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Some of Kash Patel's leadership decisions at the FBI have been nothing short of "humiliating," according to one former conservative analyst.

Tim Miller, writer at large for The Bulwark, discussed Patel's leadership at the FBI on a recent episode of "The Bulwark Podcast." He recorded the episode before learning that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had been murdered at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Patel's FBI is now leading the investigation, which has exposed some of the disarray behind the scenes.

The Trump administration has destroyed nearly $10 million of birth control pills and other contraceptives that were to be sent to low-income countries, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that the U.S. Agency for International Development had purchased the pills, intrauterine devices, and hormonal implants earlier this year before the agency was largely shut down. The report says the total value of the equipment is roughly $9.7 million.

FBI Director Kash Patel may have exposed President Donald Trump to the risk of deposition, according to a lawsuit brought by senior FBI agents he fired, national security journalist Marcy "emptywheel" Wheeler wrote on Thursday.

The lawsuit from the former agents, Brian Driscoll, Steven Jensen, and Spencer Evans, makes a lot of damning claims about how Patel operated, including that he said they could not have voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris if they wanted to pass vetting for the Trump administration.

Paramount-owned cable network Comedy Central pulled a recent episode of "South Park" that featured conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was killed on a university campus on Wednesday, according to a new report.

The Desk, a business publication focused on the streaming platform, reported on Thursday that Comedy Central had removed the episode, which aired in the show's 27th season. In the episode, the protagonist Eric Cartman parodies Kirk as a conservative podcaster who debates kids at school.

A criminologist suggested on Thursday that the gunman who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk may have been trying to prove that they are "sniper worthy."

Kirk, 31, was killed while giving a talk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. He was shot in the neck from about 200 yards away, according to reports. Law enforcement officials said on Thursday that the shooter may have been staged on a nearby rooftop overlooking the tent Kirk was underneath at the time he was shot.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board smacked President Donald Trump yet again on Thursday, amid news of new inflation woes driven by the president's tariffs.

"Consumer prices climbed 0.4% in August and 2.9% over the past year, both the most since January. Price increases last month were broad-based, hitting food consumed at home (0.6%), alcohol (0.6%), children’s shoes (1.5%), clothing (0.5%), new cars (0.3%), used cars (1.0%), housing (0.4%), hotels (2.6%), vehicle repair (5.0%), air fares (5.9%) and more," wrote the board, which, despite its conservative leaning, have grown fed up with Trump's tariff policies. "The index for so-called core prices (less volatile food and energy) wasn’t more reassuring. Those prices rose 0.3% in the month, or 3.1% over the last 12 months."

A former GOP strategist on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump's response to the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Maura Gillespie, who worked for Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and former Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), joined CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" to discuss the aftermath of Kirk's murder, which was widely condemned on both sides of the political aisle.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist said on Thursday that there is a possibility President Donald Trump could be "forced out" of office over the Jeffrey Epstein files.

David Cay Johnston, who won multiple Pulitzers for his reporting on inequities in the U.S. tax code, discussed the latest news of the Epstein files case on a new episode of "Times Radio." His comments came as Republicans try to ward off a bipartisan effort to vote on releasing the files.

President Donald Trump made an ominous threat while speaking to reporters outside the White House before boarding Marine One.

Trump told reporters that there is a "radical left group of lunatics" that needs to be addressed. His comments come a day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered at Utah Valley University while he was giving a speech.

Pro-MAGA podcast host Steve Crowder said he was subpoenaed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, or ATF, after he revealed alleged details about an investigation into the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

In a Thursday morning post on X, Crowder claimed to have received an email from an "officer at ATF." The message included what he said were details about "a weapon and cartridges located by an ATF and other law enforcement near the scene of the Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley State University."

A former Fox News host claimed that corporations like Disney, CBS, and Comcast are responsible for the "rise in hatred" in America during a podcast interview on Thursday.

Bill O'Reilly joined the "Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show" Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show" on Thursday to discuss the slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The interview occurred just days after O'Reilly's new book, "Confronting Evil," was released.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R‑Ky.) strongly challenged on Thursday President Donald Trump’s claim that the renewed attention on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is a political “hoax,” pointing instead to a diplomatic upheaval in the United Kingdom as proof that there’s more to emerge.

“If it's a hoax, why did the British government just fire their ambassador to the United States? It’s because more is coming out on the Epstein files and they see what's coming down the pike,” Massie told CNN journalist Manu Raju Thursday.

The Carolina Panthers announced on Thursday that the team had fired a communications employee for making "insensitive" social media posts about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder, according to a new report.

The Charlotte Observer reported that the employee, Charlie Rock, posted about Kirk's death on his personal Instagram account.