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A prominent New York Times reporter said President Donald Trump seems to be struggling with the killing of MAGA ally Charlie Kirk, and acknowledged that fellow ally Steve Bannon was right about one big thing.

Maggie Haberman joined CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins on her show, "The Source," to discuss the fallout of Kirk's killingon Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University.

The ink is barely dry on the Missouri Republican Party's mid-decade gerrymander, and it has received its first lawsuit, filed in the state circuit court of Jackson County by the elections watchdog group Campaign Legal Center and the ACLU of Missouri.

The map in question, passed after President Donald Trump ordered Republican-controlled states to redraw their maps to try to block a Democratic election wave next year, chops up a Democratic district in Kansas City, likely eliminating longtime Rep. Emanuel Cleaver in favor of a Republican.

After numerous counties turned down the case over the past few weeks, Coconino County has finally agreed to investigate allegations that Republican candidate for Attorney General Rodney Glassman violated campaign finance law.

Glassman, a perennial candidate for elected office in Arizona, is accused of accepting at least 30 contributions above the contribution limits spelled out by state law.

Office Depot became the subject of MAGA fury on Friday night after a video posted on social media showed two employees refusing to fulfill an order to print fliers sharing details of a vigil planned for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, died from a gunshot wound to the neck during a public event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. On Friday, authorities arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who faces a murder charge in the shooting.

President Donald Trump's Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte has been on a tear accusing various critics of the administration of mortgage fraud — most recently Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, whom he claimed improperly took out mortgages on two separate properties as primary residences. However, a new Reuters report throws this in serious doubt, by revealing that preliminary loan documents indicate she had disclosed to her credit union one would be a vacation home.

The apparent misfire, which could significantly complicate Trump's attempts to fire Cook from the Fed, resulted in an explosion from commenters on social media, who broadly mocked Pulte — particularly since separate reporting suggested his parents had in fact committed the same fraud he tried to pin on Cook.

New documents obtained by Reuters contradict allegations made by a Trump administration bureaucrat that Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud.

Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte had previously claimed to have unearthed documents indicating Cook, who had been unwilling to follow President Donald Trump's demands to lower interest rates, had declared two separate residences as her primary home in mortgage statements, which, depending on the jurisdiction, can be against the law when it causes banks to lend under more favorable terms.

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board ripped the Trump administration's mass deportation effort, citing the fallout from last week's "blunderbuss raid" on a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a major raid on an electric vehicle battery plant under construction in Ellabell. Nearly 500 workers, including over 300 South Korean nationals, were detained for visa and immigration violations.

Public health and environment defenders on Friday condemned the Trump administration’s announcement that it will no longer uphold Environmental Protection Agency rules that protect people from unsafe levels of so-called ”forever chemicals” in the nation’s drinking water.

In addition to no longer defending rules meant to protect people from dangerous quantities of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—called forever chemicals because they do not biodegrade and accumulate in the human body—the EPA is asking a federal court to toss out current limits that protect drinking water from four types of PFAS: PFNA, PFHxS, GenX, and PFBS.

After FBI Director Kash Patel dropped the ball during the scramble to find the killer who shot pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, an increasing number of figures in the MAGA movement are losing confidence in him and demanding his ouster, The New Republic reported on Friday.

Although the suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Friday, Patel has drawn fury for a series of mistakes in the case, including publicly congratulating law enforcement for bringing in the wrong person. Influential anti-diversity activist Chris Rufo has already called for his removal, saying he "performed terribly in the last few days, and it's not clear whether he has the operational expertise to investigate, infiltrate, and disrupt the violent movements — of whatever ideology — that threaten the peace in the United States."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly relieved several military service members who posted on social media about Charlie Kirk, according to a report.

Hegseth told staffers to hunt down and punish military members and anyone with ties to the Pentagon who appeared to mock or condone Kirk’s slaying, two defense officials told NBC News on Friday.

Although much remains unknown about Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old arrested in connection with the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Orem, Utah, his grandmother made one thing clear, reported The Daily Beast: he comes from a heavily Republican and pro-Trump family.

"Although MAGA figureheads have been quick to point fingers at the left for Kirk’s death, Tyler’s grandmother, Debbie Robinson, 69, insisted that they come from a family of Trump supporters," reported Amber Lewis. "She spoke with Daily Mail on Friday after news of Robinson’s arrest broke. 'My son, his dad, is a Republican for Trump,' Debbie told the outlet. 'Most of my family members are Republican. I don’t know any single one who’s a Democrat.'"