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A candidate for the Georgia State Senate earned a heaping of mockery on Saturday over a glaring gaffe in an advertisement in the Atlanta Jewish Times that wished Jewish constituents a "blessed Passover" and used a picture of challah bread, which cannot be consumed during the holiday.

Nathalie Kanani is a Georgia attorney and Democratic candidate for State Senate District 14 in Fulton County. Her advertisement raised eyebrows on social media this week.

Donald Trump added to a turbulent Saturday with a racially charged immigration post on Truth Social, repeating a slogan popular among white nationalists — just hours after threatening Iran with an apocalyptic 48-hour ultimatum.

Earlier in the day, Trump warned that "all Hell will reign down" on Iran if they didn't make a deal or reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, signing off with "Glory be to GOD!"

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) was widely mocked Saturday after becoming the latest lawmaker to be seen visiting Walt Disney World while chaos continues to erupt at airports nationwide amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was ridiculed for being spotted “carrying a bubble wand” and having a “grand ol’ time” at Walt Disney World. His trip amid the partial government shutdown – which continues to cause turmoil at airports across the country – was reported on by TMZ.

Writer, researcher and columnist John Mac Ghionn issued a dire warning Saturday that the United States was not only inching towards a recession, but one so severe that it may go on to "redefine the word retroactively.”

“A recession is coming – not the manicured kind economists dress up in euphemism, but a real one, the kind that redefines the word retroactively,” Ghionn wrote in an op-ed published Saturday in The Hill.

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday demanded “maximum military restraint” from the US and Israel as it confirmed reports that strikes had targeted a location close to Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, killing at least one person.

In a statement released via social media, the IAEA relayed a message from Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, who expressed “deep concern about the reported incident.”

Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany was forced to admit Saturday that Republicans faced an uphill battle in the upcoming midterm elections, remarks she made as President Donald Trump’s historic unpopularity appears to be hurting GOP candidates at the ballot box, The Hill reported.

“I think there’s a sense he’s doing things,” McEnany said, who previously served as Trump’s White House press secretary during his first administration, according to The Hill.

President Donald Trump warned Iran Saturday that unless it re-opens a critical shipping channel to U.S.-aligned vessels by Monday, “all Hell will reign down on them,” invoking God in his explosive threat and disturbing onlookers in the process.

Iran has shut down access to the Strait of Hormuz – a critical shipping channel through which 20% of the world’s oil trade flows – to U.S.-aligned vessels in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks, sending oil prices soaring and rattling global stability.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) revealed Saturday that, after a discussion with President Donald Trump, he was “completely convinced” of what the president’s next move may be regarding the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, and one that could potentially involve a “massive military operation.”

“I just had a great conversation with [Trump]. I totally support his ultimatum to the Iranian regime to open up the Strait of Hormuz and to do a peace deal,” Graham wrote Saturday in a social media post on X. “A massive military operation awaits Iran if they choose poorly.”

The White House’s formal 2027 budget proposal revealed on Friday not only shocked onlookers for its historic cuts to social safety net programs, but presented Republican lawmakers with a “brutal choice” – one that could lead them to either hurt their own constituents, or publicly break with President Donald Trump, Axios reported Saturday.

Trump is proposing a staggering $1.5 trillion in defense spending for fiscal year 2027, plus an additional $200 billion for costs associated with his unpopular war against Iran, marking a 42% increase from the previous year, the largest surge since the Korean War.

President Donald Trump weighed in Saturday on a major error published by The New York Times on Friday, offering advice to the newsroom in a spiteful rant on social media.

In its Friday print edition, the Times ran a headline that mistakenly referred to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, as the “North American Treaty Organization.” The outlet admitted the mistake shortly after the error’s publication.