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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt caused a stir online Friday when she attacked reporters for asking about President Donald Trump's moves that would benefit him personally.

The Bulwark's Andrew Egger asked why Trump is planning to attend a dinner with the top investors of his cryptocurrency. Leavitt responded to him by saying Trump is complying with all laws. It was the follow-up that led to Leavitt's claim Trump wasn't acting for his personal benefit.

Community members in Worcester, Massachusetts on Thursday got word that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal officers were in a residential neighborhood, and more than two dozen quickly came to the scene to stop the arrest of a woman who was being separated from her teenage daughter and infant grandchild.

They were met with force from not only the government agents but also local police.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt vehemently defended President Donald Trump as reporters questioned if his upcoming trip to the Middle East is related to the business dealings with the Trump Organization.

“Will any of the president's family members be joining him?” one reporter asked

A federal judge has ordered the immediate release Turkish doctoral student who has been held at an immigration detention center for more than six weeks.

Tufts University scholar Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested by masked, plainclothes federal agents outside her Boston apartment in March and held since then as part of president Donald Trump's mass deportation program, but CBS News reported that an appeals court judge on Friday found that her First Amendment and due process rights had been violated.

House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has taken major cuts to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion off the table for now, but the largest cuts still available to make their tax cuts work would hit red states hardest.

Republicans have been working for months to shrink Medicaid spending to help pass president Donald Trump's agenda, but they're running out of options to slash $800 billion in spending to offset the cuts sought by the White House, reported the New York Times.

President Donald Trump is plotting a British takeover of the Wall Street Journal.

Trump offered praise for the New York Post Editor-in-Chief while criticizing the Wall Street Journal, “I highly recommend Keith Poole, who is the very successful Editor-in-Chief of the New York Post, to take over the entire operation of the highly inaccurate, ‘China Centric,’ Wall Street Journal. It’s an easy move for Rupert, and he’ll love the results. Such a change would be a GREAT DAY for America, but not a Great Day for China!”

Longtime ally of Donald Trump, Roger Stone, attacked a Democratic lawmaker after the Senator called out "blatant corruption" by the president.

In an email sent Friday, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said that he called out Trump's crypto coins and his effort to make "millions of dollars" from the effort. Kelly noted that he co-sponsored legislation that would make it illegal for top officials to engage in what he called crypto "corruption."

MSNBC has caught the ire of President Donald Trump as he’s criticized the outlet multiple times, Friday morning.

“I just watched an exhausted, highly neurotic Stephanie Ruhle spew LIES about Tariffs, as do many others, in order not to give me the Victory that they all see coming. Few people know Stephanie Ruhle, but I do, and she doesn’t have what it takes,” the president said in a lengthy post.

Fox News viewers will be watching a new 30-second ad from an unlikely source – California Governor Gavin Newsom. An exclusive first look at the ad was granted to Politico.

In the ad, Newsom boasts the Golden State's commitment to “reducing trade barriers and delivering for American consumers,” before slamming Trump.

A feud erupted between one of Donald Trump's top allies and the brother of Trump's choice for surgeon general.

Casey and Calley Means have both been tapped by the Trump administration. This week, reports said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nominated Casey Means to be the surgeon general while her brother is working as a White House advisor, Axios reported.

Government watchdogs and Democratic lawmakers are sounding alarm over a Senate GOP plan to overrule the chamber's parliamentarian and repeal federal waivers that have allowed California to enact stricter pollution standards.

But critics warned that the implications of the Republican plan, which the party's leadership is still discussing, are far-reaching and could enable the GOP to advance other unpopular elements of their pro-corporate, far-right agenda.