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Donald Trump went after a decades-old U.S. military alliance on Wednesday in an all-caps Truth Social tirade, declaring NATO useless and taking a bizarre swipe at Greenland in the same breath.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte reportedly met privately with Trump on Wednesday, with discussions expected to focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and smoothing over Trump's fury at the alliance for sitting out the Iran war, while the strait closure sent gas prices soaring. It wasn't immediately clear how the meeting went, but Trump didn't hold back his thoughts on social media.

President Donald Trump has spent years championing American steel, slapping tariffs on foreign metals and promising to shield U.S. manufacturers from overseas competition. But a bombshell New York Times report reveals he may have traded a lucrative tariff break for tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for his White House ballroom.

According to the Times, Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the world's second-largest steel maker, donated steel valued at $37 million for Trump's $400 million ballroom project. The steel was produced in Europe.

President Donald Trump's Defense Secretary may be the next cabinet member to depart the administration, even though he just declared "victory" over Iran, according to one expert.

Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a press conference on Wednesday that the U.S. had achieved a “decisive military victory” over Iran. That's despite multiple reports indicating that Iran has continued to strike U.S. allies in the region, and the Strait of Hormuz remains shut. Meanwhile, details of an agreement allegedly struck between the two countries appear to show the U.S. losing influence over Iran. For instance, the White House has considered lifting all sanctions on Iranian oil and removing all U.S. troops from the country, according to reports.

A new report claims that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s private diaries contain entries about his battles with "lust demons" and ranking his sexual encounters on a scale of 1-10.

People Magazine reported on Wednesday that a forthcoming biography of Kennedy Jr., written by New York Post reporter Isabel Vincent, included sordid details about his private life that shed new light on Kennedy's character. For instance, the report notes that Kennedy's second wife, Mary Kennedy, gave his journals to a friend of hers as "insurance" before she committed suicide.

A veteran GOP analyst flagged the "biggest concern" for the Republican Party following Tuesday's special election in Georgia during a new interview on CNN.

Ashley Davis, a former official in George W. Bush's Department of Homeland Security, joined Jake Tapper on CNN's "The Lead," where the panel discussed how Republicans should view the outcome of the special election. Republican Clay Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris for the seat left vacant after former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene retired from Congress. But Fuller's margin of victory was less than half of the 37-point margin President Donald Trump had in the district during the 2024 election.

Pete Hegseth went out Wednesday to sell America on Donald Trump's Iran triumph — and ended up accidentally dismantling it, according to a new analysis.

The Defense Secretary insisted that Trump's threat to erase Iranian civilization is what brought Tehran back to the negotiating table.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi received a shot across the bow on Wednesday during a segment on CNN.

Bondi has been under fire for attempting to avoid being deposed next week regarding the Department of Justice's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. She was removed from her job last week amid ongoing tensions between the White House and the DOJ over the handling of the files.

President Donald Trump's social media site, normally nothing more than a platform for himself to rant and his most avid fans to admire him, is plunging into warfare, as MAGA fans turn on each other over Trump's moves in the Iran conflict.

According to The New York Times, "Thousands of users on the social media platform, which Mr. Trump created in 2022, have responded to the president’s drumbeat of posts with a mix of frustration, disbelief and outrage. They have written that they feel betrayed by the expanding war in Iran and ashamed when Mr. Trump used an expletive on Easter to make demands of the Iranian government. Some were so perplexed by his military interventions that one declared they 'make zero sense.'"

CNN host Jake Tapper accused President Donald Trump of "lying" to Americans in a recent Truth Social post about an alleged "false statement" CNN published on Tuesday.

CNN reported that Iranian officials had declared a "great victory" over the U.S. after agreeing to a ceasefire deal. Trump wrote on Truth Social that "authorities" are investigating CNN for publishing the statement, and that it may have been a criminal act.

Fashion icon Anna Wintour gave a withering critique of first lady Melania Trump's wardrobe during a new interview on Wednesday.

Wintour joined filmmaker Greta Gerwig, actress Meryl Streep, and reporters from Vogue Magazine for a wide-ranging interview about fashion, politics, and the upcoming "Devil Wears Prada" sequel. At one point, Gerwig asked Wintour about how women can communicate power through fashion. The Daily Mail noted that Wintour's response seemed to shade one of Trump's favorite fashion choices.

Vice President JD Vance was brutally mocked on Wednesday after he claimed not to know a high-ranking official in the Catholic church.

Vance was asked at a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, about a report from the Bari Weiss-led publication, "The Free Press," about senior military leaders inviting Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who served as Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. until March 2026, to the Pentagon and telling him that the church should get on board with Trump's war in Iran.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) warned that Republicans will have a "tough time" holding the state House in 2026.

During the Texas Policy Summit on Wednesday, Patrick devoted a third of his keynote address to the possibility that Democrats could do well in the midterm elections.