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The Trump administration sent Tehran its proposal last week to end the U.S. war against Iran, and days later on Sunday, finally received a response – one that President Donald Trump rejected out of hand, and on Monday, made the startling admission that he hadn’t read it in its entirety.

Taking questions from reporters in the Oval Office Monday, Trump was asked about the state of the ongoing ceasefire between the United States and Iran, one that began in early April but has seen continued hostilities between the two nations.

A legal expert called out President Donald Trump's top prosecutors for making an easily avoidable mistake that could jeopardize the case against an alleged would-be assassin.

White House Correspondents Association dinner shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that include attempting to assassinate the 79-year-old president at the Washington Hilton, and CNN's Elie Honig expressed surprise that Attorney General Todd Blanche and Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, were remaining on the case.

Democratic chances for taking back the House majority took a major hit in recent weeks, but CNN's Harry Enten found reasons for optimism.

The U.S. Supreme Court ushered in a new era of gerrymandering last month by ruling that it was illegal for Louisiana legislators to create a new majority-Black Congressional district, and Virginia's Supreme Court last week struck down a voter-approved redistricting measure that likely would have favored Democrats, but Enten told "CNN News Central" that all was not lost for the party.

Despite spending nearly $1 trillion on its military in 2025, the United States has failed to achieve its stated objectives in the war against Iran, which spent just $7.4 billion on defense last year – roughly 130 times less than Washington – and CNN host Fareed Zakaria offered a novel theory on Monday for why that may be the case.

“President Donald Trump decided to play a game of ‘chicken’ with Iran – think of two drivers racing straight at each other. In these situations, if the stakes for one side are existential and for the other much lower, the side with the higher stakes usually prevails,” Zakaria wrote in an op-ed published recently in The Washington Post.

President Donald Trump complained that his name was not used to promote moms.gov, a new government website focusing on maternal health.

Trump announced the new website at a White House event on Monday.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller's grip on Trump administration policy is reportedly slipping as the president keeps his most ideologically rigid advisor at arm's length — a shift that coincides with a dramatic pullback in aggressive ICE enforcement and the sidelining of Miller by new DHS leadership.

According to reporting from The Atlantic, Miller's "waning influence" is no coincidence. The controversial activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have fallen from the front pages as the agency retrenches following the firing of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Miller's marginalization within the administration's immigration policy apparatus.

President Donald Trump is growing impatient with the Cuban government's ability to hold onto power despite a U.S. pressure campaign.

The 79-year-old president has been pressing his advisers to explain why his administration's efforts to force the regime into collapse has not yet worked despite months of sustained economic pressure, reported NBC News.

The pro-MAGA Real America's Voice network celebrated women for Mother's Day by calling for male "providers" and "protectors."

During a Monday segment about Mother's Day, host Gina Loudon spoke to Kimberly Fletcher, CEO of Moms for America, a conservative organization.

Even one of President Donald Trump's most reliable defenders at Fox News appears to be losing the faith over the administration's Iran strategy.

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade openly questioned Monday whether Trump grasps who is actually steering Iran's side of the talks — a day after the president torpedoed Tehran's latest counterproposal.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week for a high-stakes summit – viewed by some as a “de facto deadline for stabilizing the Iran war” – but not only will Trump now likely show up to the summit “empty-handed,” the president’s efforts were severely undercut just days or hours before his expected departure.

The Trump administration has been working to secure a deal to bring about the end of the U.S. war against Iran since at least early April, but thus far has been unable to reach an agreement with Tehran. Iranian officials were given a new proposal from the Trump administration last week, which Tehran responded to with a proposal of their own on Sunday – a proposal that was quickly rejected by Trump as “unacceptable.”