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'I don't worship him': MAGA civil war erupts as MTG hits Trump with blistering response

Less than an hour after President Donald Trump lashed out at one of his most ardent MAGA allies, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican fired back with a blistering statement of her own.

In a post to X, Greene continued the public MAGA feud by accusing Trump of lying, panicking over the looming release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and trying to intimidate GOP lawmakers.

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'Ranting lunatic!' Enraged Trump revokes endorsement of top MAGA ally

President Donald Trump lashed out Friday evening at longtime ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), signaling a dramatic rupture in one of the staunchest MAGA relationships in Congress.

Greene, a loyal Trump supporter for years, has in recent weeks become one of his sharpest critics, questioning earlier Friday whether he remains an “American First” president.

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'Stuck with a loser!' Trump sends venomous message to Republican's new wife

A rebel Republican and his new wife received a venomous note Friday night from President Donald Trump following their wedding announcement.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a frequent thorn in Trump's side, recently announced his marriage to Carolyn Grace Moffa, a former staffer for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).

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Trump brutally mocked over stunning tariff 'admission': 'Thought they were lowering costs'

Donald Trump quietly rolled back tariffs on beef, coffee, and tropical fruit Friday – a dramatic retreat from one of his signature second-term policies. The move comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to address high grocery prices.

But while the president may have rolled them back without much fanfare, the move didn’t go unnoticed as opponents on Capitol Hill and across social media were paying attention.

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'This is murder': Family of slain fisherman vows to sue over Trump's lethal boat strikes

Family members of a Colombian fisherman killed in one of the Trump administration’s illegal strikes on boats in the Caribbean is preparing to take legal action over what they describe as the murder of their loved one.

The New York Times reported Thursday that the family of Alejandro Carranza “has hired an American lawyer, who said he was preparing a legal claim.”

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Trump caves on slew of his own tariffs in bid to reduce grocery prices

Although President Donald Trump didn’t actually confess that his global trade war is driving up the cost of groceries for Americans, he did finally drop his dubiously named “reciprocal” tariffs on key imports on Friday.

According to a White House fact sheet, Trump’s new executive order ends his tariffs on beef; cocoa and spices; coffee and tea; bananas, oranges, and tomatoes; other tropical fruits and fruit juices; and fertilizers.

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'Give me a break!' Trump snaps at reporters asking if he kept Jeffrey Epstein's secrets

President Donald Trump treated reporters to a meandering, angry rant on Friday in an Air Force One gaggle when confronted about the ongoing questions over the Epstein case files, and the newly released emails that show Epstein boasting that Trump knew about his abuse of young girls but kept his mouth shut.

This comes at a moment when Congress is preparing to vote on a bipartisan measure to compel the full release of the files, despite his efforts to dissuade Republican lawmakers from doing so.

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'This is big': Red state Republicans shock with bid to defy Trump

Indiana Senate Republicans revealed on Friday, through the body's President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, that they don't have the votes to move forward with President Donald Trump's demand to redraw their state's congressional districts to delete Democratic seats, marking yet another setback in the GOP's bid to shore up their position in next year's midterm elections.

As the news broke, a number of pro-Trump politicians and figures voiced their rage on social media — with some threatening the careers of the Republican lawmakers who refused to join the effort.

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'Puts us all at risk': Experts warn these Trump orders will spike cancer rates

A series of nuclear power-related executive orders issued by President Donald Trump seek to legitimize people’s “suffering as the price of nuclear expansion,” said one expert at Beyond Nuclear on Friday, as the nongovernmental organization spearheaded a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and top Trump administration officials warning of the public health risks of the orders.

More than 40 civil society groups—including Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Sierra Club, Nuclear Watch South, and the Appalachian Peace Education Center—signed the letter to the commission, calling on officials not to revise the NRC’s Standards for Protection Against Radiation, as they were directed to earlier this year by Trump.

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Trump's sharp immigration crackdown descends on 2 more cities: report

The Trump administration is preparing to expand its aggressive nationwide immigration crackdown by sending teams of Border Patrol agents – including armored vehicles and special operations personnel – into two additional U.S. cities, according to internal DHS documents reviewed by CBS News.

The plans mark the next phase of Trump’s controversial mass deportation campaign, which has already reached Chicago, Los Angeles, and other locations far from the southern border.

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Trump's own officials beg him to reverse course on 'absolutely stunning' nuke announcement

President Donald Trump's own officials are reportedly begging him to reverse course over his suggestion to ramp up explosive nuclear testing, according to reports on Friday.

CNN's Betsy Klein told CNN anchor Brianna Keilar that top energy and nuclear officials are planning to meet at the White House in the coming days in an attempt to dissuade President Trump from resuming testing of the nation's nuclear weapons.

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Dire scenarios where Trump stays in power outlined by alarmed senator

One of Capitol Hill’s most prominent — and most vocal — Democrats is warning about what he says are the ways President Donald Trump could try to remain in power beyond his current term.

Trump has long hinted that he is interested in a third term, and even has had red “Trump 2028” caps as part of his merchandise offering. And while he recently appeared to put to rest questions about a third term — prohibited under a plain reading of the U.S. Constitution — by saying he has been told he cannot run, doubts among some still linger.

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Trump yanks nominee accused of saying resigning official should be 'shot'

President Donald Trump has dropped his support for a nominee for the Department of the Treasury who had apparently suggested a former IRS official should be shot.

Trump made the announcement Friday afternoon via his Truth Social platform.

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