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A Trump Truth Store based on Truth Social in Crystal Lake, Illinois, closed after sales plummeted amid the unpopular Iran war, as reported by The Chicago Tribune.

Owner Lisa Fleischmann announced the closure on Facebook March 26, writing, "I am not even making ½ of my rent."

Retired General Barry McCaffrey expressed serious concern about President Donald Trump's Easter Sunday post threatening Iran, suggesting Trump requires medical evaluation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Trump's posted, "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day...There will be nothing like it!!!" Ending it with, "you'll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."

Voting rights lawyer, Marc Elias, warned that Vice President JD Vance's planned trip to Hungary reveals the Trump administration's authoritarian intentions ahead of midterm elections.

Vance will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and discuss the U.S. and Hungary "partnership" just before Hungary's elections through April 7-8, as reported by Fox News.

Republican governors and senators are increasingly opposing Department of Homeland Security, DHS, plans to retrofit warehouses into massive immigrant detention facilities, allying with Democrats to block the expansion.

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte joined local Democrats to oppose a planned detention center and exposed DHS's nationwide warehouse conversion strategy. Republican Senators Marsha Blackburn and Roger Wicker successfully lobbied DHS to relocate proposed mega-facilities from Lebanon, Tennessee and Byhalia, Mississippi, citing infrastructure inadequacy.

Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi rejected President Donald Trump's repeated claims that gas prices will fall "rapidly" when the Iran war comes to an end. Instead Zandi warned pre-war prices may never return.

"I don't think we're going back to the pre-war prices for the foreseeable future," explained Zandi, adding, "Certainly won't be this year, won't even be next year, might not be ever."

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine intervened, preventing President Donald Trump from publicly disclosing classified information about troop numbers deployed in a successful rescue mission of two U.S. airmen shot down over Iran on Friday.

During a press conference, Trump admitted some military advisers opposed the operation, then described the mission's scale, and discussing helicopter casualties.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned that President Donald Trump might deploy nuclear weapons against Iran, characterizing him as a "dementia risk."

Jones stated that in his 32 years on air, he has never seen such danger, describing Trump as having "become a nightmare."

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital after falling ill during a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia, according to CNN on Fridauy.

The 76-year-old justice was evaluated and treated for dehydration before returning home that same evening.

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon characterized downed pilots as an expected consequence of military operations, after reports emerged of a crashed F-15 during the Iran war.

Bannon noted CENTCOM had flown approximately 12,000 sorties, stating, "These things are going to happen. You're going to get some people shot down. That's just the reality."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, four-star General David Hodne, and Major General William Green Jr. without explanation, shocking senior military officials.

Analysts suggest the purge target allies of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who opposed Hegseth's demands to remove Black officers and women from promotion lists while advancing white male officers.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson clashed over a DHS funding compromise, exposing deep rifts within Republican leadership.

Thune negotiated a Senate deal to fund most of DHS while deferring contentious provisions, but Johnson rejected it after President Donald Trump's support wavered.

The Republican Party is losing patience with President Donald Trump over his frequent Cabinet dismissals, political analyst Chris Stirewalt wrote for The Hill.

Trump recently fired both his Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, causing concern among GOP leaders facing potential losses of both the House and Senate in midterm elections.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) warned newly elevated Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that he has 30 days to release remaining Epstein files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act before facing criminal liability.

Blanche, President Donald Trump's former lawyer in classified documents cases, replaced fired Attorney General Pam Bondi.