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Reacting to comments made by Donald Trump about Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade claimed it was legitimate to demand the president expand even more upon his relationship with the convicted child rapist.

Appearing on MSNBC with host Anna Cabrera, McQuade focused on Trump's explanation that he had a falling out with Epstein over the recruitment of Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago.

President Donald Trump's administration has decided to reinstate the Presidential Fitness Test, which was given to students in American schools until 2013.

The move was instantly mocked by onlookers eager to point out that the fitness of Trump might not be something to aim for — despite the president's past brags about his health.

A number of prominent Senate Republicans are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s attacks on Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), telling him to “back off” his push to coerce the senator into compliance on changing a Senate tradition.

On Tuesday, Trump demanded that Grassley eliminate a Senate tradition known as the ‘blue slip,’ a tool for senators to block judicial nominees that would ultimately serve in their districts. Trump went on to reshare several posts on Truth Social labeling Grassley a “RINO,” or ‘Republican in name only,’ as well as another post suggesting Grassley “must hate America.”

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) proposed legislation that would restrict U.S. lawmakers from stock trading — and President Donald Trump was not happy about it.

In a committee vote Wednesday, Hawley and Democrats passed the bill out of committee, where it will hit the full Senate for a vote.

The judgment of President Donald Trump's favored candidate for Florida governor has been called into question.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) won the president's endorsement for next year's gubernatorial race, but The Daily Beast reported that some Republicans are concerned about his longtime relationship with Larry Wilcoxson, who the congressman has described for years as his "right-hand man."

A ruling by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon for President Donald Trump is now being used to argue that Alina Habba, the pick for U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, was unconstitutionally appointed.

Politico first reported that attorneys for defendant Julien Giraud Jr., who is under indictment on drug charges in New Jersey, are citing Cannon's ruling, which stated that special counsel Jack Smith's appointment was unconstitutional.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), designed to root out unnecessary expenses and dismantle government agencies, has faded from the limelight and left taxpayers funding civil servants on administrative leave and being paid to sit at home and not work.

According to a report from the Washington Post, the ham-handed efforts of DOGE-mastermind Elon Musk's hires to cut government spending has not matched the hype, with the report noting that an early retirement component has been a major drag on cost-cutting.

Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler announced this week that he was offered a buyout as the paper continues to purge staff. In his parting message, he took a shot at the era of false information, warning that he fears those pushing it are winning.

Writing on Thursday, he recalled a recent international conference of 400 fact-checkers meeting to discuss the work they do. "After years of exponential growth," he said, "political fact-checking was in retreat and under fire."

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on the state legislature to "lock the doors" and then arrest any Democratic lawmakers who attempted to flee the statehouse in an effort to stop Republicans from going through with redistricting plans.

"The House rules and the Senate rules both allow for these people to be arrested if they leave and ... they try to break the quorum," Paxton told MAGA influencer Steve Bannon on Thursday. "The challenge is if they go out of state, we lose jurisdiction."

Officials and allies of President Donald Trump are dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars to party in private, The Washington Times reported — all in an effort to avoid “very public confrontations.”

“The appeal is having a place where nobody spits in your face,” said Jessica Sidman, food editor for Washington magazine, speaking with The Washington Times. “Like it or not, D.C. is an extremely liberal city. You don’t have to worry about someone yelling at you or recording you in these clubs.”

Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro invited mockery by suggesting the president should win Nobel prizes for his diplomacy and economic policies.

The senior counselor for trade and manufacturing applauded Trump's deals Thursday morning in an appearance on Maria Bartiromo's show on Fox Business, saying the president's tariff threats had resulted in foreign investment in American industries.

On Thursday morning, MSNBC ran a report from NBC's Morgan Radford that detailed the growing "resistance" in communities to protect and assist immigrants from ICE agents working for Homeland Security head Kristi Noem.

According to Radford, the wave of videos of masked ICE snatching innocent people off the streets has led to not only citizen patrols but also a collection of apps used to alert people about the presence, which has riled the Donald Trump administration that, in turn, has led to government threats against those who use them.

CNN's John Berman confronted a conservative commentator over President Donald Trump's attack on a Republican senator — and he quickly backed down.

The president lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) for siding with Democrats to include presidents in a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, even though it wouldn't take effect until after he was out of office, and the "CNN News Central" host asked conservative Scott Jennings to comment on the issue.