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President Donald Trump demanded Friday that Israel stop attacking Lebanon amid the fragile U.S. and Iran ceasefire, an announcement that surprised critics and prompted international security expert Robert Pape to describe it as a major turning point in U.S. global power.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that Israel is "PROHIBITED" from bombing Lebanon, apparently to appease Iran's ceasefire demands.

In Texas, a new coalition of business groups, restaurants, and lawmakers opposes the Trump administration's immigration policies because of its economic strain on restaurants, as reported by The New York Times.

The Texas Restaurant Association reports 50 percent of restaurants were unprofitable last year, up from 38 percent in 2024.

President Donald Trump and his sons are negotiating with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a $10 billion lawsuit without trial, according to a motion filed Friday with IRS consent.

Trump filed the lawsuit after taking office, claiming an IRS contractor leaked his tax information. Unlike most modern presidents, Trump has repeatedly refused to release his tax returns publicly.

Unnamed Republican sources told Salon columnist Brian Karem that President Donald Trump would likely be impeached, convicted, and removed from office if a secret ballot vote were taken today.

Sources with ties to Sen. John Thune's office acknowledged such a vote is not currently viable but did not rule out a future possibility.

Trump administration officials are increasingly employing religious symbolism to justify the Iran war and other unpopular policies, according to New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman.

President Donald Trump posted an image depicting himself as a Christlike healer, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has framed the conflict in explicitly religious terms and quoted Bible verses during press updates, though one quote was actually dialogue from a Quentin Tarantino film.

Former Palm Beach County state attorney Dave Aronberg told "Morning Joe" hosts that Department of Justice investigators pursuing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's election theft conspiracy theories in Florida will face embarrassment.

Aronberg argued Gabbard's push to criminally charge a whistleblower lacks merit and any DOJ prosecution would quickly collapse.

President Donald Trump attacked architectural historian Alison K. Hoagland after U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon blocked above-ground construction on Trump's planned White House ballroom.

Judge Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issued an opinion and order Thursday blocking government officials from proceeding with the ballroom's above-ground portions.

President Donald Trump traveled to Las Vegas to promote his "no tax on tips" policy and discuss its impact on voters.

During his speech promoting his "One Big, Beautiful Bill," Trump became confused by the phrase "corner stores," questioning what the term meant. "Corner stores? What the hell is a corner store?" Trump said, adding "I know what a corner store is, but I've never heard it referred to that way."

Twenty Republican lawmakers joined Democrats early Friday morning to block President Donald Trump's push for a longer extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, defying the president's explicit call for GOP support, as reported by the Associated Press.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, permits national intelligence agencies to surveil overseas communications without a warrant, including those of Americans.

Gathered near the White House with reporters on Thursday, President Donald Trump casually dismissed survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, referring to them as "victims or whatever."

When asked whether he supports a public hearing for additional Epstein survivors, Trump said he was open to it, "I think we've had a lot of, a couple of hearings. I'm ok with it.'

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon again blocked the majority of construction on President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom in a 10-page opinion issued Thursday.

Leon rejected Trump's argument that a national security exception does not permit the entire project to proceed.

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman reviewed more than 2,000 videos from the Jeffrey Epstein files released by President Donald Trump's Department of Justice and described them as painting a "clear picture" of a "creepy guy."

During a segment on CNN's "The Source," Foreman raised questions about why so many people in Epstein's inner circle associated with him. The videos show the disgraced financier discussing mundane matters like landscaping his properties, as well as footage from a documentary that Steve Bannon was making about Epstein.

MAGA hardliners in the Trump White House are privately worried about potential imprisonment and doubt that presidential pardons will protect them, according to administration insiders who spoke with Zeteo.

Officials including Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth fear the 2026 midterms could result in impeachment proceedings.