WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is convinced that recent political scandals — from Russiagate to the Biden family’s influence peddling — are part of a massive “cover-up within government” that in time will be seen as worse than the Watergate scandal that took down Richard Nixon more than 50 years ago.

On the latest episode of “Pod Force One,” out now, Grassley told Post columnist Miranda Devine that “there’s a big difference” between Watergate and wrongdoing by the Obama and Biden administrations.

“I’ll probably be speaking — long speech on that — on the floor of the United States Senate,” said the 91-year-old chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“See, Watergate was kind of a cover-up from the outside. You and I have been talking during this podcast about a cover-up within government. There’s a big difference.”

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President Trump vowed early Wednesday to find out why Seth Meyers' contract was renewed by NBC -- ripping the late-night host as "one of the least talented" out there.

"There is a sick rumor going around that Fake News NBC extended the contract of one of the least talented Late Night television hosts out there, Seth Meyers," Trump said on Truth Social.

"He has no Ratings, Talent, or Intelligence, and the Personality of an insecure child. So, why would Fake News NBC extend this dope’s contract. I don’t know, but I’ll definitely be finding out!!!"

It wasn't immediately clear what rumor Trump was referring to given NBC revealed back in May that Meyers' hosting gig on the “Late Night with Seth Meyers” had been extended through 2028.

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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s takeover of Washington, DC, has put hundreds of federal agents and National Guard troops on the streets of the capital to clean up crime — and a lot of residents and business owners said they’re noticing that things feel safer already.

“All my employees, including me, we feel much more safe, and even our customers feel really happy when they walk into our store,” Indu Bhatia, who runs a liquor store half a mile from the White House, told The Post.

Bhatia said her store was robbed so many times they had to sink piles of cash into renovations to increase security.

“All we can do as a small business owner is protect yourself,” she said.

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President Trump brushed off remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calling into question "illegitimate" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's legal ability to sign a peace deal.

"Doesn't matter what they say. Everybody's posturing. It's all bullshit, okay? Everybody's posturing," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting.

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff added: "I agree with you, sir."

Lavrov said Sunday that "when it comes to signing legal documents… we would need very clear understanding by everybody that the person who is signing is legitimate.”

WASHINGTON — Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought boasted in a Tuesday cabinet meeting of having overseen the most deregulatory actions of any administration in recent memory.

"In the first term, you gave us a goal of two for one" deregulatory actions to regulatory actions, Vought said. "We came in around five-and-a-half, six for one."

"And then as you're running for your second term," he went on, "you said 10 for one."

"Where we are right now, in just one year, basically eight months, we are at 245 deregulatory initiatives planned by these agencies. That comes out to 30 for one," the OMB chief revealed.

"So we are making incredible strides," he added, referencing one trillion-dollar deregulatory move that slashed energy costs.

President Trump instructed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to extract at least $500 million from Harvard University as a condition of resuming $2.4 billion in federal grants.

"We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don't negotiate, Linda. They've been very bad," Trump said.

The Education Department has sought various policy changes from Harvard, including stricter rules against antisemitism and the sharing of foreign student information for federal vetting.

President Trump snarked "I wish him a lot of luck" upon hearing of Taylor Swift's engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce.

Trump, who previously made the dismissive utterance in regard to Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan Markle, quickly amended his statement.

"No, I think he's a great player, I think he's a great guy. I think that she's a terrific person. So I wish them a lot of luck," Trump added.

His comment comes after a years-long feud with the pop star, and POTUS declaring she is “NO LONGER HOT” on several occasions.

President Trump made light of a possible showdown between Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination.

"The vice president is involved in everything, and he's been great. And Marco has been — really I think you were born for this. I don’t think you should ever run for another office," Trump joked at a Cabinet meeting.

Rubio, speaking later in the meeting, also joked about the fact that Trump has given him so many administration roles, including his current portfolio as acting national security adviser, acting USAID administrator and acting national archivist.

"Personally, this is the most meaningful Labor Day of my life, as someone who has four jobs," the former Florida senator said to laughter.

As the Cabinet secretaries continue to go around the table, it's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's turn to speak:

"We've got three months in a row now with zero illegal aliens coming into this country," the South Dakota governor says before thanking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sending military personnel to the Mexico border to assist law enforcement there.

"Sir, you had 1.6 million people voluntarily go home to their home countries — that were here in this country illegally," she adds. "Because of your strong message and you enforcing the law, they decided to go home on their own so that they can come back the right way some day and be American citizens."

"Every one of those illegal aliens that has gone home, they were costing us about $8,700-$9,000 apiece in what they were taking out of our social programs ... You've saved this country billions of dollars, about $15 billion, just in what those illegal aliens were costing us in social programs."

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised President Trump's anti-windmill policies Tuesday, saying that he will "save the whales" and that wind farms under development were "twice the size of the Washington Monument."

Trump claimed moments earlier to be blocking new windmill construction, including offshore projects.

"I've been representing commercial fishermen for 40 years. They are so excited about what you're doing, Mr. President, because their fisheries are being wiped out soon as they begin construction," RFK Jr. said.

"You are going to save the whales on the East Coast because of this."

The health secretary said that he and fellow Cabinet secretaries are meeting to discuss the fate of 11 wind farms comprising 1,130 towers.

"These towers are twice the size of the Washington Monument. The blades on them are massive," the secretary said.

The DC landmark is 169.1 meters tall, compared to the tallest existing wind turbine's 280 meters.

The president has just said he wants his Justice Department to seek the death penalty in all murder cases inside the District of Columbia.

"Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment. Capital punishment," he says."

If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we're going to be seeking the death penalty, and that's a very strong preventative."

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President Trump and his Cabinet members applauded journalist Iris Tao after she mentioned that she has a "baby on the way" after surviving a mugging in DC about two years ago.

A masked man demanded the NTD News reporter's phone, laptop and wallet, Tao said during a Cabinet meeting. The assailant pistol-whipped her when she refused, Tao recounted, calling it "deeply traumatized myself and my family."

"These are animals," Trump replied. "Pulling the trigger to him is a very minor event that I'm sure he's done it before... It's really amazing that you weren't shot."

Trump applauded Tao for sharing her story amid his crackdown on crime in the capital.

"Your story is great, and there are other stories here... but some people are ashamed to tell them. They don't want to tell them," he said. "But it was like a jungle and it's not a jungle anymore."