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As state, local and federal officials continue to come up empty-handed as they try to find out what happened to Nancy Guthrie, the elderly mother of television personality Savannah Guthrie, a local Democratic lawmaker pounced on YouTubers and influencers who have flooded the community trying to make names for themselves.

In a post on X and an appearance on CNN, State Rep. Alma Hernandez (D-Tucson) lashed out and claimed outsiders pretending to be journalists are making the jobs of investigators more difficult as they spread rumors and provide uninformed speculation about what appears to be a kidnapping.

President Donald Trump vowed to bomb "the dust" remaining at Iran's nuclear sites if he attacks the country again.

During a Friday gaggle, one reporter pointed out that Trump had previously claimed the nuclear sites had been "obliterated" before threatening another strike.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) asserted that former President Barack Obama was "created" and not an "organic" person.

During an interview with Burchett on Friday, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson suggested that Obama was implicated in covering up the crimes of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) faced backlash after suggesting people did not care "who owns Greenland."

"So here's what I tell my European friends," Graham told Politico on Friday. "Greenland is behind us, but the goal is to get outcomes. Who gives a s--- who owns Greenland? I don't."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declared that President Donald Trump's anti-immigration crackdown in Minnesota was a "resounding success" despite the deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

During a Friday interview on Fox News, Leavitt slammed Democrats for a partial government shutdown after the administration refused to meet demands to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that he did not fear COVID-19 because he "used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."

During an interview on Thursday, Kennedy recalled that he had met podcaster Theo Von at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) revealed that President Donald Trump had a habit of interrupting him when he was having sex.

During a Thursday interview with MAGA influencer Benny Johnson, Mullin claimed that Trump only slept five minutes a night.

A partial government shutdown is considered "all but certain" after senators said they were preparing to leave Washington, D.C., for the week.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) confirmed to PBS correspondent Lisa Desjardins that senators were leaving town without passing a funding bill to keep the Department of Homeland Security open. Some agencies, like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), were expected to continue operating because of funds allocated by a Republican tax bill passed in 2025.

Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly fired Gail Slater, the head of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.

In a Thursday post on X, Slater revealed that she was leaving the role "with great sadness and abiding hope."

Reporter Neil McCabe told MAGA influencer Steve Bannon that President Donald Trump could be guilty of "sheer incompetence" after he ordered border czar Tom Homan to end the anti-immigration surge in Minnesota.

"Tom Homan's a good man. And he was put in, obviously, in a tough situation," Bannon said after Homan announced the withdrawal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. "Let's be blunt, this is a color revolution. It's not; these are not like peaceful protesters. That was not their whole focus; their whole focus was to surge in, the Marxist jihadist was to surge in, and to kind of break the spirit of ICE and Customs and Border."

Sen. Josh Hawley exploded with rage at a Senate hearing as he accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of "fraud."

Hawley began his questioning of Ellison on Thursday by asking an obvious question: "Are you the chief law enforcement officer of Minnesota?"

While the FAA blamed Mexican cartel drones after closing the airspace over El Paso, a new report suggests that Department of Defense drones were responsible.

After reopening the airspace on Wednesday, FAA Secretary Sean Duffy pointed to a "cartel drone incursion."

Vice President JD Vance responded to calls for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign by observing that powerful people were guilty of "disgusting behavior" related to their relationships with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

After Lutnick admitted that he dined with Epstein on his island, Vance took a question about the commerce secretary before departing from Azerbaijan on Wednesday.