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A prominent law firm that struck a deal with President Donald Trump — amid threats from the White House — found itself under fire again Friday, this time from those in the legal world.

Trump on Thursday withdrew an executive order that rescinded security clearances from the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. The move came after Trump met law firm chairman Brad Karp, and they came to an agreement, with Paul, Weiss pledging $40 million worth of pro bono legal services during Trump's presidency, focusing on fighting antisemitism and helping veterans. The firm also agreed to review its hiring practices and eliminate any diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, policies.

A ruling this week that temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personally identifiable information from the Social Security Administration has led to the agency’s acting chief threatening to shut it down, the Washington Post reported Friday.

Acting Social Security commissioner Leland Dudek reacted to the scathing ruling issued yesterday by a federal judge in Maryland by meeting with lawyers from the agency and the Department of Justice following his warning that he could shut down the agency.

A former campaign adviser for Donald Trump melted down on CNN over an explosive report from The New York Times that tech billionaire Elon Musk was to get briefed on possible military plans in the event of a war with China.

The Times lit up social media when it reported Thursday night that Musk, the head of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, was scheduled to receive the classified briefing on Friday. However, Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Pentagon officials strongly refuted the claims.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) got an angry earful from constituents at a "raucous" town hall meeting, reported Iowa Starting Line on Friday — making him the latest in a long line of Republican lawmakers to be put on the defensive about President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the federal government.

“Why do you believe President Trump is above the law … Why have you not spoken out?” one man asked Grassley, according to footage obtained by the outlet. Another said, "It's your job" to audit what the executive branch is doing, and “We are depending on you and the others to help save democracy.”

President Donald Trump’s “American First” policies are fueling a new wave of anti-American sentiment overseas – and that means a boycott of American-made products.

That’s according to a New York Times report out Friday, which added that the “the strongest momentum” behind the boycott of U.S. goods abroad appears to be from countries that have been on the receiving end of Trump’s direct threats, such as Denmark and Canada.

Self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate said on Friday he was returning to Romania, where he is facing rape and human trafficking charges, after a trip to the US.

The British-American figurehead of the online masculinist movement traveled to Florida, together with his brother, last month, marking the first time he had been out of the eastern European country since his 2022 arrest.

Denmark on Friday issued a new travel advisory for the United States that warns transgender and non-binary people to contact the US embassy before departure.

"If you have the gender X in your passport, or if you have changed gender, you are advised to contact the US embassy before you travel for information about what applies to you," the Danish foreign ministry said in a statement to AFP.

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Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing has been awarded the contract for the Air Force's next-generation stealth fighter plane, which the 47th US president said would be named the F-47.

The United States is importing Turkish and South Korean eggs to ease an avian flu-fueled supply crunch that has pushed up prices across the country, Donald Trump's agriculture secretary confirmed Friday.

Brooke Rollins told reporters in Washington that imports from Turkey and South Korea had already begun and that the White House was also in talks with other countries about temporarily importing their eggs.

Back in President Donald Trump's first term, delivery "gig apps" rallied in defense of immigrants who delivered for them — but this time around, they appear content to stay silent over threats to their workforce, Michael Linhorst wrote for The New Republic.

The president is ramping up Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, raids to an extent not seen before and is summarily deporting numerous non-U.S.-born individuals without due process, which has led to dressings down from federal courts. The gig worker economy employs many immigrants, but its companies aren't treating the issue with the same urgency they did eight years ago.

Tensions were high inside a federal court Friday as attorneys for the Department of Justice continued to defend the Trump administration’s failure to comply with a court order to return deportation flights carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members, according to media reports.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg hammered DOJ attorneys at the court hearing Friday afternoon, who continued to insist that the Trump administration had the executive authority to move forward with flights under the Alien Enemies Act, CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane wrote on X.