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The gunman who allegedly attacked Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday has been connected to support for the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz first reported that Mohamed Jalloh was likely responsible for two people being injured at Old Dominion. The gunman later died.

Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) is taking heat from a member of his own party after saying in an interview that poor people are not skilled at "navigating the real world" because they're too dependent on handouts.

"People living in poverty are just not very experienced at navigating the real world, right?" said Husted, a former secretary of state and lieutenant governor appointed to the Senate seat vacated by now-Vice President JD Vance. "I remember talking to one young lady who said, 'Well, I don't really know how money works at a grocery store,' because she grew up and has lived all of her adult life using SNAP cards to buy groceries. You literally have to teach people how to budget."

A former senior career Justice Department official has accused the Trump administration of illegally dismantling the agency's only office dedicated to preventing hate crimes and community violence, then lying about it to a federal judge.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, fired off a scathing letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, demanding answers after Democrats received the explosive protected disclosure about the DOJ's gutting of its Community Relations Service.

An Ohio school board member stepped down just weeks into his tenure after his social media posts praising Hitler and denying the Holocaust were publicly revealed.

Dan Smith stepped down from the Little Miami School District Board of Education on Wednesday after the posts came to light not long after he was sworn in, reported WVXU-FM.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) faces a brutal confirmation gauntlet next Wednesday, with the DHS leadership position he's pursuing now looking far less appealing than his secure Senate seat.

According to Politico, Mullin is inheriting an agency in full crisis mode. The DHS shutdown has entered its 27th day with no resolution in sight. The chaos is cascading across federal operations: Denver International Airport, one of America's busiest hubs, is now begging passengers to donate grocery and gas gift cards to TSA employees who have been working without pay for nearly a month.

But the TSA crisis pales compared to the "firestorm" Mullin will be forced to navigate with immigration enforcement roiling the MAGA movement, according to Politico's reporting.

The deportation agenda is fracturing the MAGA coalition. A newly formed pressure group of Trump allies and immigration hawks is seething over the White House's decision to refocus enforcement on violent criminals—a strategic pivot that has infuriated hardliners demanding broad-based mass deportations.

If Mullin is confirmed, he'll be thrust into the center of this ideological warfare within Trump's own movement. He must manage a crippled agency while simultaneously navigating demands from competing factions: those pushing for aggressive, sweeping deportations and those advocating a narrower focus on criminal enforcement.

The Senate hearing next week will likely preview the bruising battles to come.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) speculated that his MAGA Christian followers might "start killing people" after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani practiced his Muslim faith in government offices.

During a Thursday interview with Burchett, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson noted that Mamdani had recently held a religious event in the mayor's office, much like President Donald Trump has done at the White House.

One of the younger voters who helped propel President Donald Trump to a second term in the White House expressed regret for his choice.

The 79-year-old president received 39 percent of the vote share among 18-29-year-olds – including 54 percent from young men – but one of those voters published a column for the Cincinnati Enquirer lamenting that Trump has not carried through on his campaign promises.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has a clear legal path to reopen the Epstein investigation that was abruptly shuttered in 2019, an expert reported Thursday.

It could bypass federal obstruction and potentially secure criminal accountability for co-conspirators that Attorney General Pam Bondi's Justice Department has allowed to escape prosecution.

According to a Just Security column by NYU Law Professor Ryan D. Goodman, nothing prevents New York state authorities from resuming where they left off five days after Epstein's arrest in July 2019, when FBI officials ordered them to "stand down."

Survivor testimony — contained in FBI interviews and civil lawsuits including victim Virginia Giuffre's complaint — establishes that Manhattan was a hub of abuse, with multiple men allegedly sexually assaulting girls and young women exploited within Epstein's operation.

Goodman noted that federal obstruction likely hampered state investigation efforts. "New York's law enforcement authorities also have plenty of leads that have been left unexplored in their own backyard," he wrote. The NYPD apparently never seriously pursued Epstein and his network until the Miami Herald's November 2018 revelations forced their hand.

The Manhattan DA previously investigated financier Leon Black and Barclays CEO Jes Staley, according to DOJ files released this year. Neither faced charges despite the office's inquiry.

New York represents the most promising avenue for accountability. New York state law — including sexual assault charges against minors — carries no statute of limitations. Combined with newly released DOJ files, Epstein Estate emails, additional victims coming forward, and investigative journalists uncovering fresh leads, Bragg has substantial justification to pursue criminal investigations of potential co-conspirators, Goodman wrote.

While Governor Kathy Hochul could designate Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor, or the legislature could establish an investigatory commission, Goodman suggested Bragg's office represents the path of least resistance for reviving accountability efforts that federal authorities refuse to follow.

A Democratic senator called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over the bombing of an elementary school in Iran that killed scores of children.

An ongoing military investigation has determined that U.S. forces fired a Tomahawk missile on Feb. 28 that struck Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, killing 175 people, most of them children, based on faulty coordinates, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said the secretary of defense should take responsibility for the error and step down.