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Indiana Republicans are still hesitant to go along with President Donald Trump’s plan for state lawmakers to redraw their congressional districts following Vice President JD Vance’s “frantic attempt” to drum up support, several insiders revealed to Politico Saturday.

“I don’t feel like it’s a slam dunk yet, but I think we definitely made progress,” said a Republican allied with Trump’s efforts, speaking with Politico about Vance’s recent visit with Indiana state lawmakers on the condition of anonymity. “I think they definitely get that we’re not going away.”

Republican strategist Lance Trover was shut down on CNN’s “Table for Five” Saturday after making the false claim that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents were being “gunned down” on the streets of Chicago, Illinois.

The panel was discussing the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to a Venezuelan opposition leader on Friday despite President Donald Trump’s assertion that he was more deserving of the award when political advisor Jamal Simmons, former communications director for former Vice President Kamala Harris, argued why Trump was undeserving of the prestigious honor.

President Donald Trump shared a video on social media late Friday night depicting himself bragging about his border security policy, and set to an iconic Dr. Dre song featuring Snoop Dogg.

“The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation – ‘we must have legislation to secure the border’ – but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president!” Trump is heard saying in the video, captured during his first address to Congress after taking office for his second term back in March.

As tensions over the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein probe continue to roil Republican House leadership, a group of GOP lawmakers are holding firm in demanding the release of files on the disgraced financier, a push one Democratic lawmaker on Saturday called “the getaway” for a major Republican break from President Donald Trump.

“With the Epstein files, we're talking about a group of Republicans who actually take sexual violence seriously,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) during an appearance Saturday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.”

Florida resident James O’Gara received a surprise visit from law enforcement at his home last week in what First Amendment experts have labeled a clear attempt at intimidation in response to a “pretty innocuous postcard” he had sent a government official.

“The problem is, it ends up being the government threatening a septuagenarian over a pretty innocuous postcard," said Howard Wasserman, a professor at the College of Law at Florida International University, speaking with the Tallahassee Democrat in a report published Friday.

The hosts of MSNBC’s “The Weekend” burst out laughing Saturday after host Jonathan Capehart cheered a far-right GOP lawmaker for breaking with party leadership amid the ongoing government shutdown.

On its 11th day as of Saturday, the government shutdown kicked off after disagreements on health care policy; namely, a debate around whether to fund an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies which, if left unfunded, could result in 4.8 million Americans losing coverage and 22 million having their premiums increase.

The White House is pushing back against residents of Washington, D.C. over a new campaign to mark locations around the city where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had “kidnapped” suspected migrants.

“ICE ABDUCTED SOMEONE HERE,” read one hand-made sign tied to a telephone poll, which also bore the date and time of the suspected arrest, along with contact information for residents to share information on other suspected ICE arrests, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

President Donald Trump's physical results were released on Friday night, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boasting that he is in excellent health and his heart is functionally 14 years younger than his biological age.

But the report also said Trump received a COVID booster vaccine — a detail not lost on people furious at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an infamous anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, who moved to restrict the categories of people for whom COVID vaccines are recommended.

The union representing many employees at CBS News told the workers to ignore an email from new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, warning any reply could lead to their ouster.

Weiss, a conservative, was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News earlier this month following Paramount’s $150 million purchase of The Free Press, a digital outlet she co-founded. The move led to widespread backlash, including from several MAGA influencers.

President Donald Trump's newly released physical results from the White House sing the praises of his health and physical fitness, and claim that he, in fact, has the heart of a man in his mid-60s, rather than late 70s.

"President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center," stated White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in the release. "The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness."

The Trump administration's latest move to re-deport Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has failed once again.

According to Politico, U.S. officials have tried to remove him to Africa, but so far have found no country willing to take him: "A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official testified that efforts to get the African countries of Uganda and Eswatini to accept the high-profile deportee have foundered in recent days. Another potential destination, Ghana, also seemed to fizzle Friday as that country’s foreign minister said unequivocally on X that Ghana would not agree to receive Abrego."

Rock legend Neil Young took a swipe at Amazon this week over its support of President Donald Trump's administration and vowed to yank his music off the e-commerce website.

Young wrote on his website that the "time is here."

Border Patrol agents in Chicago triggered outrage on Friday after they wrestled WGN News video producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and arrested her, for what appeared to be no reason other than filming federal agents carrying out another arrest.

The video, which has made the rounds on social media, including Facebook and X, was met with widespread legal criticism, with some experts pointing out that it appeared to be in direct violation of a court order limiting arrests of nonviolent protesters and reporters, and could lead to a contempt of court finding against agents.