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President Donald Trump erupted at Republican lawmakers on Friday over their failure to use his preferred name for the voter eligibility bill. The legislation's official name is the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act), but Trump demanded Republicans call it the "SAVE America Act," claiming the alternative name is "much more potent and descriptive." Trump posted in all caps on Truth Social: "IT'S 'SAVE AMERICA ACT,' NOT 'SAVE ACT.' REPUBLICANS MUST START USING THE TERM." The bill requires voters to provide proof of citizenship to register, a requirement that already exists legally. Critics warn the measure could significantly depress voter turnout, particularly affecting the 52 percent of registered voters without unexpired passports and the 11 percent without access to birth certificates.

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A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked President Donald Trump's plan to arrest thousands of legal refugees for questioning and re-evaluation, calling the plan a "dystopian nightmare."

The order was first reported by Chris Geidner, who runs the Law Dork blog.

Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville caused a stir Friday when he acted out a wild political fantasy that ended in sweeping Republican defeats and President Donald Trump "throwing feces at the wall" in the Lincoln Bedroom.

The veteran operative pretended to take over an anchor's desk, transforming himself into a one-man election-night extravaganza complete with imaginary correspondents reporting from battleground states.

Former President Bill Clinton denied having any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and pushed back on allegations tied to a widely circulated image of him in a jacuzzi during a historic deposition before the House Oversight Committee.

Under more than six hours of questioning, Clinton said he “had no idea” about Epstein’s criminal activity during what he described as their “brief acquaintance,” according to CNN.

President Donald Trump has an easy scapegoat to throw under the bus if he continues to feel the heat from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal, New York Times reporter Michelle Goldberg told MS NOW's Ari Melber on Friday: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Lutnick, a billionaire who has been at the forefront of defending Trump's tariff policies, has been caught lying about the extent of his relationship with the deceased financier pedophile, and even top GOP lawmakers are suggesting he could be brought in for questioning.

The Justice Department admitted Thursday that it removed a file containing a photograph of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with Jeffrey Epstein from the official Epstein database. The photo, discovered by jmail's searchable Epstein Gmail archive, shows both men on Little St. James island and carries DOJ file number EFTA01230639, which yields no results in the official database. A DOJ official claimed the image was part of a batch flagged for nudity and pulled for review with redactions, insisting "no files are being deleted." Lutnick previously stated he visited the island only for a family picnic with his children and nannies. However, Justice Department releases revealed Lutnick and Epstein exchanged emails years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor in 2008, arranging calls and lunches on the island.

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A policy championed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to speed up Transportation Security Administration lines at airports in fact had a key security flaw — but when it was reported to her, the Department classified it and kept it buried for months, reported the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

The policy is one of the few undertaken by Noem's DHS that has enjoyed considerable bipartisan support: ending requirements for people to remove their shoes at airport security lines, a policy enacted after a thwarted shoe bomb plot over two decades ago that the traveling public has long considered a nuisance.

President Donald Trump privately told FBI Director Kash Patel that he was displeased with his locker room behavior during a recent trip to the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, according to NBC News.

Patel went viral after celebrating with the U.S. men’s hockey team following its gold medal win over Canada – the first U.S. gold in the event since 1980. Video first published by ProPublica showed Patel chugging a beer, banging on a table, and shouting in celebration.

Iran has agreed it will “never ever” pursue nuclear weapons, according to Oman’s top diplomat, who says a U.S.-Iran deal is now “within our reach.”

According to a report in CBS News, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said that negotiators have made “substantial progress” toward curbing Iran’s nuclear program.

Former Republican strategist Tim Miller slammed the emerging deal for the Trump-friendly media giant Paramount-Skydance to take control of the parent company of HBO and CNN in a panel on MS NOW Friday evening — and called it an affront to how anything should be working in a fair and competitive media market.

"Tim Miller, your thoughts on where this stands this afternoon?" asked anchor Nicolle Wallace.

President Donald Trump lashed out at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Friday, slamming them for refusing to change their safeguard rules against automated use of weapons for the Defense Department, claiming they want to force generals to "obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution," and ordering the government to phase out any contracts they have to use the company's "Leftwing nut job" Claude AI model.

The outburst triggered an immediate reaction from elected officials and analysts on social media.

CNN President Mark Thompson is urging staff not to “jump to conclusions” after news broke that parent company Warner Bros. Discovery will likely be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a blockbuster deal that has left many at the cable news network “panicked.”

According to a report in Fox News Digital, the mood inside CNN on Friday was “horrific” as staffers braced for change following Netflix’s decision to drop its bid and Paramount’s move to acquire the company’s assets, including CNN.