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President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl, calling him a “third-rate news anchor” and urging supporters not to buy his new book.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Karl had produced “another made up book” before going on to slam fellow ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos.

A “wild card” contender has emerged as MAGA allies push for a new attorney general following the ouster this week of Pam Bondi.

As loyalists jockey to replace Bondi, some in President Donald Trump’s orbit are rallying behind Harmeet Dhillon, an ultra-conservative lawyer and current Justice Department official.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was spotted vacationing in Alabama as the government shutdown continues, according to photos obtained by TMZ.

The Louisiana Republican, the second-highest ranking member of the House behind Speaker Mike Johnson, was seen near Orange Beach during the current congressional recess.

A Republican state delegate in Maryland is being threatened with an expulsion resolution by a fellow Republican colleague, after repeatedly refusing to perform the basic duties of office.

According to The Baltimore Banner, "Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat, a Republican representing parts of Carroll and Frederick counties, has abandoned most of his duties in recent weeks, and several of his colleagues urged him to resign. But Bouchat refused. Then on Friday, Del. Lauren Arikan introduced a resolution to expel Bouchat from the 141-member House of Delegates."

President Donald Trump is weighing additional cabinet changes following the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi – but has also signaled reassurance to at least one official who has long been rumored to be on the chopping block.

According to new reporting from the Washington Post, Trump has discussed further shakeups with advisers, while seeking to avoid what one source described as a “massive shakeup” of his administration.

MAGA fans unleashed a torrent of backlash Friday night when firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shared a photo of herself catching Opening Day at Coors Field with Democratic Gov. Jared Polis.

Both Polis and Boebert shared a photo of themselves at the game decked out in purple, white and black Rockies attire.

The New York Post reported a startling possible explanation for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's spree of firing top Pentagon leadership this week: he's trying to get his potential replacements fired before he himself can be.

Specifically, said the report, Hegseth fears the possibility President Donald Trump could replace him with Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll — and has accordingly been firing people around Driscoll, with possible designs on removing Driscoll himself.

A bipartisan duo of senators fired off a furious letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, demanding to know how a delegation of Russian lawmakers was allowed to visit Capitol Hill and tour it with members of Congress.

The letter, sent by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), flagged the serious national security concerns at stake, noting that all the visitors from the Russian Duma who held meetings with members of Congress and the executive branch, are subject to U.S. sanctions.

Confusion is swirling at a small Virginia church after it appeared on the cover of Vice President JD Vance’s new memoir – despite members saying he’s never set foot inside.

Members of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church say Vance has never visited, and they have no known connection to him, according to the Washington Post.

Donald Trump fired his attorney general Thursday, but one analyst said Friday the most significant purge happening inside his administration isn't in the Cabinet, it's at the Pentagon.

While the media focused on Pam Bondi's ouster, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quietly fired three generals the same day, including General Randy George, the Army's top-ranking commander, National Affairs Correspondent Jeet Heer wrote for The Nation. Military.com called it "one of the most significant wartime leadership shakeups during active U.S. combat operations in recent years."

As President Donald Trump’s Pentagon pushed Congress to approve $1.5 trillion in new military funding, including $200 billion for the US-Israeli war on Iran, congressional Democrats found that the working Americans whose taxes would fund those appropriations have spent $8.4 billion that otherwise could have gone to groceries, childcare, and other essentials—all at the gas pump.

Democratic members of the Joint Economic Committee released a report Thursday—two days after average gas prices in the US reached $4 per gallon, the highest in nearly four years—showing that those higher prices have forced Americans to pay 35% more on gas than they did a month ago, before Trump joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in attacking Iran.

Online betting site Polymarket came under fire Friday for allowing users to gamble on the date that U.S. pilots downed over Iran would be rescued or recovered — and, faced with criticism, pulled this option from their platform.

The bet, which stated "U.S. confirms pilots rescued by...?" and allowed people to buy yes or no for April 3 or 4, was flagged by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), himself a Marine combat veteran.