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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, vowed to take on satanic statues immediately after being sworn in, should he win.

On Friday, War Room podcast host Steve Bannon asked the pillow executive about his agenda for the state.

A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration from revoking temporary protected status (TPS) for migrants from Yemen.

In an order issued on Friday, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ruled the administration did not follow the law.

The Trump administration is pushing to deport a 12-year-old boy living in Anchorage, Alaska, for lack of a DNA test proving his American Citizenship.

According to reporting by Newsweek, both the child and his mother were placed in removal proceedings. The child’s father, following legal advice, is refusing to comply with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ demand for a DNA test.

Republicans are facing a perfect storm heading into November's midterms, with new polling revealing that white voters — a demographic the party has relied upon for decades — are defecting in significant numbers and favoring Democratic control of Congress.

According to reporting from Newsweek, a Big Data Poll conducted April 25-28 shows Democrats leading Republicans on the generic ballot by an unprecedented 13 points — their largest advantage ever measured. The shift is being driven partly by collapsing Republican support among white voters.

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, event is scheduled to kick off on June 14, but political writer Myra Adams warned Friday that the event may very well end up occurring “at the worst possible moment.”

“For numerous reasons, this UFC event is visually inappropriate and ill-timed. First, historically, the White House grounds have been associated with peaceful endeavors, such as cultural, educational and humanitarian events, especially during special occasions,” Adams wrote in an op-ed published Friday in The Hill.

President Donald Trump's poker-table approach to Iran — using oil blockades to force negotiation — fundamentally misunderstands how modern asymmetric warfare has transformed geopolitics, according to a new analysis.

The 79-year-old president insists Iran has "no cards," but two months of conflict demonstrate otherwise, wrote New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, as smaller powers now leverage information-age and emerging intelligence-age tools to create devastating disruption against militarily superior opponents.

Businessman Perry Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Porter Township), former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and pastor Ralph Rebandt took the stage in Auburn Hills for a gubernatorial debate, where President Donald Trump’s role in Michigan was central, even as candidates took aim at each other.

Hosted by the Oakland County Republican Party, the forum was held at Visioneering, an aerospace design firm in Auburn Hills. It was broadcast on CBS Detroit and on WWJ Newsradio 950.