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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.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett was floored Friday night watching MAGA revolt against President Donald Trump, who earned "fierce backlash" after his administration announced the United States approved Qatar's construction of an Air Force facility in Idaho.

Qatar can host F-15 fighter jets under the deal and conduct joint training exercises with American troops.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board shredded President Donald Trump on Friday over his administration's move to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Trump's newly-appointed Eastern Virginia prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, is charging James with bank fraud, over highly partisan allegations by Trump's housing finance chief, Bill Pulte, that James defrauded mortgage lenders by declaring multiple primary residences. James has denied these allegations, and a review of records shows evidence that she, in fact, told her lender that one residence would not be primary. Meanwhile, the case was advanced so abruptly that even Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly wasn't aware it was happening.

Thousands of federal workers were hit by layoffs on Friday as the government shutdown entered its 10th day, according to newly released court filings.

More than 4,100 positions will be axed, the government told a court Friday night, according to The Washington Post. The number comes after White House budget director Russell Vought posted on X earlier in the day, “The RIFs have begun,” using an acronym for reductions in force.

President Donald Trump triggered an online political firestorm Friday afternoon with his remarkable claim that every time he sees Portland, Oregon, it's "burning down."

Trump addressed reporters from the Oval Office with some Cabinet members at his side, including Robert F. Kennedy, the secretary of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills' Democratic campaign for Senate appeared to get off to a rocky start Friday afternoon.

A video dropped on X of Mills' campaign announcement, proclaiming she would be a vote for a Democratic majority, harshly criticizing Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, and asking people to donate to her ActBlue page.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) added her name to Republicans who aren't happy with the move from President Donald Trump's administration to issue mass layoffs to huge swaths of federal workers.

On Friday, Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought announced via social media that "RIFs," or reduction in force, were going out to federal employees across departments. Reporters have now confirmed the layoffs are happening at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, and more, said Government Executive.

The stock markets fell on Friday after President Donald Trump "spooked markets" when he took to Truth Social to threaten more tariffs, according to a report.

The New York Times reported that the S&P 500 fell 2.7%, which is the worst in the past six months. The same thing happened with the Nasdaq Composite, which had the worst tumble since the announcement of the Trump tariffs in April.

President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Friday evening to vent fury over China's trade practices — and announce a retaliatory tariff that markets have feared.

This follows a previous rant earlier in the day on the same topic, as China condemns retaliatory port fees for U.S. ships.

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli might occasionally mention President Donald Trump, but he certainly doesn't have the president doing one of his signature campaign rallies to aid in the campaign.

Ciattarelli might be having a MAGA rally, but the most significant MAGA influencer won't be there, Politico reported Friday.

Longtime GOP strategist Frank Luntz had a harsh warning for Capitol Hill on CNN Friday afternoon as the government shutdown drags on into its second week: don't let the two most electorally important groups become a casualty of the standoff, or they will blitz the ballot box with a vengeance.

There currently appears to be no end in sight to the impasse, with Democrats demanding an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies for millions of people whose premiums are set to go up, and Republicans refusing to discuss the matter until a clean bill is passed reopening federal agencies. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is seizing on the chaos to lay off thousands more federal workers.