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David Rothkopf, a columnist with The Daily Beast, floated a new theory about why first lady Melania Trump gave seemingly unprompted remarks about her relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday afternoon.

Trump held a press conference where she declared that the "lies" about her relationship with Epstein "need to stop." Her comments came at a time when the Trump administration is trying to navigate a wave of criticism over its handling of the war in Iran.

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is barely doing the job President Donald Trump demoted her to, reported the Daily Mail on Thursday.

Noem was effectively fired from the Cabinet after months of bad press from immigration enforcement raids, and a disastrous congressional hearing in which she blamed Trump for a $200 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign that used her likeness. Trump moved her into the role of Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas, a minimally important State Department role.

The White House quietly warned its own staff not to use insider knowledge to place bets on prediction markets, according to a new report.

Just hours after President Donald Trump announced a sudden pause of strikes against Iran on March 23, the White House Management Office fired off a staff-wide email warning employees against leveraging their positions for well-timed bets in futures markets, the Wall Street Journal reported. The warning came after more than $760 million worth of oil futures contracts changed hands in less than two minutes, about 15 minutes before Trump announced the policy shift on Truth Social.

President Donald Trump accused Iran of subverting the two-week ceasefire agreement he announced on Tuesday.

In a new Truth Social post, Trump said Iran is doing a "very poor job" of allowing oil to travel through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that accounts for 20% of the global energy trade. One of the conditions of the ceasefire was that Iran would let ships through the Strait of Hormuz to ease the recent spike in energy prices resulting from the war.

A federal judge smacked down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new attempt to write rules for Pentagon correspondents, concluding that the department has once again infringed on the First Amendment.

The issue stems from a controversial policy issued by the Pentagon that requires reporters to commit not to publish anything leaked in violation of department policy as a condition of obtaining credentials. This rule caused every mainstream news outlet, and even most right-wing news outlets, to pull out of the press pool, leaving just a group of far-right bloggers and MAGA activists.

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice was mocked by political analysts and observers on Thursday for its "insane" attempt to get back at a "special club" that rejected the president years ago.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's DOJ has launched an antitrust investigation into the NFL for allegedly harming consumers by allowing games to be streamed on platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. Trump tried several times unsuccessfully to purchase an NFL team between the 1980s and 2010s. His bid to purchase the Baltimore Colts before the team relocated to Indianapolis was rejected by the team's late owner, Jim Irsay. In 2014, banks refused to lend Trump money in his quest to purchase the Buffalo Bills, according to reports.

A magistrate judge has ordered federal prosecutors to turn over records about Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross, the man who killed Renee Good during a confrontation in Minneapolis.

This move is part of an unrelated case involving Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, who was charged with dragging Ross with his car after a confrontation in which Ross broke the man's car window and fired his Taser.

President Donald Trump howled at the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board on Thursday after they published an editorial calling his declared victory in the war on Iran "premature."

On Wednesday, the editorial board warned Trump that it was "too early" to declare victory in the conflict, considering that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Iran continues to attack U.S. allies in the region. Trump responded in a fiery Truth Social post, saying the editors will "eat their words."

President Donald Trump raged on Thursday at reports that Iran is charging tolls to ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump's comments came at a time when Iran and the U.S. have agreed to a two-week ceasefire as they discuss ending the war. Multiple outlets have reported that one of the 10 points in Iran's proposed deal is the ability to charge up to $2 million per ship in tolls to fund its rebuilding efforts.

Podcaster Joe Rogan sounded off against President Donald Trump's war in Iran on Thursday during a new episode of his popular show, "The Joe Rogan Experience."

Rogan and his guest, comedian Duncan Trussell, sharply criticized the war in Iran during the episode. At one point, Trussell said he felt "stupid" for believing Trump when he claimed that he would not start any new wars during the 2024 campaign. He described the war as the "same old bulls---" that MAGA voters have grown tired of, and supported Trump because he seemed to represent the opposite.