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A prominent columnist flagged the latest sign that parts of President Donald Trump's brain may not work anymore during a new podcast interview.

David Rothkopf, a columnist for The Daily Beast, discussed Trump's seemingly erratic behavior over the last couple of weeks on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" on Monday. For instance, Rothkopf noted the increase in immigration agents on the streets, his threats to invade and take over Greenland, and the opening of an investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over the central bank's headquarters renovation project.

A former federal prosecutor chided President Donald Trump's Department of Justice on Monday over its latest scandal.

On Monday, the Department of Justice fired Robert McBride, the second-highest-ranking prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, after he refused to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey. McBride had begun to take on a more prominent role in the office after a federal judge said the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was illegal.

Videos of immigration agents confronting and harassing people in Minneapolis left one ex-GOP speechwriter aghast on Monday.

Tim Miller, host of "The Bulwark Podcast," said in a new video on Monday night that the videos from citizens and journalists have "delivered us these just horrifying scenes of confrontations" between ordinary people and immigration agents. He said the videos have seemed to "pile up one after another" since an immigration agent killed 37-year-old Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and Minneapolis resident, last week.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs thrashed President Donald Trump's administration during her state of the state address on Monday for its "incomprehensible" decision to deny emergency funding to communities devastated by floods.

Last year, the Globe-Miami region in Arizona was hit by a monsoon that killed three people and left several businesses damaged. Last week, federal emergency management office officials denied the community's application for emergency relief, saying it was "not of such severity and magnitude as to be beyond the capabilities of the state and affected local governments," according to a report by Globe-Miami Times.

President Donald Trump is failing big-time in federal court, legal experts Norm Eisen and Josh Kolb wrote for their Contrarian newsletter on Substack Monday, despite his years of efforts to transform the federal judiciary in his favor, including three Supreme Court appointments.

Eisen and Kolb wrote their analysis in response to a New York Times article over the weekend that flagged how Trump-appointed judges have handed the president a wave of wins, siding with him in 133 out of 145 rulings, they wrote.

President Donald Trump's administration faced new war crime accusations on Monday after it was revealed that the administration disguised the airplanes it used to bomb at least one alleged drug boat.

The New York Times reported that the Trump administration disguised its bomber plane as a civilian plane during the now-infamous "double tap" strike in September that killed 11 people. The Times also reported that the plane's munitions were also hidden inside its fuselage, rather than being visibly displayed on the wings.

Immigration agents arrested an employee from the New York City Council on Monday during a routine immigration hearing, according to Speaker Julie Menin.

Menin said at an emergency press conference that an employee was detained while attending a routine hearing at immigration offices in Bethpage, Long Island. The employee was then taken to a local detention center, where he was given one phone call and chose to call the city council's human resources department for help, Menin said.

President Donald Trump floated a strange idea on Monday that his administration is working on to lower utility costs for Americans.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that his administration is working with tech companies to ensure that their data centers do not inadvertently drive up utility prices for the average American. The idea was floated at a time when Democrats had won a spate of elections by focusing their messaging on lowering the cost of living, something Trump also promised to do on the campaign trail. Republicans have been working behind the scenes to get Trump to talk more about affordability, an idea that he's called a "Democrat scam."

President Donald Trump offered a "revealing" window into his economic messaging ahead of the 2026 midterm elections while speaking with reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, according to one of the pool reporters.

The economy is shaping up to be the top issue in the 2026 midterm elections, and Republicans are quietly urging Trump to spend more time on American jobs rather than foreign affairs, The New York Times reported on Monday. Instead, Trump appears tobe throwing more chaos into the economy by attacking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

The battle to win the Republican Party nomination to replace the termed-out Gov. Ron DeSantis on the November ballot took an uglier turn as hedge fund CEO James Fishback ramped up his racist attacks on primary frontrunner Rep. Byron Donalds (R).

Donalds, a longtime defender and ally of Donald Trump, holds a commanding lead over Fishback, who is running as an outsider, with the Florida Phoenix reporting the GOP lawmaker holds an overwhelming 76 percent to 6 percent gap among voters with Trump’s endorsement factored in.

The Trump administration's move to criminally investigate the chair of the Federal Reserve could blow up in President Donald Trump's face in a big way, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated on Monday.

Specifically, Thune told Semafor's Burgess Everett, the legal threat against Jerome Powell could make it "challenging" to confirm any additional nominees Trump would make to the Fed, because it adds extra difficulty in establishing that such nominees could make monetary policy decisions independent of White House influence.

Republicans have been fairly quiet since it was revealed that President Donald Trump's administration began investigating the Federal Reserve chairman, but behind the scenes, many appear to hate the fight, according to one analyst.

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Trump-aligned former Fox News host and current federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro, had begun investigating Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over his handling of the $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project. Trump had previously accused Powell of mismanaging the project, which Powell fact-checked live on television when Trump and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) attempted to confront him about the project.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) squared off against Elon Musk on Monday after Musk posted a conspiracy theory about the Somali community in Minnesota.

Musk retweeted a post on his social media platform X about an alleged voter fraud scheme where voters are imported from other countries and given welfare benefits in exchange for their votes. Musk said in his post that the same "scheme" is playing out across the country, and attempted to tie Omar to the conspiracy.