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Comments made by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during two Sunday cable show interviews with regard to the prosecution of former James Comey likely delighted the former FBI director’s lawyers.

That is the opinion of former state attorney of Palm Beach County, Florida, Dave Aronberg, who was amused on “Morning Joe” that Blanche put himself in the position of having to awkwardly explain the reasoning for going after Comey one year after he posted a picture of seashells spelling out “8 6 4 7,” which the DOJ insists was a threat against Donald Trump.

Donald Trump Jr. was reminded that the White House was not his "dad's house" after he shared that he was having a "sleepover" with the commander-in-chief.

On Monday, the president's son shared a video of himself exiting Marine One with luggage for a stay at the White House.

With his newly announced Project Freedom – a naval operation commencing Monday to provide security for vessels traversing the Strait of Hormuz – President Donald Trump “made a public bet,” international security expert Robert Pape argued on Monday, one that has only two likely outcomes: a major military escalation or “humiliation in full view of the world.”

“He is betting that Iran will not strike a ship under American protection. If Trump wins the bet, the United States stabilizes the corridor,” Pape, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, wrote in an analysis published on his Substack. “If it fails even once, Washington must escalate – or accept humiliation in full view of the world.”

The author of a definitive examination of the Iranian Revolution is warning that Donald Trump's unprovoked war on Iran was not only a catastrophic strategic failure — it has also exposed America and its allies to a terrifying new vulnerability that terrorist groups and hostile regimes now know how to easily exploit.

In a column for the New York Times, Scott Anderson, author of "King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation," argues that the Pentagon's Operation Epic Fury should be relabeled "Operation Colossal Blunder."

Rather than sparking a popular uprising against Tehran's regime or forcing its capitulation, the American and Israeli bombing campaign backfired spectacularly," Anderson wrote, Instead, Iran discovered it could weaponize its geographic advantage by threatening to shut down the Strait of Hormuz — a vital global shipping lane — and send the world economy into chaos.

"There are now only two outcomes to the conflict: either the kind of wholesale destruction of Iran that Mr. Trump posited, or a settlement that will leave the government intact and empowered, and a blustering American president humiliated," Anderson wrote.

The standoff has revealed a devastating reality about modern warfare. While critical sites like the White House can be made drone-proof through defensive measures, large-scale defensive shielding is impossible — as Israel has discovered with its much-vaunted Iron Dome air defense system, which has proven repeatedly vulnerable to Iranian attacks.

Trump's demonstration of American military limits has effectively handed hostile actors a blueprint for future blackmail. Every geographically strategic chokepoint in the world — the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, and even airspace over New York — is now vulnerable to attack by any hostile force capable of building a weaponized drone and willing to accept the consequences.

According to Anderson, "Alarmist? Think of some of the apocalyptic regimes or murderous guerrilla groups of the recent past — the Baader-Meinhof Gang in West Germany, or the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, or bin Laden’s Al Qaeda — and imagine what they might have done with a $2,000 weaponized drone."

On Monday, President Donald Trump’s newly announced “Project Freedom” is expected to commence, a naval operation to “help free up” ships to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, but one person “close to the president” suggested that the operation could also serve as a tool to grant the United States “legitimacy” for military escalations against Iran.

“If the Iranians do something, they will be the bad guys and we will have the legitimacy to act,” the source told Axios in its report Monday, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

President Donald Trump is hoping to exert enormous influence on Indiana’s primary election on Tuesday as part of a “revenge” campaign against defiant Republican state lawmakers, but early indicators suggest that the effort may have already landed with a thud.

Last year, Trump pushed hard for Indiana state Republicans to redraw their congressional district map in a way that would benefit the GOP, much as he successfully did in Texas. Trump’s efforts were met with “stiff” opposition, however, leading Trump and his allies to launch a multimillion-dollar “revenge campaign” to oust the GOP lawmakers who defied him.

Increasingly “frustrated” that the president has not followed up his campaign promises with action, the head of one of the most prominent anti-abortion groups complained to the Wall Street Journal that the president has become an obstacle to their goal of outlawing the medical procedure.

According to a report from the Journal’s Philip Wegmann, Liz Essley Whyte and Jennifer Calfa, key players in the anti-choice movement have grown exasperated with Trump almost a year and a half into his second term, in part because the number of abortions is increasing.

A MAGA Republican was brutally mocked on Sunday after she told "disgusting lies" about President Donald Trump's scheme to punish a prominent nonprofit.

Last week, the Trump Department of Justice secured an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging the nonprofit committed 11 counts of wire and bank fraud for its work to infiltrate and disrupt right-wing extremist groups. The indictment alleges that the SPLC did not tell its donor about the way it used their money, a claim that the nonprofit has forcibly denied.

President Donald Trump's sleep schedule is truly abnormal, and he seems to be becoming more erratic because of it, according to a new analysis.

The Daily Beast reported on Sunday that Trump was up at all hours of the night posting on Truth Social on at least 80% of the nights in April. There were only five days in April when the president didn't post between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., according to the report, which raises concerns about Trump's brain health and his increasingly erratic behavior.

President Donald Trump stunned political analysts and observers on Sunday after he made a "bonkers" claim about one of his friends who was hospitalized.

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and a close ally of Trump's, was hospitalized in Florida on Sunday, according to a report by the New York Times. It remains unclear why Giuliani was admitted to the hospital, but a spokesperson for the former mayor said he is in "critical but stable" condition.

President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement has hired a contractor who was allegedly involved in torturing inmates at Guantanamo Bay, and news of the hire left a legal expert aghast on Sunday.

The Guardian reported that ICE has hired MVM Inc, a U.S.-based contractor, to assist in tracking down immigrant children who are in the country. A document reviewed by the outlet reveals that the contractor's job is to "confirm the children’s location, school enrollment and overall wellness, including checking for signs of abuse or trafficking."