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A Washington, D.C. appeals court panel overturned a ruling that paused the mass firing at the watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The vote was 2-1, with two judges appointed by President Donald Trump overruling the lower-court judge.

According to the Trump-appointed judges, the lawsuit lacked standing and jurisdiction. The CFBP could request an en banc ruling, which would require every judge on the appeals court to lend their voice to the ruling.

President Donald Trump has already blindsided Europe just by what has already happened concerning his hosting of Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska over a negotiation for ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, New Yorker writer Susan Glasser told CNN's Jake Tapper.

"Susan, what did you make of the body language between President Trump and Vladimir Putin during their handshake, or the fact that Putin went into the Beast, or the fact that Trump was applauding him, and on and on. What did you think of that?" asked Tapper.

New York Times reporter and "Donald Trump whisperer" Maggie Haberman said she was stunned watching the U.S. president greet Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Speaking to CNN on Friday after the two men met and began their summit, Haberman said that Trump places high value on how things "look" in terms of staging.

At the top of her Friday show, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace couldn't help but notice the touchy-feely nature of Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as the two leaders met on the red carpet in Alaska.

Trump welcomed the Russian president with applause and several friendly touches, Wallace said, before the two men entered the presidential limousine known as "The Beast."

Former congressman and chief of staff to President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, expressed his concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump were in the limousine together alone as they headed toward their summit.

CNN commentators recalled that Trump wanted to invite North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un into the limo known as "the beast" when the two had their meeting. The Secret Service at the time advised against it.

A CNN anchor called out President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon as he rolled out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the start of a high-stakes summit in Alaska.

Trump and Putin were meeting on Friday to discuss ending the ongoing invasion in Ukraine. The discussions were taking place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

President Donald Trump is no longer having a meeting alone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported ahead of the meeting.

She noted that a White House official told reporters on Air Force One that other people would join in the meeting. Collins noted that it was just a few days ago that press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed it would be a one-on-one meeting. By Friday, however, that changed to a three-on-three.

The White House posted a video of a large number of U.S. Marshals and FBI agents in riot gear with shields marching through the halls of an apartment building to calmly arrest what has become known as the "Sandwich Guy."

On Sunday, a man in a pink shirt raged at police on the streets of Washington, D.C. before he threw his foot-long sandwich at them. The "sandwich slinger," allegedly lawyer Sean Dunn, was released without charge.

CNN's Pamela Brown fired back at a Pentagon spokeswoman's insulting response to a question about her reporting.

The "Situation Room" co-anchor interviewed Pastor Doug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist who counts Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth among his flock, and he explained that his vision of society would forbid women from voting as individuals.

Fresh off of walking a tightrope to get a massive budget bill passed with reluctant Republicans on one side and Donald Trump on the other, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is once again stuck in the middle trying to make both parties happy.

At issue now is Trump’s desire for Republicans to redistrict multiple red states in order to gain more GOP seats in the House and Republican caucus members who could be out of a job if Democratic governors, including California’s Gavin Newsom, make good on threats to do the same for their own party.

A decision by agents representing the Department of Homeland Security to show up outside a facility where California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) was holding a press conference was hammered on MSNBC on Friday morning.

As the governor was explaining his plans to hold a referendum on redistricting his state, an army of California Border Patrol agents led by self-promoting Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino swarmed the street in what is being called a "show of force" and intimidation.

CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checked Donald Trump's false claims about Ukraine as the president headed to Alaska for a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump has claimed the U.S. has provided triple the aid to Ukraine that Europe has – saying as recently as Thursday that Europe has given only $100 billion to $350 billion from the U.S. — and Dale told "CNN News Central" that's simply not true.

A conservative commentator was hit with a quick fact check on CNN after excusing President Donald Trump's interference in the Texas redistricting mess.

Border Patrol agents poured into downtown Los Angeles as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats outlined plans to redraw California's congressional map in response to a Republican push to do the same in Texas to their own advantage, and conservative journalist Rob Bluey told "CNN This Morning" that the situations in the two states were completely different.