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Last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) described the idea of “nuking the filibuster” – a procedural rule that allows senators to block a vote – “something that doesn't have a future,” but on Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) revolted against the notion, arguing on behalf of eliminating the rule as a means to forward the Trump administration’s agenda.

“I understand why there's a reluctance to end the filibuster because, as Republicans and conservatives, we realize that our ability in the minority to stop awful legislation put forward by Democrats and the socialists in their party... we would have been down a far more destructive path a lot earlier were it not for the filibuster,” Johnson said during an appearance Saturday on Fox News.

President Donald Trump announced a dramatic increase to global tariffs on Saturday in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling the day before against his so-called “reciprocal tariffs,” a ruling he slammed as “ridiculous” and “poorly written.”

“Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court, please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been ‘ripping’ the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

The top aide to a Republican state senator from Alaska was jailed Friday on child sex-trafficking charges, and after getting punched in the face by the mother of the alleged victim, Alaska’s News Source reported Friday.

Craig Scott Valdez, the chief of staff for Alaska Sen. George Rauscher, was arrested Friday after being accused of arranging to pick up a minor from their family’s home via social media, and later taking them to his home, the outlet reported. The minor’s location was determined by their mother using their phone’s GPS tracking feature.

Donald Trump’s string of Supreme Court wins has hit a wall, in no small part because the court is in session and the so-called “shadow docket” has been shelved until the court recesses again for the summer.

According to a report from the Washington Post, the president’s massive loss on tariffs that came down on Friday, combined with a December blow limiting his ability to deploy National Guardsmen in Chicago, is a sign of things to come as the justices are forced to justify their legal reasoning.

Following the Supreme Court’s bombshell ruling Friday against the White House’s so-called "reciprocal tariffs,” President Donald Trump lavished praise Saturday on the three Supreme Court justices who back him and his policy, declaring one in particular to be his “new hero.”

“My new hero is United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and, of course, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that they want to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Any hope that Donald Trump may have had that the Republican majority in the House would agree to hand to him their power to enact tariffs after his humiliating 6-3 defeat at the Supreme Court on Friday should be put aside, according to the National Review.

The furious president’s claim that he doesn’t need Congress may be an acknowledgement that he knows he does not have the Republican caucus members on his side, many of whom are reportedly thrilled that the nation’s highest court has put the president in his place.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) is demanding answers regarding a disturbing tip received by the FBI in 2016 that includes allegations of the “sexual exploitation of a minor” involving President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

“Why are folks not asking more questions about this FBI complaint in the Epstein Files?” Stansbury wrote early Saturday morning in a social media post on X, alongside a link to an FBI tip that was published last month by the Justice Department.

“I would not want to be in the Oval Office right now.”

That came from one Donald Trump insider on Friday after the Supreme Court delivered what a former Trump official called a “stunning defeat” to the president’s ability to levy tariffs, just days before his State of the Union address which is already under a cloud.

President Donald Trump issued a not-so-subtle message to members of his own party late Friday night, firing off an angry post on Truth Social after a Supreme Court ruling dealt his MAGA tariff agenda a devastating blow.

In the post, Trump appeared to target conservatives who sided with the majority opinion, including two justices he personally appointed to the high court, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett.

CNN anchor Abby Phillip repeatedly sparred Friday night with a conservative podcast host during a tense debate over presidential tariff powers following the White House’s devastating Supreme Court loss.

The argument ignited when Anthony Esposito, who co-hosts the “Policy & Profits” podcast, dismissed the court’s conclusion that tariffs function as taxes.

The Justice Department said Friday that a newly appointed interim U.S. attorney in Virginia was fired just hours after federal judges selected him to lead the influential office, triggering a fresh clash between the judiciary and the Trump administration.

According to CNN, judges in the Eastern District of Virginia unanimously appointed veteran defense attorney James Hundley to serve as interim U.S. attorney after Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan was forced out last month.

President Donald Trump's meltdown at his own appointed Supreme Court justices following their decision to block his ability to impose tariffs under emergency powers law is unbecoming of his office, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) told MS NOW's Jen Psaki on Friday.

Pritzker said the outburst points to ongoing cognitive decline.