The Daily Beast reports: President Trump has revealed that the champions of the Club World Cup won’t be getting the original trophy, because he’s keeping it. English club Chelsea easily dispatched France’s Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the tournament in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Sunday, with Trump joining the players for the trophy lift—much to their confusion. It …

Via press release from the Justice Department: Today, the Department of Justice released Guidance to ensure compliance with President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14224, which establishes English as the official language of the United States of America. Consistent with the Executive Order, the Department of Justice will lead a coordinated effort across federal agencies to minimize non-essential multilingual services, redirect …

“Plenty was said this last weekend at our event about Epstein. Honestly, I’m done talking about Epstein for the time being. I’m gonna trust my friends in the administration, I’m gonna trust my friends in the government to do what needs to be done, solve it, ball’s in their hands. “I’ve said plenty this last weekend. So if you guys …

The Huffington Post reports: “That’s right! Alligator Alcatraz is officially open, and we are excited about it!!” reads a Monday fundraising email from the NRCC, which helps elect Republicans to Congress. “So excited that we have decided to release a T-SHIRT!” it reads. The email features an image of a T-shirt with an alligator wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap …

CNN reports: Several of President Donald Trump’s top officials went to work on Monday with a key question unanswered: would Dan Bongino show up today? The deputy FBI director did not go into the office Friday and largely excommunicated himself from most of his colleagues after a major fallout with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the handling of the Jeffrey …

The Associated Press reports: More than 20 states have sued President Donald Trump’s administration over billions of dollars in frozen funding for after-school and summer programs and other programs. Congress set aside money for the programs to provide academic support, enrichment and child care to mostly low-income families, but President Donald Trump’s administration recently froze the funding. On Monday afternoon, …

The Independent reports: The Department of Defense said it would begin using Grok, the artificial intelligence bot created by Elon Musk, after awarding the tech billionaire’s AI company a $200 million contract. In an announcement, Musk’s company xAI said it was releasing “Grok for Government,” a form of the AI bot that allows federal, state, and local governments to utilize …

From the Family Research Council’s website: PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, was the brainchild of the 43rd president at a time when the disease was ravaging the African population. The idea was a good one 20-plus years ago, especially since the continent had no plan to educate or treat people affected by the out-of-control spread, which was …

CNBC reports: White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett speculated Monday that new tariff policies are not yet sparking widespread price inflation because President Donald Trump has convinced more people to buy American. “There’s, I think, a lot of patriotism in the data,” Hassett said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when he was asked to explain why Trump’s protectionist policies have not …

NBC News reports: Immigrants being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in at least seven states are complaining of hunger, food shortages and spoiled food, detainees and immigration advocates say. They say some detainees have gotten sick; others say they have lost weight. In one facility, an incident involving detainees reportedly broke out in part because of food. …

Politico Europe reports: Donald Trump has a date for his U.K. state visit. Months out, it’s already got members of parliament in a spin. The U.S. president has been invited by King Charles III to return to the U.K. The September 17-19 trip will be Trump’s second full-blown state visit after an earlier trip across the pond in 2019. But …

NewsNation reports: Ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is expected to announce this week that he is staying in the race for New York City mayor as an independent, sources told Nexstar’s NewsNation. A source close to Cuomo’s campaign said he is set to officially announce his plans to stay in the race as an independent while offering a proposal. …

The New York Times reports: President Trump said the United States would impose “very severe tariffs​” on Russia if there was no peace deal with Ukraine in 50 days. He said there would be “secondary tariffs” at about 100 percent. Mr. Trump’s remarks came as he met with NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, at the White House; Mr. Rutte has …

The BBC reports: Trump watched Chelsea’s impressive victory in the final alongside [FIFA president] Infantino and said in an interview with Dazn at half-time that he was “having a really great time”. In a longer interview broadcast later on Sunday, he added: “Gianni is a friend of mine, he’s done such a great job with the league and with soccer …

Mediaite reports: It may be the happiest place on earth, but it’s the epicenter of controversy among a couple of political heavyweights. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was fighting mad after Vice President JD Vance took a Disneyland family vacation over the weekend, launching several social media attacks against the Republican. The family getaway apparently didn’t sit well with Newsom, …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump is still desperately hoping his own supporters will move on from the Jeffrey Epstein saga and is distracting them with his apparent success on the golf course. Trump announced he’d won the member-member championship at his own golf club in New Jersey, on Sunday, squeezing in time to tee off “between meetings and …

The Christian Post reports: John MacArthur, the 86-year-old longtime California pastor and broadcaster, has been admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. The announcement was made during Sunday worship, with a church leader telling the congregation he “may be in the presence of the Lord soon.” The latest update was delivered by Tom Patton, a staff pastor at Grace Community Church …

The Associated Press reports: Democrat Janelle Stelson, who lost to Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry by barely a percentage point in 2024, will run again in the right-leaning congressional district in Pennsylvania. Stelson, a one-time local TV anchor and personality, mounted a challenge to Perry, the former leader of the hardline House Freedom Caucus. It was designed to sway moderate …

Axios reports: Several House Democrats are mounting long-shot efforts to force a House vote on making Attorney General Pam Bondi release all records related to Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats are hoping to take advantage of a blow-up between President Trump and his base over the Epstein files by forcing their GOP colleagues to choose between them. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told …

The Texas Tribune reports: A state district court judge in Collin County agreed Friday to seal all records relating to divorce proceedings between Attorney General Ken Paxton and Sen. Angela Paxton, according to reports by The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times. That will likely keep details of the high-profile divorce from becoming public as Ken Paxton runs …