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A bleak report released Friday showed the U.S. economy under the Trump administration grew by less than 1% last fall, a “big downgrade” from economists’ earlier projections and a troubling sign for the months ahead, NBC News reported.

From October to late December last year – 2025’s fourth quarter – the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 0.7%, exactly half of what the federal government had first estimated, and far below economists’ expectations. For comparison, the third quarter of 2025 saw 4.4% GDP growth, and the second quarter, 3.8%.

Pro-MAGA morning show host Gina Loudon suggested President Donald Trump was using the Iran war to distract from the Epstein files.

During a Friday conversation on Real America's Voice, co-host Terrance Bates followed up Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's briefing by arguing the U.S. was in a "holy war."

The Pentagon confirmed that all six crew members aboard a KC-135 refueling aircraft were killed when it went down on Thursday in Western Iraq.

In a press release on Thursday, CENTCOM admitted that it was aware of the loss of the aircraft and insisted that it did not go down "due to hostile fire or friendly fire."

A global finance insider warned the Trump administration against making risky moves to bring down oil prices in response to Iran's threats to the global supply chain.

Terry Duffy, chief executive of CME Group, which operates the exchange where U.S. oil futures are traded, told other industry insiders this week at a conference that the administration risked a "biblical disaster" if officials attempted intervene in the derivatives markets during President Donald Trump's war with Iran, reported Financial Times.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a blistering attack on the press Friday during a Pentagon briefing, attacking multiple outlets for their coverage of the ongoing Iran war – though one remark in particular left onlookers stunned for being unusually candid.

Hegseth, a former Fox News contributor, took aim at several outlets during the briefing for news headlines that he argued painted a distorted picture of the Trump administration’s ongoing military operations against Iran.

Two hosts on MS NOW called out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth immediately after he fled the stage following a Pentagon press conference that “Morning Joe” host Jonathan Lemire called “hysterical."

With the manic Hegseth repeatedly bashing the press, singling out CNN in particular, and dictating headlines he feels that should use to describe the unpopular war in Iran, Lemire and co-host Willie Geist both suggested that Donald Trump’s Pentagon head is feeling the pressure of a war gone wrong.

CNN's John Berman reacted to Friday morning's press briefing by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine on the war in Iran.

The defense secretary complained about media coverage of the war and offered suggestions for framing stories that he based on his previous career as a Fox News host, and he specifically targeted CNN for reporting that the Trump administration had underestimated Iran's capacity to shut down shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth snapped at a reporter Friday for asking whether Iran has placed mines in a crucial sea shipping route, attacking the journalist over what he said was their "reckless" and “wild” reporting.

“Has Iran placed any mines since the war started?” a reporter can be heard asking Hegseth during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. “Is Iran placing new mines?”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth interrupted his Pentagon press briefing on Friday morning to bash the press, taking particular aim at CNN and urging an ownership change.

After opening by complaining the press was not willing to “admit” the success of his Iran war planning, he later added, “They see headlines. I used to be in that business, and I know that everything is written intentionally. For example, a banner or a headline ‘Mideast War Intensifies,' splashing on the screen the last couple of days, alongside visuals of civilian or energy targets that Iran has hit. Because that's what they do.”