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A line attorney for the U.S. Justice Department is in hot water, along with his entire office, after a plaintiff representing themselves in North Carolina exposed them for having made-up quotes in court filings.

According to Bloomberg Law, "The US attorney’s office is representing the Defense Department in a lawsuit by a North Carolina pro se litigant challenging a policy limiting availability of GLP-1 weight loss medications for TRICARE for Life participants. The plaintiff asserted that a response brief signed by assistant US attorney Rudy Renfer included fabricated quotes and misstated the holdings of several cases."

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly allowed first lady Melania Trump to use one of the Department of Homeland Security’s luxury jets for what one official described as an “insurance policy” against criticism over taxpayer-funded travel.

As first reported by Axios, Noem and her top adviser Corey Lewandowski – who have faced rumors of a personal relationship – allowed the first lady to use a Boeing jet leased by DHS to protect her from backlash over her use of taxpayer dollars.

A Texas mother and self-described Trump supporter is demanding answers following her son's deadly encounter with immigration agents on South Padre Island nearly a year ago.

Rachel Reyes' 23-year-old son, Ruben Ray Martinez, was shot dead by a U.S. Customs and Enforcement agent a year ago, though the agency's involvement wasn't disclosed until nearly 11 months later. During her first television interview since the tragedy, Reyes told CBS News she remains in the dark about crucial details.

Critics quickly sounded alarms online after a report that President Donald Trump has privately shown interest in sending U.S. ground troops into Iran.

According to an NBC News exclusive, Trump has discussed the idea with aides and Republican officials as part of a broader vision for a post-war Iran in which the country’s uranium would be secured, and the United States could cooperate with a new Iranian government on oil production.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) had nothing but scorn for the Justice Department on MS NOW's "The Weeknight" on Friday, after they finally were pressured into releasing the FBI interviews of a woman who claimed, albeit with no evidence, that President Donald Trump sexually abused her when she was a teenager.

"Congressman, it's good to have you back with us," said anchor Michael Steele. "Two-part question for you. The first part: Are you really buying the line that's coming out that, 'Oh, I'm sorry, this was a review error'. It's like, 'Oh, I'm sorry, we moved the decimal point one too far, one place too far in your bank account,' right? And so it's now all zeroed out. No, no, no process tells us this is what you should have done. Process tells us because we have paper from the courts that says this is what you should do. And from the Congress it says what you should do. So don't come up with the error."

In yet another blow to House Republicans on Friday, Axios reports that one more member is throwing in the towel for re-election.

Specifically, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who has emphatically maintained until now that he is in fact running for re-election, is expected to end that bid, according to multiple sources.

A Spanish-speaking reporter who has been critical of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was snatched during a routine traffic stop by that same agency by agents who didn't have a warrant, according to reports.

Estefany Rodriguez Florez, a Nashville Noticias journalist who'd been producing stories critical of ICE, was surrounded by multiple vehicles and hauled off while sitting in a marked news vehicle with her husband.

The Trump administration’s head of vaccines will leave the U.S. Food and Drug Administration next month following a tenure marked by several high-profile controversies.

Dr. Vinay Prasad, who leads the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, will depart at the end of April, the Wall Street Journal first reported Friday.

As early as last March, White House officials were investigating whether now-dismissed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's top aide and suspected lover Corey Lewandowski was improperly steering department contracts to enrich himself and his friends, reported the conservative National Review on Friday.

"In March 2025, just a few weeks into Noem’s tenure, a White House official called a DHS staffer to ask whether he had heard that Lewandowski was using his influence within the agency to steer lucrative contracts to political allies and whether he had any evidence that would substantiate the charge, the DHS official who took the call told National Review," said the report. "White House officials, lawmakers, and government contractors told NR that they have long suspected that Lewandowski and his political allies inside and outside of DHS are financially profiting from DHS contracts and multiple offices and committees on Capitol Hill are actively investigating the matter."

The Republican Jewish Coalition is blasting MAGA-aligned Texas congressional candidate Brandon Herrera after resurfaced podcast comments in which he discussed owning a copy of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto "Mein Kampf."

Herrera, a gun rights YouTuber who is now the de facto Republican nominee in Texas’ 23rd congressional district, made the remarks during a 2024 appearance on the “Unsubscribe Podcast” – after his first failed run for the same House seat, according to Jewish Insider.

An agitated President Donald Trump lashed out at two reporters during his White House “Saving College Sports” roundtable, complaining that the journalists failed to stay on topic.

The roundtable was focused on the future of college athletics, especially NIL, athlete compensation, and possible federal legislation. As Trump took questions, he seethed at reporters who failed to ask him about his plans.

Trump administration prosecutors in Miami are hunting for a pretext to charge government officials in Cuba with U.S. crimes, reported MS NOW's Carol Leonnig and Jake Traylor — a development that comes shortly after Trump suggested that there could soon be leadership changes in the Communist nation.

This working group has sparked fear among experts, as such an operation would be a "dramatic" breach of federal prosecution standards.