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President Donald Trump was offered the chance to back off a highly controversial statement he made earlier this week about Americans' financial situation — but not only didn't he take it, he doubled down further.

Trump was asked in an interview that aired Friday by Fox News' Bret Baier about his remark to Meidas Touch's Pablo Manríquez that "The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran – they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody."

President Donald Trump promised just months ago that any money he won from his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS would go to charity. Now, according to a new analysis by national security journalist Marcy Wheeler, the settlement that's taking shape looks nothing like that pledge.

In February, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he was "thinking about doing something for charity" with any proceeds from the lawsuit, which stems from a contractor's illegal leak of his tax returns during his first term.

Far-right White House deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller, is increasingly being compelled to recuse himself from major political issues — due to the long list of side projects his wife, Katie Miller, has been involved in.

According to The Atlantic, one of the key issues has been the planned Paramount-Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, a controversial deal that could put CNN under the ownership of the same company whose new CBS News leadership has been viewed by some insiders as more sympathetic to Trump.

Vice President JD Vance experienced an awkward moment Friday during the Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service when an intended applause line failed to land.

Vance said, "Put violent criminals in prison as opposed to letting them out of jail," then paused for applause that barely materialized.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday slammed the door on Virginia Democrats' last-ditch effort to revive a congressional map that would have handed them a commanding advantage in the 2026 midterms.

In a one-line order, the justices denied an emergency stay application filed by House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax), and other top Democratic lawmakers seeking to pause a Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down the voter-approved redistricting amendment.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday brushed off domestic abuse allegations leveled against Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) by the congressman's ex-wife, telling reporters the two-term lawmaker would have to sort it out on his own.

"I don't get involved in the personal lives of members and those things. You know, he's refuted some of these allegations, and he's got to work that out," Johnson said when asked by NBC News about the accusations.

President Donald Trump accused New York Times reporter David Sanger of treason, following Sanger's question about the war with Iran.

During a Friday press gaggle aboard Air Force One, Trump claimed to have achieved a "total military victory," alleging the U.S. destroyed Iran's navy, air force, radar systems, and leadership across multiple command levels.

Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) finally did what he has been hinting he would do for months, and commuted the sentence of convicted MAGA election tampering county clerk Tina Peters — cutting her sentence from 9 years to 4.5 years, which would make her eligible for parole in less than a month. This comes after Peters issued a statement apologizing for her crimes, which was one of the conditions Polis put on considering clemency.

Democratic officials in Colorado had warned Polis for months to stop considering clemency for Peters, whose release has been an obsession of President Donald Trump and his followers for years — and with this decision, the dam broke on social media.