wellness influencer hired by controversial CBS News head Bari Weiss maintained significantly closer ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein than previously disclosed, according to newly uncovered emails obtained by Politico.

Celebrity doctor Peter Attia, who resigned as a CBS contributor before his first on-air appearance, was invited to stay in Epstein's Manhattan apartment and was introduced to a foreign-born model who later came forward as one of Epstein's abuse victims, the report claims.

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Right-wing host rips into Trump for defining MAGA as pro-war

Real America's Voice host Gina Loudon criticized President Donald Trump after he told his followers that the MAGA movement was defined by supporting the war with Iran. She argued that Trump's actions could have "implications on the midterms."

In a Truth Social post, Trump slammed right-wing pundits who had disagreed with Fox News host Mark Levin, a proponent of the war.

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