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Trump under pressure to launch major attack: ‘24 hours of strategic bombing’

The Trump administration is actively being pushed to launch a major attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure by Israeli officials, The New Arab reported Saturday, citing an “informed” Israeli source whose claim was shared on Israel’s Channel 12.

“According to the report, Israeli officials believe Iran’s energy infrastructure could be destroyed ‘within 24 hours,’ forcing Tehran into negotiations ‘from a position of severe weakness,’” The New Arab’s report reads. “One Israeli official cited by the broadcaster said: ‘If the regime does not fall, then at the very least it will become paralyzed.’”

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Trump's blunder backfires with big win for industry he openly despises: analysis

Trump's Iran war accidentally sparked a global renewable energy revolution — handing a big win to an industry he openly despises, an analyst wrote Saturday.

Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran has triggered what energy experts are calling the worst oil supply crisis in recorded history — and in a twist the president almost certainly never intended, it may have permanently accelerated the world's shift away from fossil fuels, wrote columnist Sabrina Haake on her Substack.

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GOP video catches Trump official in 'slam-dunk' admission of breaking federal law: report

Wyoming attorney and rancher Karen Budd-Falen, who President Donald Trump appointed to serve in a senior role at the Department of the Interior, made remarks at an event last December that some experts said could amount to an admission of violating federal law, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

Budd-Falen was speaking at a Congressional Western Caucus event — an event that was captured on video and published online by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) — where she championed policy changes on grazing limits that she, as DOI associate deputy secretary, admitted to being “involved in.”

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Crucial ally now frozen out because Trump 'hates to be associated with losers': analysis

Donald Trump is souring on Vladimir Putin as the Russian president's grip on power weakens and his war in Ukraine drags into an embarrassing stalemate, according to a new analysis.

The shift comes as Trump prepares for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, a meeting that has left Putin nervously watching from the sidelines, Sarah Baxter wrote for The i Paper.

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'Panic' spreads through GOP as Trump hints he'll squander midterm 'superweapon'

Republican lawmakers and candidates are growing increasingly anxious in the lead up to the 2026 midterm elections as President Donald Trump continues to stay quiet on whether his super PAC, MAGA Inc., has any plans to use its $300 million was chest to help bolster Republicans at the ballot box.

“There is an expectation funds are coming soon,” said a GOP donor, speaking with Politico for its report published Saturday on the condition of anonymity. “Mild panic will set in soon if it doesn’t by early summer.”

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Leaked email exposes White House splinters as 'frustrated' Susie Wiles threatens staff

A leaked threat from Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles warned she'd fire West Wing staff members who discussed the president's administration outside of a very close circle, Politico reported.

The internal warning told insiders they could be hit with immediate termination if they spoke to reporters.

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Trump's giant gold statue at his golf club triggers online disgust and disbelief

Trump's giant gold statue of himself at his Doral Golf Club in Miami was met with online disgust by people who couldn't believe that anyone would want or applaud such a vanity project.

"What's wrong with people," wrote journalist James Surowiecki on X, reacting to video of the statue and a photo of a pastor dedicating it in Trump's honor.

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Trump already 'bored' with his own  war and wants out: report

Trump is reportedly losing patience with his own war that he started in Iran and wants it to end as soon as possible, according to a new report.

According to a Friday article by The Atlantic, an outside advisor to Trump said that the president is "bored" with the war.

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'Uhhh': Trump blindsided when pressed on reported plans to fire his own top health chief

President Donald Trump was caught on the back foot Friday when a reporter asked him about the reports his Food and Drug Administration commissioner is set to be fired, not even appearing to understand what was being asked of him.

"What's going on with Marty Makary?" asked a reporter.

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MAGA UFC president squirms as radio host demands he stop 'glazing' Trump: 'He's failing'

The president of UFC tried to create some space between himself and President Donald Trump, a well-known friend of his, during a recent podcast interview.

"Everybody has friends they disagree with," Dana White said during an appearance on the podcast, The Breakfast Club, on Friday. "I consider myself right down the middle, a little liberal, to be honest."

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Trump's Truth Social hemorrhages $400M in three months as MAGA CEO bolts

Trump's social media platform is struggling as it just reported more than $400 million in losses during the most recent quarter, according to recent reports.

Truth Social, run by the Trump Media and Technology Group, reported a net loss of more than $400 million and less than $1 million in total sales during the first three months of 2026, according to a Variety article on Friday.

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Susie Wiles cracks down as leaky staff airs White House dirty laundry to the press

A top White House official has become so frustrated with seeing details of the Trump administration leaked to the press that she's begun cracking down internally, according to a new report.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles sent an email across the Executive Office of the President telling staff to stop leaking information to the press, Politico reported on Friday.

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Trump's national AI push again meets local fury as irate man body slammed at town hall

A New Jersey man was body slammed and arrested at a packed township meeting this week after speaking out against a proposed AI data center — part of a growing national backlash against Trump's $500 billion push to build AI infrastructure across the country.

The confrontation unfolded Thursday at an Andover Township Committee meeting in Sussex County, where hundreds of residents turned out to oppose plans for a data center by developer National Land Developers LLC. The project is part of a wave of similar developments accelerating under Trump's Stargate initiative, a joint venture with OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle that the president has called "the largest AI infrastructure project in history."

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