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Senate Democrats signaled opposition to a House Republican continuing resolution aimed at ending the partial government shutdown Friday.

The Republican-controlled Senate earlier approved a bipartisan bill funding most Department of Homeland Security operations while excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but House GOP leadership rejected it as "garbage" and refused a vote.

President Donald Trump praised himself for constructing a $400 million ballroom while addressing farmers affected by his tariff policies at a White House event Friday.

Trump told the gathered farmers he had "given" them $12 billion in aid to offset tariff fallout, then shifted focus to admire the ballroom under construction.

The Department of Justice confirmed that Iran-backed hackers from the Handala Hack Team successfully breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, publishing stolen photographs and his purported resume online.

The group declared Patel would "now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims."

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, that Trump administration officials fear potential prosecution and indictment if Democrats win the 2028 election.

"Everybody's afraid that the next administration, if we don't win, we're going to all be investigated and indicted," said Blanche, citing what happened to Trump associates during the previous administration.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel issued a scathing 69-page preliminary injunction against ICE's detention practices at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota, ordering restoration of detainees' access to attorneys, phone calls, and legal materials.

Brasel severely criticized ICE's legal team for submitting a brief containing fabricated case citations.

White House Communications Director Steve Cheung lashed out at biographer Michael Wolff after the Daily Beast published accounts of President Donald Trump's closest associates privately questioning the president's intellectual capabilities.

Wolff recounted conversations with Sam Nunberg, Trump's longtime confidant known as the "Trump whisperer," in which Nunberg called Trump "an idiot."

The Senate advanced a major spending bill directing tens of billions of dollars to the Department of Homeland Security at 3 a.m. Friday, with only five senators present, sparking criticism on social media.

The bill would fund most DHS operations, excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, moving lawmakers closer to ending airport disruptions caused by the funding lapse.

French Senator Claude Malhuret, described by the New York Times as "Trump's European nemesis," delivered a scathing indictment of President Donald Trump's second-term administration on Wednesday.

Malhuret criticized Trump's cabinet appointments, characterizing them as unqualified and serving personal interests.

President Donald Trump faced online backlash after attacking California Gov. Gavin Newsom for disclosing he has dyslexia.

Trump stated he didn't want "a person with mental disability" or "a stupid person being president," characterizing dyslexia as a mental disability. Social media commenters immediately criticized the remarks, noting dyslexia is a learning disorder, not a mental disability, and questioned Trump's authority to judge intelligence given public concerns about his own cognitive abilities.

White House staffers forced to walk back denials after Bill Maher was confirmed to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center, according to Politico reporting.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt initially claimed the award announcement was "fake news," with communications representative Steven Cheung calling reports "literally FAKE NEWS" on social media as well.

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) called Wednesday for Sen. Lindsey Graham's Oval Office credentials to be revoked, citing his outsized influence on President Donald Trump's military decisions.

Graham, who previously called Trump a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot," has become a close presidential advisor during Trump's second term and a key architect of the Iran war strategy.

The Trump administration announced Monday it will pay French energy firm TotalEnergies $928 million to cancel offshore wind farm leases off the New York and North Carolina coasts.

TotalEnergies will reinvest the reimbursement into oil and gas projects, including a liquefied natural gas export facility in Texas.

Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor warned that President Donald Trump's mental state is worse than publicly acknowledged, arguing the real concern isn't Trump's individual stability but whether his administration can contain his destructive outbursts.

Taylor recounted a 2018 incident where Trump veered into tangents about helicopter maintenance during a Category 5 hurricane discussion, arguing that helicopters had too many parts.