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CNN's Kaitlan Collins was stunned on Thursday night by statements made by a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official on her show.

Collins interviewed Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, an infectious disease expert, on her show "The Source" about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Experts have said Kennedy repeated multiple false claims about vaccines during the hearing, which resulted in some Republicans calling for him to be removed from the post.

Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera raged Thursday at the Trump administration's deportation of "family people" alongside criminals who illegally migrated to the United States.

Rivera joined Piers Morgan on his YouTube show "Piers Morgan Uncensored" to discuss Trump's immigration policies. Morgan asked him to respond to an earlier interview with President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, who argued that the United States should not let anyone who illegally immigrates to stay in the country.

A former federal prosecutor said on Thursday that President Donald Trump's administration is "not even pretending" to provide equal protection under the law with its mortgage fraud investigations into Trump's opponents.

The Trump administration has publicly announced that they are investigating Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and New York's Democratic Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud. Trump has also had standoffs with each of the people being investigated.

Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Delia Ramirez on Thursday strongly condemned the Trump administration's deadly attack on a boat allegedly trafficking cocaine off the coast of Venezuela as "lawless and reckless," while urging the White House to respect lawmakers' "clear constitutional authority on matters of war and peace."

"Congress has not declared war on Venezuela, or Tren de Aragua, and the mere designation of a group as a terrorist organization does not give any president carte blanche," said Omar (D-Minn.), referring to President Donald Trump's day-one executive order designating drug cartels, including the Venezuela-based group, as foreign terrorist organizations.

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to sign an executive order to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a move that was roundly criticized by legal and military analysts.

The rebrand speaks to the "warrior ethos" that Trump has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to restore in the military, according to reports. Trump has also previously expressed interest in the name change.

Former speechwriter to President George W. Bush, David Frum, said that if the U.S. Supreme Court hands power to President Donald Trump to wage his trade war, then they're effectively killing the Constitution.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday, Frum called Trump's tariff actions "the most extreme thing that he's ever done in this way."

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt snapped at Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) on her show "The Arena" on Thursday over his comments about vaccines.

Mullin argued that vaccines are ineffective because Americans suffer from higher rates of chronic illnesses today than they did in the 1950s. He also suggested that the prevalence of autism can be linked to the increased number of vaccines children are asked to take to attend public school.

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace and Dr. Jeremy Faust, assistant professor of emergency medicine at Harvard University, agreed that something isn't right with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy appeared before the Senate on Thursday morning to address questions about his firing of top officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and removal of the entire vaccine advisory board.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) got an earful from CNN anchor Kasie Hunt on Thursday over his claims linking vaccines to the prevalence of autism.

Mullin joined Hunt on CNN's "The Arena" to discuss Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate hearing on Thursday, where he made multiple false statements about the efficacy of vaccines. For instance, Kennedy said he was unsure whether the COVID-19 vaccine saved millions of lives. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that it did.

With President Donald Trump having deployed the National Guard to patrol Washington, D.C. for weeks as part of his takeover of the district, and lawsuits advancing against it, there is another issue Trump has to contend with, CNN's Jeff Zeleny told anchor Boris Sanchez on Thursday: the rock-bottom morale of guardsmen who were called up only to realize they had little to no purpose.

"Walk us through what you're hearing," said Sanchez.

The Department of Justice attempted to do damage control after conservative political activist James O'Keefe released a video of a staffer claiming the government would "redact every Republican" from files about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a Thursday post on X, O'Keefe shared a video that he claimed was of a deputy chief at the U.S. Department of Justice, led by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was scolded by a Democratic senator during an explosive hearing Thursday as being “not worthy” of a gift they had originally intended to give him, but had changed their mind following his testimony.

RFK Jr. testified Thursday in front of the Senate Finance Committee on his experience leading the nation’s top health agency, a hearing that quickly devolved into chaos given some of the Health secretary’s conflicting statements and inability to directly answer questions.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) hammered Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday during a fiery hearing over his recent moves with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and firing the full panel of the vaccine advisory board.

At issue for Warren is that Kennedy repeatedly promised during his confirmation hearing that vaccines would continue to be available for free to anyone who wants one. That is no longer the case, however. As a result of HHS recommendations, pharmacies like those at Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens are not allowed to give vaccines in certain states without a doctor's note, The Washington Post explained. In all states, Kennedy has made it impossible for anyone who is healthy and under age 65 to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine booster.