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As the Trump administration continues to face backlash over its immigration enforcement operations in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti, one Senate Republican revealed late Thursday he’s been urging President Trump to dump Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and advisor Stephen Miller, or risk a “wave against Republicans” in the midterms.

“I’ve continued to tell the president you’ve got to get the amateurs out of the Oval Office for his own sake, for his legacy, but for the sake of Republicans,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on “The Conversation," Politico’s weekly podcast.

President Donald Trump tossed an endorsement to a Republican state senate candidate ahead of a special election seen as a bellwether for the midterm elections.

The president backed GOP candidate Leigh Wambsganss in the Saturday special election runoff in the once reliably conservative suburbs of Fort Worth that has turned in to what the New York Times described Thursday as a "nail-biter for Republicans," who are reportedly worried that even a narrow win could be a bad sign for November.

President Donald Trump smeared slain nurse Alex Pretti in an overnight social media post.

New video shows an encounter between the 37-year-old Pretti and federal immigration agents 11 days before Border Patrol officers fatally shot him Jan. 24, and the 79-year-old president suggested that newly revealed footage suggested the Minnesota man deserved his fate.

Political analysts were blown away on Thursday after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sat down for what seemed like a softball interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Noem joined Hannity at a time when President Donald Trump's immigration forces were receiving significant criticism for the way they had conducted their operations in Minneapolis. Last weekend, a swarm of immigration agents killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti during a protest, an event that sparked bipartisan outrage toward the Trump administration. It was the second high-profile killing in Minneapolis in January. The other one involved Renee Good, 37, a mother who was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross just a few blocks from her home.

There is one important difference between President Donald Trump's first and second administrations, and one former Trump insider believes it could bring down the White House.

Olivia Troye, who worked on national security issues during the first Trump administration, joined Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz on their "The Court of History" podcast to discuss what she sees as the main difference between the two Trump administrations. Troye argued that the absence of Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, is the key difference, and one that threatens to upend the second administration.

President Donald Trump's administration has made up its mind regarding who will replace the outgoing Federal Reserve chairman, according to a new report.

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the Trump administration is preparing to elevate Kevin Warsh to the Federal Reserve Chairman role once Jerome Powell's tenure ends in May. Warsh was a finalist for the role in 2017 when Trump initially picked Powell for the job. However, Trump and Powell have clashed on a number of issues since then, including the Federal Reserve's insistence on keeping interest rates high to combat inflation.

President Donald Trump may have taken an axe to one of the U.S. economy's most important sectors, and it's already proving to be "deeply damaging," according to one analyst.

Catherine Rampell, economic editor at The Bulwark, argued in a new article on Thursday that Trump's policies have made America's educational system worse, causing America to lose its edge in important fields like aerospace, artificial intelligence, and defense research and development. She argued the policies Trump and his MAGA allies have pursued created what she called "the Great American Brain Drain," one that seems likely to last long into the future.

Political analysts and observers panned President Donald Trump's latest attempt at regime change on Thursday.

Trump quietly signed an executive order imposing tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, a move that some analysts saw as a way to try to economically cripple the Cuban regime. The order was signed at a time when Trump is seeking to impose his influence on other countries like Venezuela, where he captured dictator Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S. to stand trial on narco-terrorism charges, and Iran, which was on the receiving end of a vicious bombing campaign late last year.

President Donald Trump sued the IRS on Thursday for a whopping $10 billion, according to a new report.

The lawsuit claims the agency failed to prevent the president's tax returns from being leaked during his first administration, NBC News reported. The lawsuit, which was filed in Miami, also claims that Trump is suing the agency in his personal capacity, and not as President of the United States, according to the report.

President Donald Trump's Small Business Administration chief, Kelly Loeffler, heaped praise on him during this week's Cabinet meeting — but she made a particularly outlandish economic claim that had experts doing a double-take.

"The $18 trillion you brought is creating an economic boom," Loeffler said. "We will have 7 percent GDP growth. It’s probably being underestimated right now."

President Donald Trump appeared to throw his border czar under the bus on the black carpet of the first lady's documentary premiere at the Kennedy Center on Thursday.

As the Trumps walked the carpet, a reporter asked Trump if he planned to start "pulling back" in Minneapolis. Trump shook his head and said, "No, not at all," and walked away.

It seems as though the first lady's big movie premiere will go off with a couple of notable absences, according to a new report.

The documentary "Melania" will debut at the Kennedy Center on Thursday night, an event expected to draw a crowd of officials from President Donald Trump's administration, Hollywood stars, and business moguls. Amazon, which is owned by Trump ally Jeff Bezos, paid roughly $40 million to license the film, and the first lady reportedly pocketed a substantial chunk of that total herself.

A MAGA Senator baffled political analysts and observers on Thursday during an interview on the right-wing TV network Newsmax.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) claimed during an interview that President Donald Trump was justified in raiding the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center on Wednesday because he was "cheated" during the 2020 general election. Trump has consistently claimed that he won Georgia during the 2020 election, even though a recount and multiple courts have certified that former President Joe Biden won the state.