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President Donald Trump’s influential MAGA ally Mike Davis is facing new scrutiny after allegedly threatening to stop a Justice Department official during negotiations over a major tech merger, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.

Gail Slater, then head of the DOJ’s antitrust division, was reviewing Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion bid to acquire rival Juniper Networks when Davis – serving as outside counsel for HPE – reportedly warned her, “If you don’t approve this settlement, I will destroy you. I will destroy your job at the DOJ,” according to sworn testimony from her former deputy, Roger Alford, reviewed by the Journal.

Federal sex-crimes prosecutor Marie Villafaña repeatedly urged her boss, Alexander Acosta, then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, to pursue a 60-count indictment against Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, but Acosta dismissed her requests.

Acosta's chief criminal prosecutor, Matthew Menchel, questioned the urgency, stating Acosta wanted time to consider proceeding.

The White House is facing sharp backlash after the U.S. Treasury authorized limited sales of Iranian oil already at sea – a move aimed at easing soaring energy prices as President Donald Trump’s war with Iran escalates.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the decision as a “narrowly tailored, short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil currently stranded at sea,” Bloomberg’s Javier Blas reported Friday.

Iran fired two ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-British military base in the Indian Ocean, in a dramatic escalation that revealed Tehran's weapons can reach far beyond what its own foreign minister claimed last month, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Neither missile hit the remote island base, which hosts American bombers, nuclear submarines and guided-missile destroyers roughly 4,000 kilometers from Iran. One failed in flight, and a U.S. warship fired an SM-3 interceptor at the other. It wasn't immediately clear whether the interception succeeded, according to officials familiar with the matter.

Legal commentators say Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump after warning that criticism of judges can spiral into personal attacks.

Speaking this week at Rice University in Houston, Roberts suggested that criticism of court rulings can become problematic when it shifts “from a focus on legal analysis to personalities.”

Economists warned the U.S. economy will struggle in the coming months as the Iran war drives up oil prices through Strait of Hormuz blockade disruptions.

Rising fuel costs threaten both consumers and businesses with thin profit margins.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is warning employees that jet fuel prices have more than doubled in three weeks due to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and that the crisis could cost the airline $11 billion annually if prices hold.

In a letter to employees on Friday, Kirby said United is planning for oil to hit $175 per barrel and stay above $100 through the end of 2027. For context, he noted, United's best year netted less than $5 billion in profit.

Denmark’s military drew up contingency plans to destroy key airfields in Greenland if President Donald Trump made good on threats to seize the Arctic territory, according to a report Friday in The New York Times.

Citing two European officials familiar with the discussions, the outlet reported that Danish soldiers deployed to Greenland in January, equipped with explosives, live ammunition, and blood supplies as Trump’s rhetoric against the remote island escalated. The preparations were aimed at disabling runways and slowing any potential U.S. advances, the Times reported.

Legal analysts at Slate are calling a federal court hearing in New Jersey this week one of the "harshest judicial rebukes" of the Trump Justice Department yet — and say the fallout goes beyond embarrassment.

Writing for Slate's Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern broke down Friday an "explosive" transcript obtained by The New York Times in which U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi "laid bare the disturbing incompetence and contempt currently plaguing the entire agency."

Journalist Anand Giridharadas criticized President Donald Trump on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" for effectively demoting himself to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "VP" in the Iran military operation.

Giridharadas argued that Trump has broken core campaign promises by joining the war, which he characterized as a "war of whim" rather than a strategic necessity.

A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a troubled Florida immigration detention facility early Monday, becoming the youngest person to die in ICE custody since President Donald Trump launched his second-term immigration crackdown — and sparking questions about the missing paper trail behind his detention.

Royer Perez-Jimenez was found unconscious and unresponsive just after 2:30 a.m. at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Facility staff performed CPR and fire rescue arrived minutes later. He was declared dead about 20 minutes after he was found. ICE said his death is being treated as a presumed suicide, though the official cause remains under investigation.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper appeared stunned after reporting surfaced that the Trump administration official now leading federal disaster response has claimed he once involuntarily teleported to a Waffle House.

Gregg Phillips, the man President Donald Trump put in charge of overseeing FEMA disaster response, made the remarks on multiple podcasts, according to CNN’s KFILE.

MS NOW's Jen Psaki reported Thursday on two blockbuster corruption stories plaguing the Trump administration.

NBC News revealed that Corey Lewandowski, former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's top lieutenant, allegedly demanded kickbacks from federal contractors in exchange for contract growth, specifically targeting the private prison company GEO Group.