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President Donald Trump's planned celebration of the nation's 250th birthday was dealt a crippling blow as the headliner of a planned concert became the latest to pull out.

Country star Martina McBride scrapped plans to lead the Great American State Fair, claiming she agreed to perform without knowing the MAGA links to the massive event in Washington, D.C.

The Justice Department, or DOJ, is intensifying efforts to identify anonymous social media users who have criticized immigration enforcement policies.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Washington is issuing grand jury subpoenas to Reddit and X demanding names, addresses, and banking information, according to reports by Bloomberg. The subpoenas target at least two anonymous posters who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, operations.

President Donald Trump's latest midterm gaffe was his most revealing yet, and it signaled that we are headed for a "very messy moment," according to one of his biographers.

Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, discussed the president's recent comments about the approaching midterm elections during this week's cabinet meeting on a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast he co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast. During the meeting, Trump told a reporter that he "doesn't care about the midterms," and that his primary goal is to ensure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon.

Ryan Fournier, co-founder and chairman of Students for Trump, was arrested early Tuesday in Washington D.C. on domestic violence charges, marking his second assault accusation in less than two years.

The Metropolitan Police Department charged Fournier with simple assault and attempted threats to do bodily harm, following an incident Monday night at the Apartments at CityCenter.

A legal expert was stunned on Thursday after a federal judge tried to save President Donald Trump's Department of Justice from legal peril in a case involving transgender children.

Liz Dye, a legal commentator, discussed the Trump DOJ's scheme to get medical records of transgender youths from a hospital in Rhode Island on a new episode of the "LegalEagle" podcast. Recently, a federal judge in Rhode Island accused lawyers from the Trump DOJ of making several misrepresentations to the court, which Dye said is an "extraordinary thing for a federal judge to say about a lawyer from the Justice Department." Those misstatements put the entire trial in jeopardy, Dye added.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reiterated Thursday his threat to withdraw Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, agents from airports in sanctuary cities that restrict local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

When asked if this would halt international flights to major hubs like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, Mullin said the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, wouldn't halt flights but "won't be able to process them because we won't have officers there."

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) lashed out at her Democratic opponent Graham Platner's military service, in a video posted Thursday night by the right-wing Maine Wire — in particular responding to Platner's remarks that she "sent him" to Iraq.

"First of all, he not only enlisted twice after the war was started, but he also went to work for a security company, a controversial one named Blackwater, after his term of service was over," said Collins, during a campaign stop at a fire station in Auburn. "So I respect anyone who steps forward to serve their country, but the fact is that it was Platner's decision to serve. He was not drafted."

The Department of Justice's, or DOJ, decision to investigate writer E. Jean Carroll, who successfully proved President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, has drawn criticism from DOJ insiders and legal experts.

Reporter Ken Dilanian characterized the potential perjury case as "the latest example of Donald Trump's Justice Department retribution campaign" targeting political enemies. He noted the pattern of criminal investigations against Trump's adversaries is unprecedented and deeply concerning within the DOJ.

Fox News personality Jesse Watters on Thursday treated the viewers to a lengthy rant about Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, mocking him as part of a coordinated GOP messaging strategy to make him look effeminate.

"I have questions that I'd like local reporters to ask Low-T Talafreako," said Watters, who has a long and controversial history of offensive remarks on air. "Does James Talarico even own a gun? Is James Talarico a Cowboys fan, a Houston Texans fan? Does he know the Spurs are playing tonight? Has Talarico ever been to a football game or is he more of a World Cup guy? Does Talarico own a truck? Does he believe in premarital sex? Does Talarico wear women’s underwear?"