“The Trump White House is scrambling to preserve the powerful voter mobilization machine built by Charlie Kirk, whose assassination left a leadership vacuum at one of the right’s most influential political organizations,“ Reuters reports.

“Behind the scenes, the White House has held ‘preliminary discussions’ about Vice President JD Vance engaging directly with young voters.”

“We’ve got a lot of stupid people in this country running things.”

— President Trump, speaking to reporters this afternoon.

“A White House spokeswoman denied on Monday that the president’s border czar, Tom Homan, accepted a bag with $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover FBI investigation last September, contradicting news reports about the case,” the New York Times reports.

“FBI agents working under cover made an audio recording of the September 2024 meeting in which Mr. Homan accepted the money in a bag from the fast-food chain Cava.”

President Donald Trump plans to meet this week with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to discuss the looming government-funding crisis, Punchbowl News reports.

Forbes: “President Trump just had the most lucrative year of his life. But percentage-wise, members of his immediate family, including sons Eric, Don Jr. and Barron, did even better.”

“Crypto is the big driver, but additional funds have come from advising right-wing companies in America and partnering with cash-rich firms overseas, especially in the Middle East. Family members who never had significant fortunes of their own—Eric, Don Jr., Barron and Melania—have accumulated tens, then hundreds of millions of dollars. All told, the family (including the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner) is now worth an estimated $10 billion, having nearly doubled its net worth since last year’s election.”