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President Donald Trump on Saturday declared the perpetually shrinking Great Salt Lake in the Republican-led state of Utah to be of “tremendous interest” to him, and vowed to provide direct assistance to address what he called the "environmental hazard,” a stark contrast to his demand earlier this week to be asked “politely” to provide aid for a major wastewater spill in the Democratic-run Washington, D.C.

“Very important to save The Great Salt Lake in Utah,” Trump wrote Saturday on his social media platform Truth Social.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom hammered MAGA ally and musician Kid Rock on Saturday over the songwriter’s participation in a bizarre video with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a video that Newsom said was so “creepy” that he would be “officially banning ‘Kid Rock’ from California.”

Uploaded to social media on RFK Jr.’s official government account, the video in question shows a shirtless Kid Rock and RFK Jr. working out together in a sauna, and was an apparent attempt at promoting the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.

Rumors have swirled that conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may be planning to retire in October, and while such a move would likely secure the lifelong appointment of another conservative justice, it may also blow up in Republicans’ faces and hand Democrats a blowout victory in the upcoming midterm elections, the Intelligencer reported Saturday.

Those who believe Alito is on the cusp of retirement point to the “curious” timing of the release of his upcoming book, set to release on Oct. 6, just one day after the Supreme Court’s 2026-27 term is set to begin. And, if the rumor proves accurate, whoever President Donald Trump nominates as Alito’s successor would be all but certain to be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate.

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.