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Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy suggested Manhattan's former top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, was a "snake" with questionable morals because she resigned instead of dropping a corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams after President Donald Trump's Justice Department ordered her to.

During a "snake story" Sunday morning on Fox & Friends, co-host Lisa Boothe noted Sassoon refused to drop the charges because she was "confident" Adams had committed crimes.

A former White House reporter on Saturday blasted Donald Trump for a purported "effort to stifle free speech."

Brian J. Karem, who famously asked Trump if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lost the 2020 election, wrote in a piece for Salon over the weekend that the President has pushed the news media "down a slippery slope."

MAGA activists Steve Bannon and Laura Loomer blasted Elon Musk and President Donald Trump for distracting from the budget deficit and national debt by focusing on internet memes instead.

As the House Budget Committee was marking up a budget likely to have few cuts in the next year, Bannon suggested Republicans were more interested in slashing taxes for the rich.

President Donald Trump complained about a "new theory" on magnets in a rant against waste, fraud, and abuse.

During Wednesday's remarks at the White House, Trump was asked how he could be sure Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency was properly cutting spending.

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader pardoned by President Donald Trump, said he was considering a run for Congress.

In an interview with The Miami New Times this week, Tarrio revealed that "a lot" of pardoned Jan. 6 rioters had asked him to run for office.

The Washington Post is being criticized for a recent profile on a conservative lawyer that neglected to mention he supports a 150-year-old abortion ban.

Calling him "a legal renegade," The Post profile on Jonathan Mitchell referred to him as "an originalist of sorts," referring to his belief that the Constitution should be interpreted based on its original meaning. As part of that, Mitchell said he quibbles with the idea that Supreme Court Justices write rulings "for ages," calling the top Court nothing more than a "referee."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the Trump administration retaliated against The Associated Press because the news agency declined to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America despite President Donald Trump's executive order on the body of water.

During Wednesday's White House briefing, CNN's Kaitlan Collins noted that officials refused to allow the AP's reporter to cover an event on Tuesday.

A Fox News segment admitted this week that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi was biased toward his agenda, which was "quite the 180" from Attorney General Merrick Garland under President Joe Biden.

During a Wednesday report, Fox News host Bill Hemmer noted that Trump's attorney, Todd Blanche, had been tapped as the Justice Department's second-highest-ranking official.

So-called Department of Government Efficiency Chair Elon Musk responded to what critics have called a "hostile takeover" of government by saying Americans got "what they voted for."

The billionaire was asked about his agency during Oval Office remarks on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump insisted that the United States would own the Gaza Strip without paying for it.

During a Tuesday Oval Office meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah, Trump was asked where he would find the money to buy Gaza after vowing the U.S. would own it.

MAGA activist Steve Bannon pressed President Donald Trump to have the so-called J6 Choir of formerly imprisoned Jan. 6 rioters perform at the Kennedy Center after the commander-in-chief installed himself as chairman of the performing arts institution.

"That's the high church of the administrative state deep state," Bannon opined during his Monday War Room broadcast. "He's appointed himself chairman. The J6 Choir should come and have it. We should have a special program there."

Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) demanded work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid even though the majority of recipients are children, older adults, or people with disabilities.

During a Monday interview on Fox Business, host Maria Bartiromo asked Harris how Republicans could slash the budget if over 70 percent of spending was mandatory.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) first order of business in a Monday interview was to warn that future Democrats would "wipe out" President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America if Congress did not act quickly.

During an interview on the right-wing Real America's Voice network, Greene was asked about her agenda as chair of the House DOGE subcommittee and Trump's decision to revoke dozens of security clearances.