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An "American Army girl" posting thirst trap images of herself visiting the White House, meeting with President Donald Trump, and mediating various international conflicts turns out to be an AI-generated fake that exists to lure MAGA supporters to an OnlyFans account for foot fetishists, The Daily Beast reported on Thursday.

"The account, 'jessicaa.foster,' has amassed 1 million followers on Instagram, funneling massive engagement from fake photos with President Donald Trump and MAGA-friendly captions to an OnlyFans account selling photos of feet, Fast Company and Marca have discovered," said the report. "While the Instagram photos appear hyper-realistic, aside from incorrect American flags and bizarre U.S. Army casual wear, there are several telltale signs that Jessica is very much not real."

New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg went to a Florida gubernatorial campaign rally expecting fringe politics, but found something far more disturbing: standing-room-only crowds of young men, some still in high school, cheering antisemitic provocations and wearing the caps of a self-described Nazi sympathizer's movement.

The candidate is James Fishback, a 31-year-old longshot running for governor, whose rallies have attracted dubious figures, including white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Goldberg set off a warning flare in her Thursday column.

The gunman who allegedly attacked Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday has been connected to support for the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz first reported that Mohamed Jalloh was likely responsible for two people being injured at Old Dominion. The gunman later died.

Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) is taking heat from a member of his own party after saying in an interview that poor people are not skilled at "navigating the real world" because they're too dependent on handouts.

"People living in poverty are just not very experienced at navigating the real world, right?" said Husted, a former secretary of state and lieutenant governor appointed to the Senate seat vacated by now-Vice President JD Vance. "I remember talking to one young lady who said, 'Well, I don't really know how money works at a grocery store,' because she grew up and has lived all of her adult life using SNAP cards to buy groceries. You literally have to teach people how to budget."

A group of more than 120 Democrats in the US House on Thursday pressed Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether American forces used artificial intelligence in the deadly bombing of an elementary school in southern Iran.

“What is the role of artificial intelligence, if any, in selecting targets, assessing intelligence, and making legal determinations during Operation Epic Fury?” the Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), asked in a letter to Hegseth. “If AI is used, is it subject to human review and at what point? Was artificial intelligence, including the use of the Maven Smart System, used to identify the Shajareh Tayyebeh school as a target? If so, did a human verify the accuracy of this target?”

A former senior career Justice Department official has accused the Trump administration of illegally dismantling the agency's only office dedicated to preventing hate crimes and community violence, then lying about it to a federal judge.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, fired off a scathing letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, demanding answers after Democrats received the explosive protected disclosure about the DOJ's gutting of its Community Relations Service.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) faces a brutal confirmation gauntlet next Wednesday, with the DHS leadership position he's pursuing now looking far less appealing than his secure Senate seat.

According to Politico, Mullin is inheriting an agency in full crisis mode. The DHS shutdown has entered its 27th day with no resolution in sight. The chaos is cascading across federal operations: Denver International Airport, one of America's busiest hubs, is now begging passengers to donate grocery and gas gift cards to TSA employees who have been working without pay for nearly a month.

But the TSA crisis pales compared to the "firestorm" Mullin will be forced to navigate with immigration enforcement roiling the MAGA movement, according to Politico's reporting.

The deportation agenda is fracturing the MAGA coalition. A newly formed pressure group of Trump allies and immigration hawks is seething over the White House's decision to refocus enforcement on violent criminals—a strategic pivot that has infuriated hardliners demanding broad-based mass deportations.

If Mullin is confirmed, he'll be thrust into the center of this ideological warfare within Trump's own movement. He must manage a crippled agency while simultaneously navigating demands from competing factions: those pushing for aggressive, sweeping deportations and those advocating a narrower focus on criminal enforcement.

The Senate hearing next week will likely preview the bruising battles to come.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) speculated that his MAGA Christian followers might "start killing people" after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani practiced his Muslim faith in government offices.

During a Thursday interview with Burchett, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson noted that Mamdani had recently held a religious event in the mayor's office, much like President Donald Trump has done at the White House.