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Already mired in an unpopular war in the Middle East, buffeted by a struggling job market and a cratering stock market, and facing new questions about his involvement with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump saw fit to use his widely-viewed Truth Social platform on Friday morning to lash out at HBO host Bill Maher.

In the space of approximately 15 minutes, the president authored eight posts, each linking to a report from far-right and television trade websites reporting on his hatred of the late-night host, including calling Maher a “jerk” and a “total waste of time.”

Fox News hosts Lawrence Jones, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade called masculinity into question after President Donald Trump received soccer legend Lionel Messi's pink soccer jersey.

On Friday, the trio of co-hosts reflected on an event Trump had with Messi the day before.

Special government employee Corey Lewandowski is expected to leave the Department of Homeland Security when Secretary Kristi Noem departs later this month.

Sources told Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich that Lewandowski's departure became evident soon after President Donald Trump said he was firing Noem.

Fox News host John Roberts described Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as "rattled" moments after President Donald Trump fired her.

Roberts' network broadcast remarks by Noem as news broke that she would be replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) again insisted that he would refuse to drop out of the race for U.S. Senate after President Donald Trump suggested he would endorse his opponent, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), in retaliation for threatening to disobey the commander-in-chief's demands.

In a post to Truth Social this week, Trump said he would make his endorsement in the Texas Senate race "soon," adding that the candidate whom he did not endorse would be ordered to "immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE!"

President Donald Trump insisted that he be "involved" in picking the next leader of Iran after the United States assassinated Ali Khamenei in Operation Epic Fury.

In an interview with Axios on Thursday, Trump revealed that he would not accept Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the former supreme leader.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones sought to distance himself from President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement over the ongoing military operation against Iran.

During his Wednesday broadcast, Jones criticized Trump for suggesting ground troops could be deployed in Operation Epic Fury.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MA) berated Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for allegedly misusing her department's resources to purchase luxury jets and forcing staff to protect her "special blanket."

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Raskin confronted Noem's controversial management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Trump National Golf Club Westchester was cited by local health officials for "critical" violations, according to recently released records.

NOTUS obtained the November 20, 2025 inspection of President Donald Trump's New York club, where Westchester County Department of Health officials observed insects, rodents, and other violations.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he was "suspicious" that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) might have committed treason by leaking President Donald Trump's plan to strike Iranian leadership, many of whom are now dead.

On Tuesday, Sen. Johnson spoke to MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on a broadcast titled, "Ilhan Omar LEAKED U.S. Military Attack Plans to IRAN — Treason?"

President Donald Trump said he had given an order to cut off "all trade with Spain" after its leaders refused to allow bases in the country for attacks on Iran.

During an event at the White House on Tuesday, the U.S. president was asked which European countries had not been helpful with Operation Epic Fury.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) pushed back on conservative CNBC host Joe Kernen for calling the Constitution's war powers provisions a "moot point" because President Donald Trump had already ordered attacks on Iran without the permission of Congress.

"You must have seen that some of the things that are circulated, how many times President Obama took military action without a declaration," Kernen said in defense of Trump on Tuesday. "But it's almost a moot point. [Trump has] at least has probably 60 days under certain provisions to carry things out."

Charlie Kirk Show hosts Blake Neff and Andrew Kolvet called for journalist Mehdi Hasan, a naturalized U.S. citizen, to be deported because he opposed the Department of Education hanging a banner of Kirk because he called college a "scam."

During a Charlie Kirk show broadcast on Monday, Neff and Kolvet appeared irate about Hasan's opposition to President Donald Trump's Education Department's decision to celebrate Kirk.