President Donald Trump completely lost his composure in the Oval Office on Monday when CNN’s Kaitlan Collins tried to ask him what he would say to survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—and his response was to attack her appearance.

“What would you say to survivors—” Collins, 33, began before Trump, 79, cut her off. He then went on a personal, sexist rampage against the reporter.

THE DETAILS: Collins was trying to follow up on legitimate concerns from Epstein survivors about heavily redacted files released by the Justice Department. Many survivors have slammed the redactions, while others were improperly named when their identities were supposed to be protected.

“I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else really,” Trump said.

Watch the full exchange here.

Steve Bannon just said the fascist part out loud: he wants ICE agents stationed at polling places for the 2026 midterms. “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” the former Trump adviser announced on his podcast, openly plotting voter intimidation while still pretending the 2020 election was “stolen.” This comes one day after Trump himself called for Republicans to “take over” elections in 15 states, and just weeks after ICE agents killed two U.S. citizens in separate incidents. Read the full story.

ICE agents are flooding Reddit with complaints about delayed paychecks and health insurance problems—turns out the agency Trump loves to parade around as his deportation dream team can’t even manage basic payroll. (SURPRISE) The same administration that promised recruits up to $50,000 bonuses and sends military planes to deport people apparently can’t keep the lights on for its own workers. Read the full story.

The Kentucky Republican—who’s had multiple falls, freezing episodes, and hospitalizations over the past two years—checked himself into the hospital Monday with “flu-like symptoms” and missed crucial Senate votes. Oof course, his office insists his “prognosis is positive” and he’ll be back to work soon, because apparently octogenarians who can barely make it through a press conference without freezing mid-sentence are exactly who should be running the country. Read the full story.

Bernie Sanders just published an op-ed in Fox News (yes, really) calling for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Because while Americans are drowning in $1.23 trillion of credit card debt at nearly 24% interest, banks borrow from the Fed at under 4% and rake in $190 billion annually. The bipartisan bill with Josh Hawley would save families $899 per year, but of course Wall Street—led by JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, who made $770 million last year—claims it would “restrict credit access.” Read the full story.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani just hit a 68% approval rating in NYC—the highest favorability for ANY politician in the latest Siena poll. Turns out running on actual issues like housing and affordability, then delivering competent governance (what a concept), makes you wildly popular—especially when contrasted with Trump’s ICE chaos. Republicans predictably hate him at 68% unfavorable (SURPRISE), but even independents are on board at 43-31, proving that giving a damn about people’s material conditions is good politics. Read the full story.

Yesterday we asked, do you think Trump will try to stop the midterms? 95% of you said YES.

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Newly released Department of Justice emails reveal what Silicon Valley’s elite would rather you forget: from 2009 through 2018, Jeffrey Epstein—a registered sex offender who served time for procuring underage girls for prostitution—continued attending exclusive dinners alongside Elon Musk…

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