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MIKE ROGERS: I busted swindlers and the mob, drug dealers, murderers, human traffickers, terrorists, and I have to tell you this: I know a con man when I see one. Con man Abdul can't answer the question about gender transition surgeries for children because he supports it. Con man Abdul can't answer a question about letting violent criminals and sex offenders out of our prisons because he believes [unclear]. He can't condemn his running mate, Hasan Piker, because they're in total lockstep.

CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: As a Muslim man, you know what it feels like to have an entire community judging you through the actions of some — a few extremists, right? Do you have a special responsibility to recognize when Jewish Americans feel that same collective judgment happening to them? ABDUL EL-SAYED: Yeah. I mean, this is the thing: Judaism and the Jewish people are not the same as Israel and AIPAC. They're not the same. CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: I wish more people would say that.

ABDUL EL-SAYED: I think we’ve got to stop with the cancel culture. It’s not about, like, where are you on this one individual? It’s more: Do you agree or disagree with the thing that the person said? And the thing about it is that, like, when we play as if the whole person can be reduced down to a single soundbite that you took out of context, you’re not dealing with real life. That’s not how real life works. I love my wife dearly. Do I agree with her on everything?

President Trump said Monday that he isn't concerned about depleting military stockpiles fighting Iran, explaining that the U.S. has "unlimited amounts of mid-grade and older stuff" if the current equipment stockpiles start to run out. REPORTER: And back on Iran, several military leaders have reportedly told Secretary Hegseth that a prolonged, large-scale operation there weakens our ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the homeland. Have you heard those?

00:00 — Opening: Iran Fighting Re-Escalates Walworth and Bevan discuss whether President Trump's strategy is working as the U.S. exchanges more air strikes with Iran and the war passes the six-month mark. Watch: Trump On Negotiating With Iran: "It's Not The Most Honorable Group" "If they're resorting to kinetic action, if it really starts to heat up again, that can't be good for the president going into the midterms," Walworth said.

Vice President JD Vance responded to Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's criticism of his family from last week at a campaign rally Monday in Michigan. JD VANCE: He campaigns with a guy who says that 9/11 — we're about to celebrate — uh, commemorate the 25th year of those terrible terrorist attacks and celebrate all the brave heroes who made it, frankly, as terrible as it was, it could have been so much worse.

This weekend on “Get Real,” James O’Keefe scores a major legal victory — and his attorney, Ben Barr, joins host David DesRosiers to break down what the win means for O’Keefe, for independent journalism, and for the fight against the institutions that tried to shut him down.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed a question about whether the U.S. is now in a "trade war" with Canada after negotiations broke down last week. "I don't think you can be in a tit-for-tat with someone 13 times larger than you," he said about Canada. CNBC HOST: And finally, are you meeting with your Canadian counterpart here? I guess the market's wondering if we're now in a tit-for-tat trade war with Canada.

Vice President JD Vance responded to Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's criticism of his family from last week at a campaign rally Monday in Michigan. "The confusing thing about it is that he thinks that there are some people who are more American than others because they can point to their papaw who was here earlier," El-Sayed said last weekend. "How do you look your parents-in-law in the eye and say that somehow they're less American than you are?

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