Noel King

And at a certain point, that became untenable.

So it's one of the signals to me that there's some cracks in the Trump armor.

J. Patrick Kulikin is editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer.

And speaking of cracks, President Trump said on Truth Social this afternoon that Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz called him and they seem to be, quote, on a similar wavelength.

Coming up, the Senate votes this week on whether to fund the Department of Homeland Security, including ICE and Border Patrol.

And some Democrats say they're going to shut the government down again.

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