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Arizona Democrats are rushing to contain the political damage from internal feuding that has consumed the state party and its top officials, worried the infighting could cost them in the upcoming midterms.

That’s according to Politico, which reported Friday that the squabble in Arizona emerged after the state’s party chair, Robert E. Branscomb II, accused Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) of using their financial contributions to exert undue influence over him.

The cheap online retailers AliExpress, Shein and Temu officially raised prices this week, citing President Donald Trump's tariffs on China. Currently, the tariff on Chinese imports is 145%.

The Verge reported Friday that Chinese imports are impacting consumers for products like electronics, cars and clothing.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' tour headlined with this word has drawn more than 107,000 Americans in blue and deep-red states alike. Former President Joe Biden's use of it in his farewell speech prompted a spike in Google searches. And one recent poll found that a majority of U.S. voters, including 54% of Democrats and more than two-thirds of Independents, know exactly what it means.

Yet Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) was among the Democratic politicians insisting this week that no one does.

President Donald Trump is likely to be greeted with a blunt snub when he arrives for the funeral of Pope Francis, The Daily Beast reported on Friday: a poor seat assignment.

Although Trump confirmed he would attend the funeral earlier than almost any other world leader, per the report, "the thin-skinned president—who famously mocked former President Joe Biden’s placement in the 14th row at Queen Elizabeth II’s 2022 funeral—will be seated several rows back at the state funeral in St Peter’s Basilica."

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) faced angry town hall attendees on Friday afternoon back home, with one attendee demanding he "do more" to impeach President Donald Trump.

One woman CNN showed in a video asked Ossoff why there were no calls for Trump to be impeached. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) announced on April 5 that he would submit his articles of impeachment in "30 days."

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier directed state law enforcement to stop arresting migrants under a controversial, recently-passed state law, after a federal judge who had already ordered the law expressed outrage that she was being ignored.

According to Fox News, Uthmeier's order "comes after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said during a Friday hearing she was 'astounded' by the state’s decision to continue making arrests after she had issued a previous order directing officials to stop earlier this month."

A former prosecutor tore into the Trump administration on Friday after Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on charges of obstructing justice.

Former state and federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner filmed a brief video on YouTube after Dugan's arrest.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is ramping up her efforts to find the "leakers" within the Trump administration with threats to subpoena journalists, Axios reported.

The former Biden administration had instituted a policy against subpoenaing journalists, which Bondi is now moving to rescind.

Billionaire Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is yanking support for two private schools he and his wife founded to serve underprivileged communities in the Bay Area, reported The New York Times — blindsiding parents who rely on those schools and leading some to wonder if it has anything to do with President Donald Trump's crusade against diversity policies.

One of these was the Primary School in East Palo Alto, said the report.

President Donald Trump on Friday said major news related to conflicts in Africa would soon be on its way, which he griped had “fallen” on his administration to handle.

Trump took to his Truth Social platform to issue the vague presidential message, though he offered no specifics or timeline for the promised upcoming announcement.

A new economic survey spells out a dire threat to President Donald Trump and to the country as a whole, reported Politico on Friday.

The consumer expectations index, compiled by the University of Michigan, "has dropped by 32 percent since January, the sharpest three-month decline since the U.S. was rocked by a recession in 1990," reported Sam Sutton. This survey reveals that “consumers perceived risks to multiple aspects of the economy, in large part due to ongoing uncertainty around trade policy and the potential for a resurgence of inflation looming ahead,” per the survey team leader Joanne Hsu.