The Associated Press and Trump administration returned to court on Monday for a key hearing in the ongoing First Amendment battle over the "Gulf of America."

Cobb, who served as a lawyer for the White House during Trump’s first term, suggested on MS NOW’s “The Weekend” that Congress had been “neutered” by its own cowardice and by Trump’s attacks, to whom it had “ceded basically all control.”

The Justice Department argued in court for more expansive executive power to limit White House access based on political expression, including for events historically open to the general public such as tours or the annual Easter egg roll.

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani maintains Trump is a 'fascist' after White House meeting, where the two discussed affordability and public safety for New Yorkers.

President Donald Trump and President Xi of China spoke on Monday morning, a White House official confirmed to ABC News. Xinhua, China's official state-run news agency, reported that Xi said after the call that since he and Trump met in South Korea in late October, ties between the U.S. and China have "generally remained stable and improved."

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is back in the city following his unexpectedly friendly meeting with President Trump at the White House.