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One of President Donald Trump's closest confidants revealed Thursday that his latest move could backfire in a big way.

Steve Bannon, who worked in Trump's first administration, discussed the efforts to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez on a new episode of his podcast, "The War Room." He said the administration's approach to removing Monarez could make it more difficult to get a loyalist confirmed to take her spot, especially given Sen. Bill Cassidy's (R-LA) opposition to Monarez's firing.

A Ukrainian lawmaker slammed President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday for how it has handled Russia's war in Ukraine.

Inna Sovsun, a member of Ukraine's parliament, joined Erin Burnett on her show, "OutFront," to discuss Russia's latest attacks on the country. Overnight, Russia sent 538 drones and 91 missiles into Kyiv. The strikes killed 21 people and injured several others, according to reports.

CNN host Erin Burnett was stunned at a remark the White House made about the war in Ukraine on Thursday.

Burnett's remarks come after Kyiv, Ukraine, was hit by a barrage of Russian missiles overnight. Reports indicate 22 people were killed in the strike, and it damaged the European Union's nearby headquarters.

Another Republican town hall went off the rails this week, with videos emerging of angry constituents accusing Rep. Ashley Hinson of lying during a Wednesday gathering in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.

Hinson was booed at the Worth County meeting as constituents expressed fierce disapproval and jeered while Hinson tried to defend her support for President Donald Trump's policies, particularly his marquee "Big, Beautiful Bill." Attendees confronted her about economic concerns, including wages and the cost of living.

President Donald Trump is not in good shape for the midterm elections next year, warned Mark Mitchell, lead pollster of the heavily pro-MAGA outfit Rasmussen Reports, in a Thursday interview on "War Room."

Despite Trump "racking up wins" for his base, Mitchell said, "the Republicans are in a really bad spot."

A Fox News host scolded her colleagues on Thursday for dismissing actions of the Trump administration that they would criticize other presidents for doing.

Jessica Tarlov, co-host of the Fox News show "The Five," noted that her colleagues have been silent about President Donald Trump's efforts to use the government as an investment vehicle and assert control over museum content. Tarlov argued that her co-hosts would be up in arms if a Democratic president attempted to make the same moves.

CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday afternoon offered a strong rebuttal to the health secretary's justification for firing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director.

Earlier in the day, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the CDC was an agency that had been "very troubled for a very long time" before the Trump administration began to reform it. One aspect the Trump administration is seeking to change is the CDC's vaccine panel, which recommends vaccines for children. Kennedy also claimed on Thursday that the CDC lists abortion as one of the top 10 medical innovations of all time.

A GOP former congressman blasted President Donald Trump's move on Thursday to honor a Jan. 6 rioter.

Patrick McHenry, who represented North Carolina's 10th district as a Republican from 2005 to 2025, discussed Trump's plan to provide a full military funeral to Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed inside the Capitol as she attempted to climb through a broken window into the Speaker's Lobby.

Staff members at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday staged a mass walkout in a show of support for three top officials who resigned in protest this week.

The three officials in question—Demetre Daskalakis, Daniel Jernigan, and Debra Houry—resigned on Wednesday night to protest the ouster of former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, who had just been confirmed weeks ago by the U.S. Senate.

Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) encountered a contentious audience during a town hall in Daphne, Alabama, on Wednesday evening, where he was met with boos and chants as constituents grilled him over President Donald Trump's tax and tariff agenda.

When he failed to answer a question about who pays Trump's tariffs, his constituents began chanting, "Who pays the tariffs!? Who pays the tariffs!?"

On Wednesday, Dr. Susan Monarez was removed from her weeks-long role as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And a fellow now-former official is now revealing that Monarez refused to do something illegal, and refused to sign off on anything contrary to science.

Speaking to MSNBC on Thursday, former Acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser said he maintains contact with the now-former CDC director in his current role as CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In speaking to Monarez, he asked if there were any "lines that she was unwilling to cross."

Dr. Debra Houry, the chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was escorted from the facility on Thursday following the firing of the full department's director, Susan Monarez, on Wednesday.

Speaking to MSNBC on Thursday, Houry, who resigned in protest of Monarez's ouster, said things at the CDC have been "really difficult when it comes to having science and data-driven decisions."