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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted that the American people would never see the return of $175 billion in tariffs collected by the Trump administration after the Supreme Court struck down the president's ability to impose them.

During an event at the Economic Club of Dallas on Friday, Ray Washburne noted that the administration had collected about $175 billion in tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) before the court ruled it unconstitutional.

President Donald Trump took a shot at two justices he nominated to be on the Supreme Court — Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett — after they ruled that he had illegally imposed massive tariffs.

"Are you surprised in particular by their decision today?" Trump was asked during a White House press conference on Friday.

President Donald Trump blasted members of the Supreme Court who ruled against his ability to impose tariffs in a 6-3 decision.

During a White House news conference on Friday, Trump said he was "ashamed of certain members of the court."

Following a Supreme Court decision on tariffs, Andrew Kolvet, co-host of The Charlie Kirk show, admitted that consumers would get "screwed" because President Donald Trump had no intention of refunding the effective taxes paid due to his illegal policies.

During Friday's edition of The Charlie Kirk Show, Kolvet argued that consumers paid only 20% of the cost of Trump's tariffs, even though The Wall Street Journal found it was at least 90%.

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon seized on the Supreme Court's decision to strike down President Donald Trump's tariffs to push gold purchases on his "patriot" viewers.

"I can't be more blunt that this is a bombshell," Bannon announced on Friday after the court's ruling. "So this is a stunning blow."

Matthew Alvarez, a host on the conservative RSBN network, was at a loss for words after President Donald Trump ordered the media out of a White House event with governors.

"Thank you very much," Trump said after stepping to the podium at the breakfast event with governors on Friday. "And I guess we're going to be asking the press to leave. That way, we're going to talk very candidly and take questions, I think, at the end. Was it supposed to be? I just said to Susie [Wiles], what about questions?"

President Donald Trump claimed that former President Barack Obama might be in "trouble" after he suggested that there could be extraterrestrial life in the universe.

During a Thursday gaggle on Air Force One, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump about Obama's remarks.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr joked that Stephen Colbert had been prevented from airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, because "these are MAGA airwaves now."

During a Thursday interview on the Charlie Kirk Show, co-host Andrew Kolvet asked Carr why CBS had prevented Colbert from airing the Talarico interview.

A supporter of President Donald Trump with a documented history of making violent racist threats against Democrats, a federal judge, and the Texas Capitol has gone on the run after failing to report to prison in Florida.

According to CBS News, federal officials lost track of Abigail Shry after she pleaded guilty last November to threatening U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan. The threat came hours after the judge was assigned to oversee Trump's federal election interference case.

Documents released by the Department of Justice showed the inner workings of how one close ally of President Donald Trump planned to help rehabilitate the image of Jeffrey Epstein after he was convicted of sex crimes.

The recently released documents showed how MAGA influencer Steve Bannon's relationship grew closer with Epstein up until just days before he was arrested again for sex trafficking.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested Tuesday that Laura Loomer was President Donald Trump's "side piece" because she had not been named an official adviser or been given a permanent White House press pass.

Earlier this week, Greene lashed out after Loomer said she expected "Marjorie Traitor Greene" to attack the president throughout the midterms.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt struggled to keep a straight face while insisting that information she delivered from the podium was "obviously true because I'm saying it."

During Wednesday's White House briefing, Michael Graham noted that Americans in New England were paying "the highest prices for natural gas to heat their home."

Donald Trump Jr. defended his family after they were accused of corruption over a secret deal in which the UAE invested millions in a crypto venture in apparent exchange for clearance to purchase powerful AI chips that could end up in the hands of China.

During an interview on Wednesday, CNBC's Sara Eisen asked Donald Trump Jr. and his brother, Eric Trump, about the World Financial Liberty deal with the UAE. Critics have called the deal a "blatant, disgraceful conflict of interest and a possible violation of the Constitution's Federal Emoluments Clause."