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The effort by President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk to purge the federal workforce with a so-called buyout program is filled with ambiguity and fraught with two major problems, according to CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams.

The analysis came Thursday when Williams, a former federal prosecutor, was asked about the legality surrounding the program that the White House is calling a “buyout” – which has drawn skepticism from lawmakers on Capitol Hill and threw several federal agencies into chaos.

A legal scholar minced no words Thursday evening on CNN, flagging what he called a "doomsday scenario" that may come to pass if part of President Donald Trump's agenda is dealt a fatal blow by the courts.

Anchor Erin Burnett asked panelists including former Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), a former prosecutor, if they believe Trump will abide by court rulings after he was dealt two blows Thursday.

Conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg is unsettled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's gift to President Donald Trump during their meeting this week.

Specifically, he argued on CNN Thursday evening, the gift unnecessarily celebrated military violence.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attacked President Donald Trump on Thursday for what she is calling his "worst idea" yet.

Speaking to MSNBC, Pelosi talked about the first actions that Trump's new administration has taken to cull the federal workforce, particularly those working abroad like USAID, the FBI, and possibly even the CIA.

As it turns out, former President Joe Biden's job numbers are significantly better than initially believed.

Jobs reports typically come out weekly on Fridays. This Friday will reflect a recent adjustment to previous reports: jobs by immigrants, a CNBC reporter told MSNBC's Katy Tur on Thursday.

President Donald Trump's hiring freeze coupled with Elon Musk's crusade to purge the government may come back to bite them, a legal analyst said Thursday.

Trump signed an executive order imposing a hiring freeze on the government. Meanwhile, Musk is identifying employees who should be removed or forced to resign.

A Texas school district has sent a warning to parents that border patrol agents could be boarding school buses to check the citizenship status of students.

In a letter to parents on Wednesday, Alice ISD Superintendent Anysia Trevino said the checks could occur during "student travel for extracurricular activities, including sports, band, and other co-curricular events."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted the Trump administration was only experiencing "good news" — despite daily accusations of "chaos" and tragedies like a recent plane crash.

During a Thursday interview on Real America's Voice, host Charlie Kirk asked Leavitt how she could conduct press briefings without the large binder of notes used by her predecessors.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Coretz (D-NY) suggested that DOGE chief Elon Musk was responsible for fentanyl deaths after he "ordered" Republicans to cut Medicaid expansion from a recent funding bill.

During a House Health Subcommittee Hearing on Thursday, Ocasio-Coretz highlighted the importance of Medicaid in saving lives threatened by fentanyl addiction and overdoses.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) on Thursday called out President Donald Trump for draining reservoirs in California for the purported purpose of fighting deadly fires in the southern part of the state.

As CNN and other news outlets reported recently, the water released by Trump was never going to reach Southern California. In fact, Heather Cooley, director of research for California water policy organization the Pacific Institute, told CNN that the release of the water was "providing zero benefit and putting California farmers at risk of water supply constraints in the coming months."

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon sounded the alarm to his "War Room posse" as Democrats sought to slow the confirmations of President Donald Trump's nominees.

During his Thursday podcast, Bannon said Democrats were using tactics that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) deployed against then-President Barack Obama in 2009.

Elon Musk's destruction of USAID, with the approval of Donald Trump, is leading to evangelical charitable organizations questioning their viability as they are caught up in the DOGE purge of government officials and programs.

Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday morning, New York Times columnist David French, who writes from a Christian perspective, stated that evangelicals who helped propel Donald Trump back to the Oval Office may be unaware of what is happening on his watch.

Speaking with host Joe Scarborough, French was asked about Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle government programs and the unforeseen collateral damage.

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"Look, a lot of Americans do not realize that this Elon Musk effort at USAID and other parts of the government has explicitly targeted evangelical ministries," he told the "Morning Joe" host. "These are evangelical ministries who fought for years to have the ability to have equal access to funding, to help serve the poor, to help serve some of the most vulnerable people in the world."

"And so you're seeing what you're seeing is a targeting of some of the best things America has ever done, including, you know, as you're talking about PEPFAR [President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief], you're talking about targeting evangelical ministries who serve refugees. This is a comprehensive attack on America's moral and humanitarian standing in the world."

"I'm sorry to say, Joe, an awful lot of Americans are standing and cheering every element of this," he lamented.

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