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President Donald Trump made a stark admission on Thursday about potential retaliatory strikes by Iran, according to a report.

Time Magazine reported on Thursday that Trump admitted Americans should be worried about Iran striking the U.S. His comments come a few days after U.S. and Israeli troops coordinated strikes across more than 100 sites in Iran, which killed several top military and political leaders in the country.

A superior court judge in Indiana has blocked the state's near-total abortion ban from being enforced — because it isn't an absolute ban.

The case, resting on a novel legal theory, was brought in Marion Superior Court by the American Civil Liberties Union, seeking a religious exception from the abortion ban under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which would effectively allow those who disagree with the law to not follow it.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), a longtime Trump supporter first elected to the Senate in 2015, withdrew his re-election paperwork on Wednesday in an abrupt announcement. His decision came after University of Montana President Seth Bodnar announced an independent Senate bid backed by former Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. Daines endorsed U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme as his successor, who filed for office minutes before Daines' retirement announcement. Trump praised Daines as "exceptional" and threw his complete endorsement behind Alme, calling him Trump 45 and Trump 47's U.S. Attorney. Trump stated that Alme's "highest level of aptitude and talent" persuaded Daines to step aside. CNN's Manu Raju characterized Daines' exit as "abrupt," signaling another GOP lawmaker abandoning his seat amid challenging electoral dynamics in Montana.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's latest "quiet death" strike may amount to a war crime, according to one analysis.

This week, it was revealed that the U.S. torpedoed an Iranian warship called the "IRIS Dena" off the coast of Sri Lanka while it was returning home from planned military exercises with India. The torpedo killed more than 80 Iranian soldiers. It was the first time in 80 years that the U.S. had sunk an enemy warship in international waters, according to reports, and sparked outrage from Iranian officials like foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, who described it as an "atrocity."

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement mocked the president on Thursday after he edited one of his latest Truth Social rants.

On Thursday morning, Trump posted five policy items included in the SAVE America Act on Truth Social, which include major changes to the election system and culture war issues like prohibiting transgender athletes from competing against their female athletes and prohibiting "transgender mutilation surgery" for children "without the expressed written consent of the parents."

An infamous former Republican state lawmaker recently appointed to the North Carolina State Board of Elections is resigning, after it emerged he violated state law to contribute money to political candidates while serving in that role.

According to The Assembly, Robert Rucho "donated to two county sheriffs" since joining NCBSE last year. According to public records, "Rucho wrote a $259 check to Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell in October and a $1,000 check to Catawba County Sheriff Don Brown in January. Brown has since returned the contribution. Both Campbell and Brown are up for reelection this year."

The Wall Street Journal editorial board lauded the dismissal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after a year of chaos and controversy at the department, grateful she is "finally" gone, and urged a "reboot" of the Trump administration's deportation policies.

"The Department of Homeland Security currently is operating in shutdown mode, without funding," wrote the board, referencing the standoff as Democrats demand reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "Ms. Noem’s testimony before the Senate on Tuesday could have been a chance to put Democrats on the spot for refusing to fund DHS at a time of heightened threats, as Mr. Trump bombards the terrorist regime in Iran. Instead the headlines were about Ms. Noem’s floundering, including under hard questions from Republican Senators."

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Thursday after an investigation determined that the U.S. was likely responsible for a Feb. 28 strike on a girls' school in Iran that killed 175 civilians, many of whom were children.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that the strike on the girls' school in Minab was "severely damaged" around the same time that U.S. forces were conducting an attack against an "adjacent naval base operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps." The Times added that "official statements ... suggest they were most likely to have carried out the strike."

President Donald Trump's justification for the Iran war, that Iranian missiles posed an imminent threat to America, was contradicted by MS NOW's Jackie Alemany on Thursday morning. During a White House medal ceremony on Monday, Trump claimed Iran "would soon have had missiles capable of reaching our beautiful America." However, Alemany reported that a White House source revealed Trump had been eager to strike Iran for at least a month and a half, dating back to conversations at Mar-a-Lago. Alemany characterized the war as driven by personal motivation rather than substantive national security concerns, describing it as Trump wanting to settle a score and build his legacy. She noted bipartisan congressional opposition exists but falls short of Senate passage or likely House support. The reporting suggests Trump's missile threat narrative masks a pre-existing desire for military conflict.

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-OK) mouth may have created an issue for him.

President Donald Trump's MAGA pick to replace ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces a potential confirmation nightmare after calling Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) "a freaking snake" and seemingly endorsing violence against him, noted Slate's senior politics writer Jim Newell on Thursday.

President Donald Trump's signature ballroom project faced another setback on Thursday, a new report revealed.

The Guardian reported that the National Capital Planning Commission, a federal panel reviewing the $400 million project, delayed its final vote after receiving a "large amount of public input." The final vote has been pushed to April 2.

Byron Donalds, a pro-Trump Florida congressman currently running for governor and one of a handful of Black Republicans in Congress, issued a statement on Thursday condemning the group of Florida College Republicans, Turning Point USA, and Miami GOP officials who were caught exchanging virulently racist and antisemitic messages in a group chat.

"Everyone has the First Amendment right to say what they want — even when it's vile and offensive. But free speech doesn’t entitle someone to hold a leadership position within the Republican Party or the conservative movement. The comments reported run counter to the values our party stands for. The Republican Party rejects racism, antisemitism, and bigotry," Donalds said in a statement to The Floridian, which first broke the story on Wednesday.