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Trump's Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, drew ridicule Friday when he promised America's growth rate would reach 6 percent under President Donald Trump's leadership.

Lutnick spoke at the Semafor World Economy Summit during a live session in which he acknowledged Trump's war in Iran created "fear and uncertainty." Despite stark warnings of economic catastrophe from chaos surrounding the Strait of Hormuz and Trump's tariffs, Lutnick maintained America's Golden Age is right around the corner.

The new boss of CBS who claimed he was too swamped to face Congress was caught red-handed making time for something far more to his liking — a private dinner with the president whose goodwill he has chased.

Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison, who seized control of CBS last summer, ducked a Senate appearance Wednesday by citing a death in the family. Twenty-four hours later, he took the stage in front of a roomful of movie industry insiders at CinemaCon, the Daily Beast noted Friday.

A Phoenix-area high school pulled the plug on a planned on-campus appearance by Erika Kirk after a wave of student and parent complaints forced administrators to reconsider hosting the Turning Point USA chief during school hours, according to a new report.

Pinnacle High School principal Jeremy Richards sent families a notice Thursday announcing the event would be relocated off school grounds and pushed to after the final bell, saying the visit had the potential to create serious problems for the school day, The Daily Beast reported Friday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) starts off from an enviably strong position for an incumbent senator seeking re-election — and the smart money is on him sailing through the process with no difficulty. But there is one possible chink in his armor, Kathleen Parker wrote for The Washington Post: his rabid support for the Iran war.

"Graham had some opposition in the Republican primary, slated for June 9, that appeared promising to those who would prefer a new face. One was former lieutenant governor André Bauer, who withdrew last August," wrote Parker. "The other, Paul Dans, an architect of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 whom Tucker Carlson endorsed, also pulled out recently. The remaining GOP candidates — in addition to ones in the Democratic primary — probably don’t justify the time it would take to learn their names."

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon was mocked after people questioned an apparent stain or shadow on his pants in a viral video clip.

During his appearance at a Semafor conference earlier this week, Bannon's green pants appeared to be stained. Some speculated that the dark area on his trousers might be urine. It couldn't immediately be determined what caused the apparent stain or shadow.

Israel was issued a fierce demand Friday morning by President Donald Trump that they cease striking Lebanon, but according to reports, it appears to have dismissed Trump’s orders “a number” of times within a matter of hours, resulting in at least one death.

The ongoing two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was brokered on the condition – according to Tehran – that Israel halt its siege on Lebanon, which Israel invaded last month and has struck repeatedly, displacing more than 1 million people – including 350,000 children – and killing more than 2,000.

A coalition of business groups, restaurateurs, and lawmakers in Texas has been formed to push back against the anti-immigrant policies of Donald Trump’s administration as sales collapse and companies struggle to find employees.

According to a report from the New York Times, there is tension in the deeply conservative state, as the economic impact on restaurants, in particular, is no longer tenable, with owners considering closing up shop.

President Donald Trump and his family say they are in talks with the Internal Revenue Service, which he oversees, to settle a $10 billion lawsuit without going to trial.

After taking office in 2025, Trump filed a lawsuit claiming that an IRS contractor had leaked his tax information. Most modern presidents have released their tax returns to the public, but Trump repeatedly declined to do so.

An 85-year-old French woman detained by U.S. immigration officials for 16 days has returned to her native country, whose government alleges violent misconduct in the case.

Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé arrived Friday at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, where she was greeted by her three adult children still wearing detention center clothing, and French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated "there were acts of violence" in the case that concerned government authorities, reported the New York Times.

A brass-instrument factory in Eastlake, Ohio, is closing by the end of June, eliminating 150 jobs and shifting production to China — exposing a gap between President Donald Trump's "America First" manufacturing promises and the business decisions of his political allies.

Conn Selmer, the country's largest band-instrument maker, announced it will move production of tubas, sousaphones and some French horns overseas to China despite the public statements by billionaire plant owner John Paulson, who raised about $50.5 million for Trump's 2024 campaign and publicly committed to protecting U.S. manufacturing, reported Reuters.