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President Donald Trump quietly released an executive order Thursday that advocates say will make homelessness worse.

The order, titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets," directs multiple federal agencies to discontinue funding services such as Housing First, Safe Consumption Sites, and other harm reduction practices. It also directs states to detain people with serious mental illnesses regardless of "forensic bed capacity at appropriate local, State, and Federal jails or hospitals."

CNN legal analyst Paula Reid was taken aback Thursday evening at the announcement made by the Justice Department following a day of questioning convicted Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell — a move that experts have already regarded as suspicious.

"I know you have some breaking news here as we're learning more about what happened, possibly in this meeting between Ghislaine Maxwell and attorneys from the DOJ," said anchor Erin Burnett. "What are you learning?"

The panel on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" threw shade at the approved merger between Skydance Media and Paramount on Thursday.

The merger, which was announced last year, was approved by MAGA-aligned commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission. In a news release, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said he welcomed "Skydance’s commitment to make significant changes at the once storied CBS broadcast network," which includes agreeing to get rid of any Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies and create more politically diverse programming.

The Justice Department's attempt to extract new testimony from convicted Jeffrey Epstein conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is a parade of red flags, warned former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen on MSNBC's "The Lead" Thursday — and in fact, it only adds another dimension to why the whole affair is blowing up even among President Donald Trump's base.

"Norm, do you see this as kind of ethically murky for a few reasons?" said anchor Antonia Hylton. "I mean ... [Deputy Attorney General] Todd Blanche, having served in a personal capacity for the president. And then I was reminded today that Blanche actually, at one point, went on David Markus' — that's Maxwell's attorney's — podcast. They know each other in a sort of social or at least casual way. So do you see something ethically murky here?"

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace welcomed Hollywood insider and Deadline executive editor on to laugh about the Comedy Central show "South Park" making fun of President Donald Trump, along with their parent network, Paramount.

Dominic Patten explained that behind the scenes, "South Park" was set to make its season premiere on July 9, but was embroiled in a legal battle with Paramount/CBS over the merger with Skydance Media, which totaled approximately $8 billion.

CNN host Kassie Hunt was caught off guard on Thursday after a Democratic lawmaker and GOP strategist got into a heated argument on her show.

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) and GOP strategist Brad Todd joined Hunt on "The Arena with Kassie Hunt" to discuss the news of the day, which included Trump visiting the Federal Reserve headquarters to check out the renovation project. The conversation quickly escalated after Landsman claimed Republicans shut down the House of Representatives to avoid a bipartisan vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

President Donald Trump attempted to claim that the Federal Reserve had ballooned its renovation to over $3 billion. But Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fact-checked him in real time on national television.

During a Thursday tour of the building, Trump claimed that the cost was $3.1 billion, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), standing to Trump's right, could be overheard claiming some reports say $3.2 billion.

CNN's Alayna Treene tried to keep up in response to President Donald Trump's heated press conference alongside Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, after his apparent attempt to demonize the U.S. central banker over agency building renovations blew up in his face in a moment fellow correspondent Kaitlan Collins deemed "remarkable."

"I think it's worth noting, by the way, that the markets are closed, because they do not really like it when Donald Trump suggests that perhaps he's going to throw Jerome Powell out of a job, but there you have it," said anchor Kasie Hunt. "What do you make of what we just saw, and what has your reporting been?"

Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Signal scandal that won't die.

A new report from The Washington Post on Wednesday revealed that the document Hegseth copied into a Signal chat was marked "SECRET." It refutes his ongoing claim that nothing in the chat, which included a journalist, contained any classified information. Hegseth has the power to declassify the information, but doing so would be an admission that it was classified in the first place.

President Donald Trump received a brutal fact-check from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday during a tour of the renovated Federal Reserve headquarters.

Trump claimed that the total cost of the project had soared from $2.7 billion to $3.1 billion, a figure that surprised Powell. Trump then handed Powell a paper that purported to show where the cost overrun occurred. In response, Powell told Trump that his numbers were wrong.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) took to the Senate floor on Thursday, where he confessed that he wants to give the president "cover" on Jeffrey Epstein.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) submitted a list of demands that Democrats want for the release of files related to the Epstein investigation.