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Trump 'expressed frustration' over coverage of fighter jet crash: report

President Donald Trump reportedly "expressed frustration" after the news media focused on the downing of an F-15E fighter jet in Iran.

NBC News said that Trump complained about the coverage during an interview on Friday.

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Trump's mockery of British PM damages alliance 'beyond repair': report

President Donald Trump's impersonations of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have led to a damaged relationship "beyond repair" between the two countries amid the ongoing Iran war, according to reports on Friday.

Trump had mocked Starmer and ridiculed him during an Easter lunch speech at the White House, saying the UK was "not our best" ally after Starmer had reportedly consulted his team about military actions, according to The Guardian. He was apparently angry over the prime minister's decision to deny the U.S. military use of British military bases during the launch of its air strikes on Iran.

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Fox News admits downed jet is 'more than bad luck': 'Iran has a lot of missiles'

Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin seemed to contradict President Donald Trump's claim that Iran was "not shooting" at U.S. forces.

After two U.S. aircraft went down near Iran on Friday, Griffin indicated that search teams were still trying to rescue one crew member.

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Trump jokes about keeping Iran's oil as crews desperately search for downed pilot

President Donald Trump joked about confiscating Iran's oil as search crews were desperately trying to find a fighter pilot who was downed in the war-torn country.

"KEEP THE OIL, ANYONE?" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday while the search was underway.

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'Daddy's not home': Fury erupts as Trump goes quiet after Iran shoots down US fighter jet

An American's whereabouts were unknown on Friday after Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet, as questions mounted online over what happened to the missing service member and if the Trump administration would comment on it.

President Donald Trump had not yet responded to the attack, which was the first time an American jet had been shot down since the military strikes launched five weeks ago. It was unknown what had happened to the missing pilot.

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Trump may have accidentally torpedoed his own bid to seize voter rolls: analyst

President Donald Trump's executive order demanding states put new procedures in place for mail-in voting and turn over information about who is voting by mail is almost certain to be struck down in court, Jim Saksa wrote for Democracy Docket on Friday — but that's not the only way it could derail Trump's ambitions.

That's because this order could also undermine one of the main arguments Trump's Justice Department has used in court to defend the lawsuits filed against dozens of states to seize their voting rolls.

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White House app triggers alarm bells as experts fear it's spying on Americans

Digital privacy researchers were reportedly concerned over the White House's news app — not just its "rose-tinted view of the president" — but what it can actually do

Some experts have questioned whether the app, which was apparently downloaded about 700,000 times in the first week alone, could serve as a surveillance tool to keep an eye on the American public, The Washington Post reported. It shares updates from President Donald Trump's social media feeds and has an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tip line to encourage users to report "suspected criminal activity" directly from the app.

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Second Air Force plane crashes in Iran war

A second Air Force combat aircraft reportedly crashed on Friday at the "same time" that an F-15E fighter jet went down in Iran.

The New York Times reported that the second aircraft went down in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz. The pilot was recovered, the report said. An A-10 Warthog attack plane was said to be involved in the crash.

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‘Lowest of any president’: Pollster floored as Trump’s net approval sinks to new low

Data journalist and pollster Elliott Morris was taken aback on Friday after new polling showed President Donald Trump receiving his single-lowest favorability rating of his political career, and the lowest of any past president at this point in their term since the 1940s.

According to the polling aggregator FiftyPlusOne, as of Thursday, Trump’s net approval had sunk to -21.4, with 37.2% approving of his job performance and 58.6% disapproving.

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Top aide's cancer diagnosis may have unleashed Trump's firing spree: analyst

Donald Trump has fired two high-profile Cabinet members over the last month, and it could be because a crucial aide is absent, a political analyst has claimed.

Both the Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi were shown the door in quick succession, with the latter fired by Trump earlier this week. Trump has turned over fewer staff members in his second term as president, but an increase in high-profile firings may be because the aide keeping him in check is less present than usual.

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Trump scrambles to offer jobs to GOP candidate and her husband after yanking endorsement

Donald Trump publicly reversed himself on a key endorsement after an army of lobbyists and Republican insiders convinced him his vindictive primary challenge was a political blunder heading into the midterms. The result: a humbling walk-back and a cushy administration job for the candidate he'd thrown overboard.

According to The Washington Post, Trump had viciously turned on first-term Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO) after Hurd dared to criticize his tariff policies and join Democrats in voting to rescind Trump's Canada tariffs. In a fit of retaliation, Trump endorsed Hurd's primary challenger, Hope Scheppelman, a critical care nurse.

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GOP fractures deepen: Thune blindsides Johnson in DHS shutdown fight

The Republican Party's internal warfare over the DHS shutdown has exposed a stunning divide between Senate and House leadership, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) cutting a deal that left House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) completely out of the loop — and fuming.

According to MS NOW's Mychael Schnell, Thune won the political war, but both leaders emerged from the funding battle bruised and bloodied, with Donald Trump wielding his unpredictable power to destabilize the process at will.

Early last Friday morning, the Senate unanimously backed a compromise to fund most of DHS while leaving the most contentious provisions for a future reconciliation bill. It appeared to be a workable solution. At 2:41 a.m., Thune sounded cautiously optimistic about Trump's support.

Then everything fell apart.

Minutes after the Senate passed its bill, Johnson called Trump to say his House conference would reject the deal. Later that morning, Johnson told his members that Thune had cut them out entirely.

"They cut off communications with us last night," Johnson said on the Friday conference call. "The Senate did this without informing me or even all of their members or the White House. No one was involved."

But Thune's account contradicted Johnson's narrative. The Senate leader said he had texted with Johnson overnight, going "back and forth a little bit" about the deal. Multiple sources confirmed Thune had given Johnson advance notice, suggesting Thune was actually shocked by Johnson's sudden opposition — not the other way around.

House Republicans were livid about the method of notification. One GOP member, speaking anonymously, complained that Thune had texted Johnson instead of calling about a deal of such magnitude.

"When you do something like that, you don't f------ text. You pick up the phone and call," the Republican said.

The clash exposes fundamentally different political realities facing the two leaders. Thune operates in the Senate, where the 60-vote threshold forces bipartisan compromise and gives him flexibility to cut deals. Johnson commands a paper-thin House majority under constant threat of revolt — with hard-liners wielding the motion to vacate as a weapon that could cost him his job.

"There are different dynamics," one Senate Republican explained. "Johnson has to contend more with his right flank. Thune has to deal with senators in the middle. They're playing to different bases."

But both leaders now face an unpredictable third force: a president whose shifting positions can upend the entire process overnight, leaving everyone scrambling.

'Sick': Trump AG candidate Jeanine Pirro made live-in author clean her dog's poop

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro, a candidate for President Donald Trump's next attorney general, once forced an author to clean her home, including her dog's feces.

In a Friday profile of Pirro, writer Lisa DePaulo told Intelligencer that the former judge had asked her to move in while writing her latest book.

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