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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) revealed that House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) will likely subpoena liberal billionaire George Soros at her urging.

During a Thursday interview on Newsmax, Luna said she had contacted Comer about issuing a subpoena.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said it is "unreasonable" for some NATO countries to meet U.S. President Donald Trump's demands that they increase their defense spending to 5% of GDP, comments that could derail an international summit intended to appease the American president.

Sanchez's comments come about one week before NATO allies are scheduled to meet in The Hague to discuss American support for its European allies. Trump has previously said he won't protect NATO countries that don't spend at least 5% of their GDP on defense, even though the NATO constitution requires collective defense of countries when they are attacked.

Jewish Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) posted a video to X saying he was run off the road while in a car by someone waving a Palestinian flag.

"Let's make something abundantly clear to anyone who needs to see this, which apparently is a lot of people," Miller began in the video. "If you have an issue with a legislator, your city councilman, your mayor, anyone like that, the appropriate thing to do is to reach out to them for a phone call to set up a meeting at one of our district offices."

Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) encouraged Congress to take back its war powers from the president.

Speaking to CNN International's Christiane Amanpour, Flake urged the president to work with lawmakers.

Elon Musk didn't hold back when responding to a story in the New York Post about a Trump administration official who helped oust Musk.

The story discussed how Sergio Gor, who was responsible for vetting administration staffers, had not been properly vetted himself. Gor had not submitted his Standard Form 86, or SF-86 for short, which is required for government officials to be granted the appropriate security clearances. The 100-page document inquires about candidates' backgrounds, criminal histories, and professional experiences.

As the Trump administration attempts to purge America of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Black churches have taken a central lead in fighting back, Politico reported on Thursday.

"Shortly after Trump’s election, major companies like Meta and Google rolled back their DEI commitments made in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin," noted the report. "Within his first week of returning to office, Trump signed an executive order eliminating DEI practices in the federal workplace."

President Donald Trump earned swift mockery on Thursday when his press secretary said he'll make a decision on how to proceed in the Iran-Israel conflict in "two weeks" — a timeline he's frequently used.

"I have a message directly from the president: 'Based on the fact that there is a chance for substantial negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision on whether or not to go within the next two weeks,'" Leavitt said during the briefing.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) fired back at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's new policy requiring lawmakers to give at least 72 hours' notice before visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

The new policy was enacted at a time when multiple lawmakers had been videotaped in tense confrontations with ICE agents while visiting the centers. Some Democratic lawmakers have been arrested, detained, or forcefully removed from the premises, which has caused widespread concern about the treatment of both lawmakers and immigrants in the centers.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt encouraged Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) to "go to a Trump rally" after the Texas Democrat suggested MAGA supporters suffered from mental illness.

Speaking to Katie Couric earlier this week, Crockett said there was a "mental health crisis" surrounding President Donald Trump's movement.

What was supposed to be a routine White House visit for Italian soccer club Juventus turned into an uncomfortable political spectacle Wednesday, with Donald Trump trapping professional athletes in the Oval Office while he ranted about Iran missile strikes and transgender women in sports.

U.S. Men's National Team player Tim Weah didn't mince words about the bizarre experience: "I was caught by surprise, honestly. It was a bit weird. When he started talking about the politics with Iran and everything, it's kind of like, I just want to play football, man!"

A Republican critic of president Donald Trump offered five reasons that Democrats should go on the offensive against the MAGA movement.

Trump's coalition is splintering over tariffs, the federal budget and the Israel-Iran conflict, and Lincoln Project co-founder Mike Madrid wrote on his "Great Transformation" Substack that Democrats should exploit that "rare moment of GOP disarray" to frame the contrast and energize their base.