The Senate has passed a last-minute deal to limit a government shutdown to just the weekend.

The vote on Friday comes after Senate Democrats and Republicans struck a deal to pass a funding package to fund most of the government with a decisive 71-29 vote. The deal included a two-week Band-Aid to fund the Department of Homeland Security as the two parties dig in on overhauling U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement amid nationwide protests to the agency's brutal tactics.

Most federal agencies will stay funded through September, but Democrats refused to give DHS a full-year allocation. Their demand comes after high-profile killings of American citizens in Minneapolis by immigration agents, sparking fierce calls for ICE and Customs and Border Protection reforms.

The House will vote on the package Monday, meaning a brief weekend shutdown kicks off Saturday for multiple agencies, including Defense, State, and Treasury.

Democrats plan to use the two weeks to push ICE, including body cameras and warrant requirements. Republican skeptics like Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) predicted talks would have "all of the substance and efficiency of an eighth-grade car wash."

“My prediction is that the next two weeks, with respect to the discussions about the so-called reforms of ICE, will have all of the substance and efficiency of an eighth-grade car wash,” Kennedy told reporters during the votes Friday. “I’m not going to vote for a bunch of so-called reforms that are designed to cripple ICE, nor do I think my Republican colleagues will. And I hope I’m wrong on this prediction, but what I smell coming is a long, long shutdown for DHS.”

Melania Trump once again found herself on the receiving end of ridicule this week, this time as her name appeared in the Justice Department's latest tranche of millions of emails in the Jeffrey Epstein case, the same weekend her documentary was released.

The Friday document dump showed the first lady was in communication with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of Epstein.

An email sent by then Melania Knauss to Maxwell in 2002, who was at the time President Donald Trump's girlfriend, commended a New York magazine article about Epstein.

“Dear G! How are you?” Melania's email said, according to The Daily Beast. “Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great in the picture.”

At the time, the couple was photographed with Maxwell and Epstein. The email has appeared to be the first written communication between Melania and Maxwell, The Beast reported.

The timing of the email revelation with the brutal release of her eponymous documentary led to widespread mockery on social media.

Walter Hickey‪, executive editor at Sherwood News, simply reacted on Bluesky, "oh my god," after reading Melania Trump's email.

Constitutional law professor Anthony Michael Kreis chided, "‬Will this be in the documentary?"

Former Washington Post columnist Philip Bump‪ remarked, "This marketing campaign is really pulling out all the stops."

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin‪, founder of The Gaia Leadership Project and The Ripple Effect Institute, wrote on Bluesky, "Oh look, it's Melania emailing Ghislaine, praising a profile of Jeffrey Epstein, and signed Love, Melania."

Comedian Brent Terhune‪ jabbed on Bluesky, "Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie."

The Tennessee Holler‪ noted on Bluesky, "Melania & Ghilaisne appear to have been on shorthand name basis— Melania: 'G!' Ghislaine: 'Sweet Pea.'"

Much of Trumpworld is celebrating the federal indictment of journalist Don Lemon for being present at the protest that disrupted a church service in Minnesota — but conservative Washington Examiner contributor Brad Polumbo struck a much more cautious tone on the issue on the right-wing Newsmax channel.

In particular, Polumbo wasn't quite ready to agree with his fellow guest, who proclaimed Lemon had committed "crime after crime" and the feds should "throw the book at him."

"There's nuance here, and we don't have the full details because we don't actually know the charges," said Polumbo, who has often called out the Trump administration's more fringe claims and moves. "So I'm reserving final judgement based on what do the prosecutors actually have."

"I'll say this: I was fully supportive of prosecuting the activists who actually shut down the church service, they have no right to do that, that is potentially a serious federal crime," said Polumbo. "But the Don Lemon situation is more complicated. I mean sure, he trespassed, but that's not a federal offense. He went there and stood on the sidelines during the disruption, he didn't actively participate, and then he filmed and recorded it, and whatever you think of it, it was certainly a newsworthy event."

"So prosecuting journalists is a dangerous game to play absent extraordinary evidence of criminal wrongdoing," Polumbo continued. "We haven't seen that to date, that's why even some Republican-appointed judges weren't comfortable issuing an arrest warrant and said there wasn't probable cause. They did apparently get this grand jury indictment. Maybe the feds have something up their sleeves."

"So I'll withhold final judgment, but I hope that they have serious, serious hardcore proof of criminal wrongdoing, not just that he went there and filmed and asked people questions, because that is not a crime in the United States of America," he concluded.