Legendary actor Robert De Niro cried while espousing alarmist rhetoric about President Donald Trump to MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace during a Monday episode of “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace.”

Wallace asked De Niro why he was “always about lifting up everybody” around him during the podcast. The actor, who has played mobsters and hitmen, immediately became emotional when answering and attacked Trump for supposedly trying to ruin the United States. (RELATED: Jasmine Crockett Claims She ‘Broke Down In Tears’ While Watching Alex Padilla Get Hauled Out Of Noem Presser)

Claire Lai, the daughter of Chinese political prisoner Jimmy Lai, is urging American-born skier Eileen Gu to bring attention to Jimmy Lai’s case.

“I am writing to you because of your outspoken appreciation for the values that have shaped you. You have frequently expressed how your American upbringing and education instilled in you a sense of purpose and a commitment to using your platform for good,” Claire Lai wrote to Gu in an open letter published Saturday. 

Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa admitted to “America’s Newsroom” co-hosts Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer Monday that she was relishing the “implosion” of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

Ocasio-Cortez rambled for 40 seconds when she was asked during the Munich Security Conference whether the United States should send troops to defend the Taiwan-based Republic of China if the People’s Republic of China attacked it. Perino asked DeRosa if Ocasio-Cortez’s efforts to defend her response was “working.” (RELATED: CNN Panel Melts Down After Kevin O’Leary Compares AOC’s Munich Word Salad To Kamala Harris)

Tim Walz’s administration is actively stonewalling a congressional probe into welfare fraud, the House Education and Workforce Committee said in a Monday letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Minnesota governor’s staff has not turned over documents the committee subpoenaed for in September 2024 concerning fraud amid a scandal over Feeding Our Future (FOF), a Somali-led nonprofit that defrauded the government of $300 million in COVID-19 relief funds meant for needy children, Republican committee chair Tim Walberg of Michigan wrote in the letter. Lawmakers seek information to determine whether the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is properly protecting taxpayer-funded federal nutrition programs from fraud. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Child Molester Fired From Anti-ICE Union Chapter After Congress Asks Questions)

CNN host Fareed Zakaria ranted at New York City and Los Angeles on Sunday, saying the two cities are “delivering less” even as spending increases.

Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City proposed a $127 billion budget for the city, drawing criticism from an editorial in the Washington Post. Zakaria said that both cities, as well as Chicago, were “producing unaffordability,” even as their mayors campaigned on affordability. (RELATED: Minneapolis City Council Members Threaten To Deny Liquor Licenses For Hotels That Housed ICE Agents)

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Greetings, Dear Reader,

Welp, the Winter Olympics ended in perhaps the best way possible.

Members of USA Hockey delivered an amazing upset in overtime. The Canadians collected their second-place plushies, cried and boohooed.

The U.S. Intelligence Community has awarded more than a dozen sensitive defense grants to researchers affiliated with institutions connected to the Chinese government and its military, according to a report exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The man killed by Secret Service agents Sunday while attempting to breach President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida had an apparent obsession with the release of files pertaining to deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, TMZ reported.

In Sylvania Township, Ohio, a brawl erupted at a Chuck E. Cheese during a birthday party for a 5-year-old, leaving one individual in an induced coma and sending families fleeing from the establishment. The response from police was shown on body camera footage.

Support for Republican Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales is cratering after accusations of an affair with a former aide who later committed suicide came to light, according to a poll exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller.

Regina Santos-Aviles reportedly confirmed the affair months before she set herself on fire outside her Uvalde, Texas, home in September 2025. In a poll of 543 likely Republican primary voters conducted Feb. 18-20 by Pi Polling, 54% of respondents had an unfavorable opinion of Gonzales, who is facing Second Amendment activist and YouTube personality Brandon Herrera in the Republican primary. (RELATED: Jasmine Crockett Drops Race Card On Group You Might Not Expect)

Support for Republican Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales is cratering after accusations of an affair with a former aide who later committed suicide came to light, according to a poll exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller.

Regina Santos-Aviles reportedly confirmed the affair months before she set herself on fire outside her Uvalde, Texas, home in September 2025. In a poll of 543 likely Republican primary voters conducted Feb. 18-20 by Pi Polling, 54% of respondents had an unfavorable opinion of Gonzales, who is facing Second Amendment activist and YouTube personality Brandon Herrera in the Republican primary. (RELATED: Jasmine Crockett Drops Race Card On Group You Might Not Expect)

After the Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose tariffs, one lesson should be obvious: If President Donald Trump is going to keep reshaping the global trade order, he needs tools that rest on firm statutory footing and a record that can survive courtroom scrutiny.