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President Donald Trump's speech on Thursday, bragging about how groceries are getting cheaper and gas is down to $1.98 a gallon, was riddled with falsehoods and exaggerations, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday.

Trump has been stung by the criticism of how he has not delivered on his campaign trail promises to bring down the cost of living, a major issue in the 2024 election, and in particular, the crisis surrounding egg shortages ever since the bird flu outbreak required a mass culling of chickens.

A reporter clapped back Thursday at firebrand Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who scolded the reporter for wearing a mask during an interview in a video the congresswoman shared to social media.

Shira Stein, Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, joined CNN anchor Jake Tapper on his show "The Lead" on Thursday afternoon to discuss the dust-up earlier this month.

< South Florida’s U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said she saw a “tent city” that could hold hundreds of people at the Miami immigration detention center on Thursday.

Following her visit to the Krome North Service Processing Center, Wilson told reporters she saw a structure that officials at the center told her had been built in 14 days to house hundreds of detained immigrants.

Pizzo says Democratic Party in Florida is ‘dead’ — will become an independent

by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
April 24, 2025

A "rattled" Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shouted at a now-former aide in a profane attack inside the Pentagon as he hunted for leakers, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal reported, citing two sources familiar with the exchange, that Hegseth shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady, then-acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Voting rights advocates on Thursday welcomed a federal judge's move to block some of U.S. President Donald Trump's "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" executive order, which critics called an "authoritarian power grab."

The temporary decision stems from a trio of legal challenges to Trump's March order: one from groups including the League of United Latin American Citizens; another from the Democratic National Committee and other party entities; and a third from organizations including the League of Women Voters (LWV) Education Fund.

The Trump administration is flagrantly ignoring a directive from the Supreme Court, a prominent immigration rights attorney warned Thursday afternoon.

The revelation came from a court document that revealed the Trump administration plans to slash the amount of time people have to seek federal relief before being subject to immediate deportation.

The activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents around the Milwaukee County Courthouse continue to spur controversy. Late last week, ICE agents arrested Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a 30-year-old Mexican immigrant accused of misdemeanor battery. Flores-Ruiz appeared in Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s court on April 18, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Now, the FBI is investigating whether Dugan helped an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after that immigrant appeared in her courtroom. Although the immigrant hasn’t been identified, Flores-Ruiz, whose immigration status is unclear, “appears to match the description,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Florida state Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo is leaving the Democratic Party — and burning bridges on his way out, according to a new report.

Pizzo said the minority party needs saving, but doesn't want him to be the one to do it.

=Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) will run for governor of Alabama rather than seek a second term in the Senate, reported Yellowhammer News on Thursday.

"Back in state while Congress is in recess, Tuberville told a group of donors at a private event on Wednesday night that his mind is officially made up," reported Grayson Everett. "Rather than seeking re-election to the U.S. Senate, he is ready to run his next race in Alabama, and serve the people of the state in Montgomery instead of Washington."

Joe Kasper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's controversial chief of staff, is expected to leave the Pentagon after coming under fire in recent days.

Initial reports said Kasper would step into another role at the Pentagon. But Politico confirmed on Thursday that he would leave the Department of Defense entirely and return to "government relations and consulting." As a special government employee, he will be limited to advising the Pentagon 130 days per year.

A longtime Republican pollster said Thursday that people who voted for Donald Trump last year are already beginning to waver in their support.

Sarah Longwell has been doing focus groups of 2024 voters of Trump, tracking how attitudes are changing and why. The one thing she said is finally starting to "set in" for those voters is "maybe Donald Trump doesn't know exactly what he's doing."

The Trump administration sidelined its own lawyers Thursday over suspicions of "sabotage," according to a new report.

Justice Department lawyers admitted they accidentally uploaded a private memo detailing their legal strategy in a case against New York City's transportation agencies. On Thursday, those lawyers were sidelined over suspicions of "sabotage," according to The New York Times, which called the move "extraordinary."