Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-MD, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, is calling for the resignation of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche after President Trump retreated on the $1.8 billion “slush fund” for January 6 rioters, according to a released statement. Symone Sanders Townsend reports.

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President Trump spent nearly 10 minutes of a Cabinet meeting discussing renovations to Washington, D.C.’s fountains, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Lafayette Square.

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President Donald Trump told CNBC Monday he “couldn’t care less” if peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran collapse, calling them “boring.” More than three months after the start of the conflict, Morning Joe’s Jonathan Lemire says Trump’s boredom reflects how “desperate he is to move on” from the war, which continues to hurt him politically with no end in sight. Trump is “frustrated,” Lemire says, that he can’t get a deal, and he is also reportedly fearful of negotiating a deal seen as weak.

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“That’s just not on the up and up, sir.”

Things got tense between Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the one-page document signed by Todd Blanche that stops the Treasury Department or IRS from looking into the prior taxes of President Trump, his family, and his companies.

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Trump had a Truth Social meltdown over the weekend after multiple slated artists backed out of performing for the administration’s planned 250th birthday concert for America. Nicolle is joined by John Heilemann and Dominic Patten for discussion on Deadline White House.

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