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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) responded with outrage on Friday evening to the news that President Donald Trump strong-armed his own hand-picked U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, into resigning — out of anger that Siebert couldn't muster the evidence to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud.

"Unbelievable," Warner posted to X. "Trump has now announced he is pushing out a U.S. Attorney because he refused to prosecute Trump’s political enemies."

President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform Friday evening that he has ordered a third lethal airstrike on a ship traveling in international waters.

"On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility," wrote Trump. "Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans. The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in international waters. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike."

A legal expert on CNN warned President Donald Trump may have uttered remarks Friday that will come back to bite him in court.

Elliott Williams joined Erin Burnett on her show, "OutFront," to discuss Trump's use of the word “illegal” when talking about the media.

A reporter in the White House press pool tried to ask President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Friday about his plans to send a military force to keep order in Memphis, Tennessee — and Trump waved her off, calling her "obnoxious" and refusing to answer any of her questions.

"Mr. President, what are your plans for—" the reporter began. Her name wasn't immediately known.

Verge writer Tina Nguyen reports it’s been “barely a week before everyone began fighting each other for a piece of” Charlie Kirk. The resulting feeding frenzy is sparking a civil war among MAGA influencers that’s caught up even the leadership of Israel.

The indictment of Kirk’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, cited his Discord chats wherein he appeared to confess to the shooting.

President Donald Trump admitted Friday afternoon he doesn't see eye to his with his own handpicked Health Secretary, but insisted he wanted someone with "opposite views."

The admission came as reporters peppered the president with questions at the White House, including one about Robert F. Kennedy's Department of Health and Human Services.

President Donald Trump on Friday took issue with a reporter's inquiry in the Oval Office, calling it a "trick question."

As Trump fielded shouted questions from reporters, one reporter asked him about his thoughts on free speech as it relates to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

A new report left critics aghast Friday as it claimed donors to President Donald Trump's luxurious new White House ballroom may get their names enshrined in the building "forever."

Trump is building the addition, a project described as the most significant renovation of the White House since Harry Truman. The ballroom is planned as part of a 90,000-square-foot expansion of the East Wing, will cover about 25,000 square feet and seat up to 900 guests.

President Donald Trump's Energy Secretary melted down on Fox Business on Friday after the host asked his thoughts on former Vice President Al Gore.

Chris Wright joined Maria Bartiromo on her show "Mornings with Maria," and was asked what he would tell "Al Gore and the skeptics" about climate change ahead of his appearance at an upcoming New York Times Climate Forward event scheduled for Sept. 24.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new order Friday that will slap a steep fee on a key immigration program that allows U.S. companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty jobs that require highly specialized knowledge and the equivalent of a bachelor's degree.

Trump's proclamation would impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B applications, according to Bloomberg and CNN. CNN reporter Kristen Holmes told viewers on Friday that tech companies usually use such workers.

Donors to President Donald Trump's lavish new White House ballroom may get their names enshrined in the building "forever," according to a new report.

Trump is building a new ballroom, a project described as the most significant renovation of the White House since Harry Truman. The ballroom is planned as part of a 90,000-square-foot expansion of the East Wing. The ballroom itself will cover about 25,000 square feet and seat up to 900 guests.