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A former GOP campaign spokesman was taken aback by President Donald Trump's treatment of a CNN reporter at the White House.

During a press gaggle, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked Trump about the victims of disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The question seemed to trigger Trump, who lashed out at Collins by calling her "the worst" and telling her that she never smiles.

President Donald Trump has been widely described by historians and political analysts as America's biggest threat, but there may be an even larger one lurking in the shadows of the White House.

Trump's second administration has been marked by a rapid about-face from democratic norms and practices. His administration has openly flouted myriad court orders, attacked the integrity of the nation's election infrastructure, and Trump himself has called on his party to "nationalize" part of the election system to eradicate the election "fraud" that Trump has complained about since he lost the general election of 2020.

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang claimed he was charged with a felony after a video showed him destroying an ice carving in Minnesota that called for the prosecution of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

In the video shared by Lang on Thursday, the Jan. 6 participant was seen kicking letters from the "Prosecute ICE" protest sculpture.

White House Press Secretary called Steve Bannon's demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the military be deployed to polling locations a "silly hypothetical," but didn't deny that it could happen.

"Steve Bannon recently said, quote, 'we're going to have ICE around the polls come November,'" a reporter told Leavitt during Thursday's White House briefing. "Is that something that the president is considering?"

A Democratic congressman shamed President Donald Trump during a prayer from just feet away.

Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) spoke Thursday morning at the bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast, where he cited scripture in his intercession asking God to open the 79-year-old president's heart to greater compassion and to follow Christ's teachings, as Trump stood by shifting his weight from foot to foot behind him.

President Donald Trump in a speech at this year's National Prayer Breakfast roasted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for saying grace at meals.

The 79-year-old president spoke Thursday morning at the bipartisan gathering of U.S. and international political leaders, including El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, and he drifted from topic to topic in seemingly unscripted remarks that highlighted what he saw as contributions to religious life since returning to office.

President Donald Trump said at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday that he needed to win a second term because he was still burning with resentment over not getting one in 2020 — bragging about his "big ego" while continuing to push conspiracy theories about his prior election loss.

"They rigged the second election," said Trump. "I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible, what a great feeling. Winning every swing state. Winning the popular vote. The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) laid down on MS NOW Thursday why he opposes a proposed Republican bill that would put draconian new restrictions on voting, including a requirement to produce proof-of-citizenship documents to register to vote — something that goes drastically beyond even most GOP-controlled state's voter ID laws, and could prevent some 21 million eligible people from voting, including married women with name changes.

Schumer noted that his defiance, and the particular language he used to shoot down the bill, has infuriated MAGA activists — and he refuses to apologize for it.