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Critics couldn't help but mock disgraced former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Friday over his eyebrow-raising new partnership with a pharmacy, in which he hawks an antiparasitic drug popularized by right-wing influencers during the pandemic to "Make America Healthy Again."

Gaetz, a one-time nominee to become Donald Trump's attorney general, resigned from Congress in November, days ahead of a House Ethics Committee vote on whether to release a damning report into his alleged misconduct.

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection to lead the Internal Revenue Service is the cabinet pick that is so far flying undetected as he coasts toward his looming confirmation battle, according to longtime political observer Eleanor Clift, who blasted the nominee as inexperienced and a danger to the department.

But, as Clift wrote Friday for the Daily Beast, former Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) – a former auctioneer and ardent poker player – is “ready to target enemies and ruin the IRS.”

Reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Mar-a-Lago on Friday to meet with President-elect Donald Trump came as a surprise to one media analyst, who warned the move could set a dangerous precedent for the company.

“I’m shocked by this,” Axios senior media reporter Sara Fischer said during an appearance on CNN Friday night.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" is mulling over a "fresh idea" to help enforce the nation's immigration laws — creating a hotline that would allow Americans to report undocumented immigrants who they believe have committed crimes.

Tom Homan, acting director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, during Trump's first term, made the comments Thursday to NBC News.

The mayor of Los Angeles is denying a Friday night “exclusive” report that she fired the city’s fire chief at a closed-door meeting earlier in the day.

The pushback from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass came after a Daily Mail article hit Friday evening, quoting an anonymous source, claimed that the meeting resulted in the city's Fire Chief Kristin Crowley being dismissed.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has issued an advisory linking the consumption of alcohol to cancer, and is recommending that risk be added to warning labels on liquor sold in the United States — but it's getting some sharp pushback from a bipartisan group in Congress, NOTUS reported on Friday.

Many of those lawmakers are members of the so-called Congressional Wine Caucus, a group founded by vineyard owners that advocates for the interests of the wine industry.

Add sign language to the growing list of right-wing culture attacks sprouting up among conservative voices as Donald Trump's inauguration fast approaches.

Critics began to pounce after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk during his Wednesday podcast called for the elimination of sign language interpreters as emergency officials in California delivered remarks on the ongoing wildfire disaster.

President-elect Donald Trump's former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen laid into his former boss on MSNBC's "All In" Friday for his ongoing complaints about being held accountable in the Manhattan hush payment trial, where this week he was formally sentenced to unconditional discharge.

Cohen, who now routinely speaks out against Trump's conduct and fitness for office, had a direct role in facilitating the payments at issue in the case, and served time in prison after pleading guilty to his involvement.

An environmental consultant who once dubbed President-elect Donald Trump an "environmental hero" has been tapped to join his administration.

"I am pleased to announce that Ed Russo, an Environmental Expert, will lead our Environmental Advisory Task Force, which will advise my Administration on initiatives to create great jobs and protect our natural resources, by following my policy of CLEAN AIR and CLEAN WATER. Together, we will achieve American Energy DOMINANCE, rebuild our Economy, and DRILL, BABY, DRILL," Trump wrote on his Truth Social app.

If Congress doesn't act quickly to end the provisions in President-elect Donald Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it could blow an even bigger hole in the federal budget.

That's according to Politico, which reported that the U.S. Treasury Department just pegged its estimate for the total 10-year cost of extending the tax cuts (which overwhelmingly benefit the richest Americans) at $5.5 trillion. That's a significantly higher number than the $4.6 trillion estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.

The Trump Organization has put in place an ethics policy that will supposedly prevent conflicts of interest when President-elect Donald Trump takes office — but ethics experts aren't buying it, reported The Washington Post.

“The Trump Organization is dedicated to not just meeting but vastly exceeding its legal and ethical obligations during my father’s Presidency,” said Eric Trump, who serves as the business' executive vice president. “As a reflection of this commitment, just like during my father’s first term in office, we have not only implemented a series of robust ethical standards, but also appointed one of the most respected attorneys in the country to guide our company while my father serves to make America great again.”

The president of Panama is reportedly taking into consideration asking the United Nations Security Council to step in if Donald Trump continues his repeated demand that the United States regain control of the Panama Canal.

Trump has still not yet reached Inauguration Day, but his territorial ambitions have already sparked Panamanian President José Mulino to issue his own threat at the incoming American president, Politico reported, citing Panama’s former President Ernesto Balladares.

The Supreme Court is taking up another case that could weaken key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, CNN reported on Friday.

The high court has already heard three major cases that could have effectively destroyed major provisions of the ACA, popularly referred to as Obamacare: one that challenged the authority of Congress to tax nonpurchase of health insurance and compel states to expand Medicaid; one that tried to defund health insurance subsidies from any health care marketplace not managed directly by states; and one that sought to invalidate out the entirety of the ACA in response to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminating the individual mandate. The law has largely survived these challenges, albeit with some alterations.