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News Center Maine reporter Phil Hirschkorn called out Vice President JD Vance after he claimed the state was the third-worst in the country for fraud.

Following a speech on fraud in Bangor, Hirschkorn directly asked the vice president about some of his claims.

Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) seemed to shock CNN host John Berman by insisting President Donald Trump had "control over the Strait of Hormuz" — despite it being closed.

During a Thursday interview, Berman asked Alford to explain why Trump said he didn't think about Americans' financial situation, "not even a little bit," when it came to the war in Iran.

Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, a former radio host, revealed that President Donald Trump left orders for Vice President JD Vance in case he is assassinated in China.

As Trump was visiting China this week, Pod Force One host Miranda Devine asked Gorka what would happen if the country's leaders "take him out" during the trip.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced backlash after claiming the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down the parts of the Voting Rights Act that protected districts with Black U.S. representatives.

During a Wednesday interview with Fox News, host Brian Kilmeade asked Johnson how much easier it would be to retain the House majority without majority-Black districts.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) found herself denying that President Donald Trump meant what he said when he claimed he didn't think about Americans' financial situation.

"When you're negotiating with Iran, Mr. President, to what extent are American financial situations motivating you to make a deal?" the president was asked during a press event on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump attacked reporters as "dumb" and "stupid" during a rant about the ballroom he wants to build at the White House.

During a press gaggle outside the White House on Tuesday, Trump insisted that his ballroom project was under budget, even as Republicans in Congress sought to allocate $1 billion to help fund its construction after the president said it would be paid for with $400 million in donations.

CBS News chief Bari Weiss has intensified her contentious overhaul of "60 Minutes," directly inserting herself into high-profile booking decisions and pushing aside longtime correspondent Lesley Stahl — a move that has sparked internal hostility and raised questions about whether the legendary outlet is being dismantled from within.

According to media watchdog Status, Stahl had been pursuing an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for months. However, Weiss personally stepped in and handed the interview to Major Garrett — a CBS News correspondent who does not work for "60 Minutes" and whose only dedicated platform is on the network's little-watched streaming service.

"But behind the scenes, Status has learned that famed '60 Minutes' correspondent Lesley Stahl had also been gunning for the interview but was upstaged by CBS News boss Bari Weiss, who booked Netanyahu herself and handed the interview to Garrett," Oliver Darcy of Status is reporting. "The move sparked hostility and amplified the already strained relationship between Weiss and the reporting team at the iconic newsmagazine."

The report notes that a CBS News spokesperson did not dispute the reporting but defended the decision, telling Status: "It's the editor in chief's job to make decisions about bookings and interviews. Major is a world-class journalist and did a tough, fair, and newsmaking interview."

Weiss' intervention into booking decisions extends beyond the Netanyahu interview. In March, she personally booked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for a CBS News interview and assigned it to Garrett, directing it to air on "60 Minutes" — highly unusual for a program that typically reserves major interviews for its own correspondents.

Internal sentiment at "60 Minutes" reflects deep frustration, the report states. When correspondents learned Netanyahu had agreed to appear on the program but the assignment went to Garrett instead of Stahl, tensions escalated rapidly. The feeling inside was that Netanyahu had effectively circumvented Stahl and the "60 Minutes" team — with Weiss facilitating the end-run by providing an interviewer he apparently found more agreeable.

According to Darcy, the decisions reveal how Weiss fundamentally views "60 Minutes": not as an autonomous program with its own traditions and correspondent hierarchy, but as a high-profile platform for CBS News' broader reporting portfolio and does not subscribe to the idea that "60 Minutes" must maintain rigid internal traditions and is expected to dismantle many of them.

Darcy observed that the approach risks undermining the program's identity. "60 Minutes" has maintained its stature and ratings dominance for decades precisely because of institutional traditions and correspondent prestige.

A MAGA host who was secretly funded by Russia recently argued that influencers should not be able to receive foreign money without registering as a lobbyist.

During an interview on Monday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) told host Benny Johnson about his legislation that would ban dual citizens from serving in Congress.

The White House social media team lashed out at a Reuters correspondent who shared a photo of President Donald Trump with his eyes closed.

Following a White House event on Monday, Reuters correspondent Idrees Ali posted a photo in which the president appeared to be resting his eyes.

The pro-MAGA Real America's Voice network celebrated women for Mother's Day by calling for male "providers" and "protectors."

During a Monday segment about Mother's Day, host Gina Loudon spoke to Kimberly Fletcher, CEO of Moms for America, a conservative organization.

White House adviser Stephen Miller's romantic history at Duke University tells a starkly different story than the one he promotes today as a hardline immigration hawk.

During his time as a political science student, Miller reportedly dated an attractive light-skinned conservative Latina woman, though according to accounts from their dormmates, the relationship was notably one-sided.

The Washington Post, already buffeted by a massive exodus of subscribers dating back to when Jeff Bezos pulled the plug on a 2024 endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to be president, attempted to stop the bleeding with a YouTube podcast that has failed miserably, according to media watchdog Status.

On Sunday night, Natalie Korach of Status reported that the struggling Post, which has undergone massive turnover due to departures by top reporters and columnists, followed by substantial layoffs, went to the expense of creating a podcast studio for members of the remaining editorial board to broadcast their takes on the topics of the day.