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Vice President JD Vance remains on shaky ground as the heir to Donald Trump’s MAGA kingdom, with the president continually polling anyone within earshot about what they think of his veep and White House insiders counseling the veep on how he conducts himself.

According to the New York Times, Trump has made a habit of conducting what amounts to running focus groups on Vance's performance, comparing him unfavorably to his own achievements and reminding allies that Vance "has never won a tough race without his help."

The White House released a memo late Friday regarding President Donald Trump’s most recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and one key detail in the report stood out among onlookers.

According to The Washington Post, the president’s height was listed at 6’3, and his weight, 238 pounds, 14 pounds higher than his health exam in 2025. While the president’s height has been in dispute, with some critics suggesting Trump to be shorter, it was Trump’s weight that drew attention among onlookers.

With the current Supreme Court term coming to an end soon, there is growing speculation that 76-year-old Justice Sam Alito may step down from the seat he has held for 20 years, and that is leading to some under-the-radar maneuvering.

According to the Washington Post, Alito is widely considered the justice most likely to step down, with observers pointing to his age, the release of his first book, and the November midterm elections as potential motivators due to Republican fears of losing control of the Senate.

Ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi deflected responsibility for Epstein files problems during her House Oversight Committee hearing, attributing oversight to current Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

In her opening statement, Bondi claimed the department demonstrated unprecedented transparency and produced everything required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, while also noting she delegated the document review process to Blanche.

MS NOW host Mika Brzezinski grew tearful while discussing conditions in Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, describing them as "concentration camps."

While in conversation with co-host Jonathan Lemire about the Department of Homeland Security head Markwayne Mullin's airport threats, Brzezinski responded emotionally.

President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund is now facing jeopardy on multiple fronts, with one just pausing the fund and another reopening the Trump lawsuit against the IRS that formed the basis for it. And things could be about to get ugly for the president, former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara told MS NOW's Jen Psaki on Friday evening.

"Let's just start with Judge Williams' ruling tonight, which effectively reopens the IRS case that Trump supposedly settled, kind of pulled it out of court, I guess," said Psaki. "Give us your thoughts on how that order came to be and what it means."

Six Republican senators: Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski, John Cornyn, and Thom Tillis, are forming an informal "Gang of Six" to oppose President Donald Trump on key votes and jeopardize his legislative priorities in the narrowly divided chamber.

Unlike previous Senate coalitions, this group has no official structure or fixed membership, aiming instead to constrain party overreach, wrote Wall Street Journal columnist Matthew Contenetti.

After President Donald Trump endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pam Evette in the crowded gubernatorial primary on Friday, all eyes turned to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who has been running a very intense campaign for the same office and casting herself as a MAGA warrior.

Mace, writing on X, blamed the snub on her support for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case files — and insisted she didn't want the endorsement if that's what robbed her of it.

President Donald Trump made a major endorsement in Oklahoma on Friday evening — and it left Republican officials there flabbergasted.

"It is my Great Honor to endorse MAGA Warrior, Mike Mazzei, who is running for Governor of Oklahoma, a State which I love, and WON BIG," wrote Trump on his Truth Social platform, describing Mazzei as "a successful Businessman, and former Chairman of the State Senate Finance Committee, and later, as Oklahoma’s Secretary of Budget" who will embrace "AMERICA FIRST Policies."

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) was the sole Republican lawmaker present during a closed-door interview with former Attorney General Pam Bondi regarding the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

According to MS NOW, the atmosphere was tense, with Bondi appearing frustrated during questioning.