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Cracks are forming in the MAGA-linked "Freedom 250" festival.

Marketed as a celebration of America's 250th anniversary, artists in the lineup are now withdrawing due to the event's increasingly politicized direction.

Fears that controversial CBS News head Bari Weiss would dismantle the network’s venerable “60 Minutes” news magazine at the conclusion of the most recent season grew on Thursday.

According to reports from the New York Post and the New York Times, another newcomer with no traditional broadcast news background, like Weiss, was tabbed to be the show's new executive producer, with several longtime staffers and executives from the show being shown the door.

Ryan Fournier, the co-founder and chairman of Students for Trump, was arrested early Tuesday in Washington, D.C., on domestic violence charges — the second time in less than two years he has faced accusations of assaulting a woman.

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

The Justice Department is intensifying efforts to identify anonymous social media users who have criticized government deportation policies, issuing grand jury subpoenas to Reddit and X demanding names, addresses, and banking information.

The US Attorney's Office for Washington under Jeanine Pirro has subpoenaed the platforms as part of criminal investigations targeting at least two anonymous posters who have criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, reported Bloomberg.

Despite having taken over as the head of CBS News last October, controversial Trump-friendly Bari Weiss was nowhere to be seen at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in Manhattan on Wednesday night where the network’s “60 Minutes” was in line for 10 awards.

According to a report from media watchdog Status, the embattled Weiss missed out on being the center of attention — unflattering as it might have been.

Vice President JD Vance delivered the commencement address Thursday at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs — and made sure the graduating class knew the rules upfront: no booing allowed.

Addressing more than 900 cadets commissioning into the Air Force and Space Force, Vance acknowledged he'd been watching other graduation speeches this season get derailed by heckling — specifically, corporate executives who praised artificial intelligence and got booed for it.

The decision by the Department of Justice to open up an investigation of writer E. Jean Carroll, who proved that Donald Trump not only sexually abused her but also defamed her afterwards, has some DOJ insiders cringing.

Add to that, a former Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutor called the potential perjury case, based upon early reports, to be a legal non-starter.

A Fox Business correspondent didn't sugarcoat Thursday's grim economic data, telling viewers point-blank that rising prices are outpacing what workers bring home.

"Inflation is wiping out wages," correspondent Lauren Simonetti said on Varney & Company, reacting to two government reports released Thursday morning that painted a bleak picture for everyday Americans.

A Trump insider is predicting that outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard will make a dramatic exit by releasing a trove of evidence she claims proves foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election.

Right-wing journalist John Solomon, whom Steve Bannon said has been working closely with Gabbard on declassifications, made the prediction Thursday on Bannon's War Room podcast.