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BBC blocked from serving papers to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner: report

BBC lawyers were physically blocked by police while attempting to serve subpoenas on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at their Miami residence.

According to Politico, this was part of an escalating legal battle in President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit against the broadcaster.

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GOP scheme to torch Black voting district shot down in red state: report

A federal judge on Friday shot down a Republican effort to eliminate the only Black-majority judicial district in Mississippi, Democracy Docket reported.

In early July, a group of white voters filed a suit that took aim at the sole majority-Black judicial subdistrict in DeSoto County, where Black residents make up more than one-third of the population, according to Democracy Docket. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock, a Bush appointee, ruled that the challenge came too close to the November election.

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Melania Trump clobbered by 'bombshell' threat as Epstein investigators close in: expert

Lawyer and journalist Katie Phang warned that Melania Trump tops the subpoena list for lawmakers planning an Epstein probe.

Phang is leading a lawsuit against Attorney General Todd Blanche to hold the Trump administration accountable for its obligation to release certain Epstein records by law. On a Friday podcast episode she described in the title as a "bombshell," Phang spoke with Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) about his pledge to carry out an investigation of Epstein and uncover more about the deceased sex criminal after the midterms.

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Ivanka served brutal snub at America's most exclusive club — where money can't buy way in

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have all failed to get access to America's "most exclusive" country club in Miami — but they're hatching new schemes to try to get in.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Kushner and Ivanka Trump have spent years trying to break into Indian Creek Country Club, the century-old, ultra-exclusive Miami institution nicknamed the 'Billionaire Bunker' for its 300-acre island of ultrawealthy residents. Despite owning a 1.26-acre property there and getting sponsored for membership by Mary Anne Shula, widow of legendary Dolphins coach Don Shula, only about half the club's board bothered showing up to the couple's own housewarming party — a clear signal they weren't getting in easily.

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Experts extremely alarmed by details regarding Trump's catering container escape

Iran experts expressed extreme alarm Friday.

According to The Wall Street Journal, details emerged about President Donald Trump's emergency escape from a missile threat during a NATO summit in Turkey.

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Ron DeSantis tosses scandal-plagued MAGA lawmaker under the bus as GOP splinter deepens

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis publicly refused to back embattled Rep. Cory Mills' reelection bid Friday, joining a growing list of Republicans abandoning him just days before Tuesday's primary.

According to Politico, when asked point-blank about Mills during a stop at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University near Mills' district, DeSantis didn't hold back: "I have not endorsed Cory Mills and I do not support Cory Mills."

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'Somebody needs to go to jail': Jim Acosta seethes at Kennedy Center development

The latest ploy to force President Donald Trump's name back onto the Kennedy Center has left former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta furious — and calling for people to go to the slammer.

A federal judge previously ordered Trump's name taken off the building because Congress only authorized Kennedy's name. The Kennedy Center board, stacked with Trump's appointees, has now settled on the loophole that it will put up a huge sign crediting Trump with renovating the building, and naming the plaza it sits in after him.

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CNN flags White House's 'remarkable' reaction to Trump's dismissal of suffering sailors

The White House had a "remarkable" response to President Donald Trump's response to sailors suffering on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have been suffering from an ongoing nine-month deployment, which has led to a lack of food and depleted morale. Six sailors are reported to have attempted suicide, and others have jumped ship. Family members of the deployed sailors have attested to the poor conditions, with one slamming Trump.

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'It's just boxes and boxes of McDonald's:' RFK Jr. on Trump's diet aboard Air Force One

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed President Donald Trump's food preferences aboard Air Force One.

According to The Hill, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disclosed that Trump loads the aircraft with McDonald's meals whenever he travels.

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Jake Tapper rolls clip of 'pooh-poohing' Trump tailor-made for Dem attack ad

CNN anchor Jake Tapper highlighted a moment from President Donald Trump's speech on Friday that could serve as an attack ad for Democrats ahead of the midterms.

Trump said he would "never apologize" for higher gas prices even though Americans are struggling to pay for rising costs at the pump during a speech at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, New York. Trump touted his crackdown on crime and the ongoing Iran war at a campaign rally with Republican gubernatorial candidate and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.

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Kash Patel humiliated as message from former Prince Andrew's ex-wife lands in Epstein docs

Newly released FBI emails reveal Sarah Ferguson, the disgraced ex-Duchess of York, tried connecting a British socialite with Kash Patel within weeks of his swearing-in as FBI Director — right as he took charge of reviewing the case files of deceased child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Bloomberg, which sued to force the release of Epstein-related FBI communications, reported that Ferguson relayed a message through a senior diplomat at the U.S. embassy in London in March 2025, asking the diplomat to pass along contact information for Victoria Hervey, a socialite who previously dated her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew.

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Contempt charges sought after Trump DOJ staffer 'stumbles' through Epstein hearing

Attorney General Todd Blanche faces a contempt motion after skipping a federal hearing and instead sending an unprepared DOJ attorney to substitute in his place.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan had directed Blanche to appear Thursday at a status hearing in journalist Katie Phang's lawsuit over the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a 2025 law requiring the Justice Department to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Fretting MAGA rep whines Congress 'should do a little more' for the rich

A Republican lawmaker commented that Congress could make more of an effort to help out wealthy Americans, The Independent reported on Friday.

Trump loyalist Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) was speaking Thursday at a panel in Troy, Michigan, with other leaders when he made the remark, according to The Independent. The conversation turned to the president's Big, Beautiful Bill and the needs of "the average guy," when Grothman changed the direction.

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