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Fox Business host grills labor secretary: 'It doesn't look good for the Trump economy'

Fox Business host Stuart Varney pressed Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer on a poor jobs report that "doesn't look good for the Trump economy."

Before Varney's interview with Chavez-DeRemer on Friday, Fox Business correspondent Connor Hansen noted that the economy lost 92,000 jobs in February instead of the expected gain of 59,000.

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Federal judges reject Trump immigration hearings as 'predetermined' detention schemes

Federal judges across the U.S. are increasingly concluding that immigration bond hearings ordered by courts are fundamentally flawed and predetermined to result in detention, prompting some jurists to bypass the hearings entirely.

Judges have been finding that immigration judges working for the Trump administration are conducting proceedings designed to produce predetermined findings of "danger to the community" or "flight risk," according to court documents reviewed by Politico.

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Trump goes on multi-post rampage targeting HBO's Bill Maher

Already mired in an unpopular war in the Middle East, buffeted by a struggling job market and a cratering stock market, and facing new questions about his involvement with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump saw fit to use his widely-viewed Truth Social platform on Friday morning to lash out at HBO host Bill Maher.

In the space of approximately 15 minutes, the president authored eight posts, each linking to a report from far-right and television trade websites reporting on his hatred of the late-night host, including calling Maher a “jerk” and a “total waste of time.”

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Trump signals new war is coming as he brings it up to CNN reporter 'without being asked'

President Donald Trump changed the topic from his war in Iran to preview a possible invasion of another country during a phone call with CNN's Dana Bash.

The broadcaster phoned in to her colleagues on "CNN News Central" moments after hanging up with the 79-year-old president Friday morning to give an overview of their call, and she said Trump seems to be considering additional military conflicts.

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'Shocked' Fox News hosts debate 'masculinity' after Trump is given pink soccer jersey

Fox News hosts Lawrence Jones, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade called masculinity into question after President Donald Trump received soccer legend Lionel Messi's pink soccer jersey.

On Friday, the trio of co-hosts reflected on an event Trump had with Messi the day before.

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'Economic earthquake' batters Trump in new brutal jobs report: MS NOW

The Donald Trump administration suffered a fresh embarrassment on Friday morning with the new jobs report revealing what was supposed to show a substantial job increase and instead revealed the country lost jobs.

With the country reeling from newly increased fuel prices since the president launched a war on Iran, creating chaos in the Middle East, the administration had been looking for some good news which failed to materialize.

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Trump's oil issue fix overlooks one crucial problem in Iran conflict: analysis

A proposed plan to escort oil tankers out of the Strait of Hormuz has been dismissed by a freight analyst as an unrealistic solution.

Matt Smith, an oil analyst at Kpler, estimates that 400 tankers are stuck in the Gulf due to the war with Iran. The president ordered strikes against Iran last weekend, with over 500 civilians killed in the bombing campaign. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was also killed in the strikes earlier this week, the White House confirmed.

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'Hothead' GOP senator replacing Kristi Noem dragged on CNN: 'Do you know how sad that is?'

President Donald Trump finally fired his long-embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and panelists on "CNN This Morning" chewed over his nominee to replace her.

The 79-year-old president tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), who is probably best known for challenging Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to a fight during a Senate hearing, to lead DHS after firing Noem, and the panelists argued over the Oklahoma Republican's qualifications for the cabinet role.

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Trump says Iran war will continue until nation gives its 'unconditional surrender'

Early Friday morning Donald Trump set aside the turmoil he created by firing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and the release of a new damning Jeffrey Epstein files on Thursday to menace Iran with a demand for “unconditional surrender!”

On Truth Social, the president is now using ‘MIGA,” (Make Iran Great Again) as he directed the US military to ramp up military assaults, leaving death and rubble behind.

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GOP 'anxiety' escalates over White House's 'unserious' Iran moves: analysis

A lack of a clear excuse or explanation from the White House on the Iran war has stirred anxiety within the Republican Party, an analyst has claimed.

Some members of the GOP, now gearing up for the midterms, find themselves taking a stance against the war with Iran, and therefore Donald Trump and his administration. Some Republican representatives previously aired their difficulty in being anti-War and pro-Trump, but for the bulk of the party, it seems looming elections are a cause for concern.

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'Another knot for Trump' as new polling shows 'peril' for president: report

Americans have serious doubts about President Donald Trump's war against Iran, according to the latest polling.

The 79-year-old president's decision to join Israel in a military campaign against the Middle Eastern power lacks public support less than a week into what his administration calls Operation Epic Fury, reported The Hill.

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Jim Jordan signs off on criminal referral for key Jan. 6 witness against Trump

House Republicans have formally asked for criminal charges against a key witness against President Donald Trump in the congressional Jan. 6 probe.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) made a criminal referral of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to the Department of Justice accusing her of lying to Congress when she testified that Trump was aware of the potential of violence on Jan. 6, 2021, after summoning his supporters to Washington, D.C., and continued riling them up with claims of election fraud, sources told CNN.

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Trump just plunged world into 'worst-case scenario': Nobel Prize-winning economist

The war in Iran is the worst-case scenario for the entire world, according to a Nobel Prize winner, highlighting a worrying economic development.

Paul Krugman believes the strikes carried out by Donald Trump's administration on the Middle Eastern country will have consequences the world over. Not only will the bombing, which has killed 500 civilians as well as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, strain relations with the West and Middle East, but the rising energy price is looming and may cause real trouble in the long-term.

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