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Trump yesterday on his J6 pardons: "These were many great people, and I gave them pardons. I'm very proud to have given them pardons"

Rep. Horsford: Do Americans deserve refunds for money collected through tariffs? Bessent: The American people had the money. It was in the U.S. Treasury

North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley is unable to name a single Carolina Hurricanes player

Rep. Fletcher: The New World screwworm has been found in Texas. This flesh-eating parasite previously eradicated from the U.S. poses a huge threat to our cattle. The Trump administration fired more than 15,000 USDA employees and eliminated a program to contain the screwworm in Central America.

Rep. Chu: Do you agree with Trump that you also do not care about Americans' financial situations? Bessent: Who was the president during World War 1? Rep. Chu: Can you answer my question? Bessent: Who was the president during World War 1?

Trump's Agriculture Secretary claims farmers are better off today than 2 years ago (Farm bankruptcies have more than doubled over the last 2 years)

Harry Enten: The most unpopular war I could ever find has become even more unpopular. Net approval rating of the Iran war at the start was -9 points. Now it's down -23 points.

Trump's Agriculture Secretary claims glyphosate is safe (Glyphosate is known to cause cancer)

Rep. Thompson: What should I tell my constituents when they ask about the high costs of fuel and fertilizers because of the war in Iran? Bessent: You should tell them that we've had 2.6% economic growth

Rubio says the Trump administration is planning for Gaza to be "governed by an autocratic entity"

Brooke Rollins last November: We have screwworm under control south of the border. Beef prices will come down by spring 2026. (The screwworm has just been detected in Texas for the first time in 60 years)

Q: Is the $1.8 billion DOJ fund dead? Trump: The weaponization fund was a beautiful thing. I thought that was the greatest thing because people like you have abused our people so badly. Be quiet!

Trump begs a reporter to compliment his Truth Social post: I just wrote that. Did you like it? Did you think it was well-written? Do you want to read it? It's a Truth. I just wrote it.

Trump on the January 6th insurrection: People went there with love. There was so much love and friendship. It was the most amazing thing.

Q: You said last week that the U.S. would go in and dig out the buried nuclear material. Did Iran actually agree to that? Trump: Well, it depends on what day you're talking about. It's one of the things we talk about. It's very overrated. I'm the one that overrated it.

Trump scolds Kaitlan Collins for not smiling: A corrupt reporter standing right there, never smiles. I never see a smile off her face. I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes.

Trump: We could go another 2 to 3 weeks in Iran and just wipe everybody out

Q: Can you explain why you decided to drop the anti-weaponization fund? Trump: I love it. I think it's so important.

Q: How do you define ceasefire? Trump: Uh... Pretty much the way it is. In that part of the world, ceasefire is when you're shooting in a more moderate manner.

Q: Is the ceasefire with Iran still on? Trump: Well, there's a reason for everything. There's usually a reason that sometimes makes sense

Trump drops some pens on the floor and makes Peter Navarro pick them up

Trump brags that he has crowds as large as MLK Jr's: "That's where Martin Luther King made his great speech with a million people. I had the same amount of people, actually"

Trump awkwardly holds up a large poster comparing the size of the Reflecting Pool to various buildings

Trump holds an impromptu press conference to show off mockups of his Reflecting Pool renovations

Love Island pokes fun at rising gas prices: "America's sexiest singles will land in Fiji looking for love while competing for a share of $100,000. I mean, wow. You could get half a tank of gas for that!"

Rep. McBride: I assume you're aware that Greenland is part of Denmark? Rubio: For now

GOP Sen. Tillis tells Bessent that Trump's tariffs "didn't work out"

Sen. Warnock: What grade would you give the economy? Bessent: I think we have the makings of one of the strongest economies in history

Bessent: If you were to look in the dictionary, the definition of a farmer is someone who owns a farm and farms the land. And so as a former farmer, I will tell you...

Sen. Warren: On January 6th, Donald Trump purchased up to a million dollars worth of Nvidia stock. One week later, his administration loosened the rules on export controls so that Nvidia could sell its chips to China. Now the price of Nvidia stock is through the roof.

Rubio: Trump gave me some Florsheim shoes. They're actually pretty good. They fit fine.

Rep. Lieu: There's something wrong with Donald Trump's health. There's a reason he keeps going to the hospital and getting cognitive tests. Rubio: This is not a president that sleeps or is cognitively impaired in any way Rep. Lieu: I just showed you 3 videos of him sleeping.

Bessent: Food prices, or as many people like to call them, groceries— Sen. Hassan: When was the last time you were in a grocery store?

Bessent on reports that he threatened to punch Bill Pulte "in the fucking face": "Many teams squabble in the locker room and go out on the field"

Rubio on Trump's insomnia: "I've been on foreign trips with the president, and he doesn't sleep the whole flight. Everyone else is sleeping on the plane and he's wandering the hallways"

Sen. Warner: Does Bill Pulte even have a security clearance? Bessent: Uh... I do not know Sen. Warner: And being head of the FHFA, isn't that a full-time job? Bessent: It's a very important position

Mike Johnson claims Trump is "more dialed in on domestic issues than any president in memory" (Trump said he doesn't think about Americans' financial situations)

DHS Secretary Mullin: Racism is a reckless term that is thrown around way too often. It's thrown around like it is true.

Sen. Wyden lays out the terms of Trump's IRS settlement: "As of right now, everybody in America is subject to audit except the Trump family."

Rep. Keating: With all your intelligence committee experience, and now as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, have you ever heard the name Bill Pulte? Rubio: In the context of intelligence? No.

Trump says he has not dropped his weaponization slush fund: "These are people that have been decimated... I'm very proud to have given them pardons, and I think they should be reimbursed for a crooked government."

Q: People at at home feel anxious and confused about the Iran deal. Trump: That's good. That's good they're confused and the Iranians are confused. It's just the way I am.

Trump downplays rising oil costs: "Oil is $98 a barrel. Everyone said it was gonna be $300 a barrel. That's not a big price to pay"

Trump: If you take away just the price of gasoline, the energy, we have very little inflation. We're doing very well

Q: Do you think the blockade of the Strait will still be in place by Labor Day? Trump: I don't know. I mean, I think it could be.

Q: Are you planning to get into the cage at the UFC fight? Trump: Oh, wow. I'll have to think about that.

Rep. Meng: Can you put it in writing that this slush fund will not progress? Blanche: I'm... I'm telling you it's not

Blanche: Who Trump chooses to pardon is not a problem, period (Trump pardoned all the January 6th insurrectionists)

Markwayne Mullin refuses to say that DHS will follow court orders if a ruling says ICE has done something illegal

Dolly Parton on her Imagination Library program that Republicans defunded: "[My daddy] was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew [...] his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission."

New Jersey voters on GOP Rep. Tom Kean, who has not been seen for 3 months: "He needs to come forward with where he's been and what's going on... He is just missing... I don't feel like he's earned the right to be reelected."

Former intel official: What is the intent of Bill Pulte's appointment? If you take your number one attack dog and you put him in charge of the 17 agencies that collect the most sensitive secrets, what would that mean in the hands of someone who is known as a political targeter?

Unearthed footage shows Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte receiving strange award: "This says 'Bill Pulte Fucks' ... it does say, 'Only The Young' on the back here."

Q: We've been asking why Bill Pulte is qualified to be DNI. You're a heart surgeon? Dr. Oz: Yes. Q: Would you recommend a patient go see someone who isn't? Dr. Oz: *silence*

Q: If Trump is in such perfect health, why does he keep going back in for checkups? Dr. Oz: I think he likes the results. He does really well. He aces the test every single day.

Dr. Oz claims Trump's Big Beautiful Bill "saved Medicaid" (It cut Medicaid by $1 trillion to give $1.4 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans)

Q: Can you respond to any of the criticism from Republicans on Trump's decision to tap Bill Pulte, who has no known intelligence experience, as acting DNI? Dr. Oz: I do trust Trump's judgment. He is a very sharp, and a quick study of people, their emotional abilities, and their ability to persevere

Reporter: Trump has had 4 medical exams already. The president's supposed to have 1 a year. Dr. Oz: I was stunned at how well he was doing. If you look at these records, they're spectacular

MN GOP Gov. candidate Lisa Demuth refuses to rule out a pardon for Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd: "There's a lot that goes into any type of pardon decision"

Sen. Booker: You keep telling us how we're winning this war— Rubio: The war is over now Sen. Booker: The war is not over. The American people see how we're losing at the pump. And yet this thing still hasn't been resolved.

Sen. Merkley: You've expressed that no one died as a result of the sudden shutdown of USAID. Experts estimate that over 500,000 children have died from that sudden shutdown. If you were to walk across this country, you'd see one dead child every 30 feet. That's the level of carnage.

Sen. Kaine: We're 92 days into a war against Iran, and the administration will not let Congress look at the legal opinion justifying the war. If you've showed us the legal rationale for two wars and you won't show us the legal rationale for the third, is there something they don't want us to see?

Sen. Murphy: There is a devastating cost of this war to the U.S. economy. The information coming from the administration has been indecipherable. Trump said he's bored by the negotiations. It's really important to understand what you're asking for in this negotiation. Rubio: That's a good question

Rubio on foreign aid cuts that have worsened the Ebola outbreak: "In any transition, there will be bumps in the road"

Trump in March: "Somebody actually said from the media, 'I think you'll get bored after about a week or two.' No, we don't get bored. I never get bored."