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President Donald Trump kept up his pressure campaign on Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell as rumors swirl about his possible ouster.

The president hailed May's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showing that his tariffs had not increased inflation quite as much as investors had feared, rising only 0.1 percent for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.4 percent.

A new lawsuit claims Elon Musk illegally bribed voters by giving out cash prizes in Wisconsin, according to a Washington Post report.

The suit, which was brought on by a Wisconsin nonprofit organization, “claims that Musk, his America PAC and a Musk-linked entity known as United States of America Inc. violated the state’s election law,” politics breaking news reporter Maegan Vazquez wrote.

U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke, a Democrat from New York, said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's moves to send in National Guard troops and Marines in response to protests in Los Angeles rise to the level of impeachable offenses.

Protests began on Friday to oppose federal immigration raids on workplaces.

Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly declined to say what President Donald Trump's threshold was for invoking the Insurrection Act in California.

At a press gaggle on Wednesday, a reporter asked Bondi what events would force the president to use his powers to deploy troops under the 1807 law.

President Donald Trump crossed a line this week that should never be crossed in a functioning democracy, according to one of his most outspoken critics, and his MAGA allies want him to obliterate that boundary.

The president ordered active-duty U.S. Marines to deploy with National Guard troops against Americans on U.S. soil as they protest his administration's crackdown against immigrants, and former Republican strategist Rick Wilson warned on his Substack page that Trump and his supporters are eager for violent retribution.

California Governor Gavin Newsom may have caught President Donald Trump’s ire over his handling of the Los Angeles protests. But Newsom has also caught the attention of Americans, according to CNN’s Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten.

“If Gavin Newsom wanted to take on Donald Trump and loves the attention, he has 100% gotten it,” Enten said. “Take a look here, Google searches of Gavin Newsom with Donald Trump – get this up 9,700% versus a week ago."

Elon Musk said he “regrets some” of the posts he made about President Donald Trump at 3amET. Despite it being very early Wednesday morning X users from all sides of the political aisle took notice and slammed Tesla’s CEO.

The internet activist group “Anonymous” posted on X, "@elonmusk @realDonaldTrump Bro showing how he's getting cucked in real time on Twitter lol” followed by a laugh emoji.

President Donald Trump announced plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after this year's hurricane season, leaving emergency managers around the country baffled.

The president told reporters Tuesday at the White House that he intended to shift responsibility for disaster response to the "state level," saying governors "should be able to handle it," and if not, "then maybe they shouldn’t be governor," while also saying the federal government would start distributing less aid for recovery – and what funding was provided would come directly from the president's office, reported CNN.

Reacting to a half-hearted middle-of-the-night apology from Elon Musk to Donald Trump, a former Republican House member claimed on MSNBC that it probably won't mean he will be accepted back in the White House.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," ex-Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) told the hosts that Musk had already worn out his welcome at the White House and little the billionaire can say now will change that fact.

Trump has revealed his own weakness, according to political commentator Greg Sargent. In his latest column for the New Republic, the columnist railed against Trump’s firestorm of Truth Social posts and comments against California Governor Gavin Newsom, saying they have “backfired.”

“With President Donald Trump sending more troops into Los Angeles amid protests there, a remarkable image has gone viral on social media,” Sargent said. “It shows members of the National Guard crowded into a sterile-looking office, sleeping on a hard floor, in evident discomfort, all dressed in full military gear.”

Donald Trump on Wednesday made a major global trade announcement.

The president in the middle of the week took to his own social media site, Truth Social, to announce an update on the American tariff negotiations with China.

CNN's Erica Hill needled tech mogul Elon Musk's late-night about-face in his feud against President Donald Trump.

The president and his billionaire benefactor publicly split last week after Musk lambasted the so-called "big beautiful bill" as a "disgusting abomination," and the break-up quickly escalated into a bitter war of words on social media that Musk now regrets.