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Readers of the Washington Post ripped apart an op-ed written by Vice President J.D. Vance Friday morning, which praised President Donald Trump’s first 100 days.

Vance believes, “In his first term, President Trump also began the critical process of reindustrializing the American economy and rebalancing relations with our trading partners. That includes some like China, which have taken advantage of our workers for decades."

The families of at least 11 judges who have ruled against Donald Trump's administration have been targeted with threats and harassment, including sinister pizza deliveries, continuing an alarming trend related to the president and his legal troubles.

Tech mogul Elon Musk painted a target on the back of U.S. District judge James Boasberg's daughter after the judge ruled last month that administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for deporting migrants in defiance of a court order, and Trump supporters lashed out, reported Reuters.

"But I felt no pain, and the day afterwards I was up and about walking," said Tanya Tanna, who reportedly just received a "breakthrough" surgery for her cancer.

Tanna, of South Ruislip, west London, "feels whole again" after becoming the "first patient in the UK to have a new form of breast reconstruction surgery," according to the BBC.

President Donald Trump took a shot at his billionaire benefactor Elon Musk during a commencement address at the University of Alabama.

The president spoke Thursday night to graduating students, where he aired grievances about the 2020 election, offered advice – “think of yourself as a winner,” “be an original” and “never, ever give up" – and jabbed "internet people" like Musk and other tech moguls, reported The Daily Beast, which framed it as "Trump humiliates Musk."

CNN’s Abby Phillip delivered a sharp constitutional lesson Thursday night as she stopped Republican strategist Scott Jennings in his tracks after he insisted that it was the president who has the power to declare war under the U.S. Constitution.

The tense on-air moment unfolded on CNN’s “NewsNight” as the panel discussed President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies and efforts to address the southern border. Jennings, a staunch defender of the MAGA administration, suggested that federal judges were interfering with Trump’s ability to act as commander in chief.

Two top Republican lawmakers are throwing a wrench into their own party’s budget strategy as they made clear they would reject proposed cuts to food assistance programs that were expected to help fund what President Donald Trump has dubbed the “big, beautiful bill” on taxes, immigration and defense.”

That’s according to the Washington Post, which reported Thursday that the chairs of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees – Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) – said they won’t support reductions to SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is firing back after his 2026 primary opponent slammed his record in a new TV ad that aired not in the Lone Star State, but in President Donald Trump’s backyard.

The ad, funded by Preserving Texas, a group supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attacks Cornyn over his role in crafting a bipartisan safety bill in 2022, Axios reported Thursday. The group spent $60,000 to air the TV spot over the weekend on the Trump-approved Fox News, Newsmax and the Golf Channel in Palm Beach, home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort, the publication added.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke out Thursday against what she saw as President Donald Trump's efforts to bully and threaten the federal judiciary into submission, Politico reported.

The remarks from Jackson, the most junior member of the Supreme Court, came as she addressed a judge's conference in Puerto Rico.

Controversial right-wing billionaire philanthropist Charles Koch was accosted by protesters on Thursday, who rushed the stage as the libertarian Cato Institute awarded him the Milton Friedman Prize.

According to footage posted to X by business reporter Zachary Halaschak, the protesters could be seen charging onto the stage before security as the audience tried to drown them out in boos. One of the protesters could be heard chanting what sounds like: "Koch lies! People die!"

President Donald Trump has seen a stunning explosion of his own net worth since assuming the presidency, CNN data analyst Harry Enten told anchor Erin Burnett — and he has the cryptocurrency industry, and his ethically questionable deals issuing coins, to thank for that.

"So tell us something we don't know, because obviously, you know, the imagery there is very powerful, but what's the reality?" asked Burnett. "How much is Trump making from crypto deals just right now?"

Revelations that President Donald Trump is eyeing a massive military parade to celebrate his birthday next month drew swift criticism from observers, with some calling it "shameful."

The Associated Press obtained what it called "detailed Army plans" dating to April 29 for a potential military parade on Trump’s birthday. The unreleased plans call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and a couple thousand civilians.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) delivered a blunt and profane response after a right-wing reporter tried to press her on her Democratic colleagues’ trips to El Salvador – and she’s not backing down.

The moment unfolded on Capitol Hill when Myles Morell, a journalist with the conservative news outlet The Daily Caller, approached Omar with a question about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador.