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President Donald Trump vowed not to raise taxes on the rich to pay for his agenda — and handed a major win to the Democrats' left, a key player in the MAGA movement said Friday.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said if the GOP had hiked taxes, it would have gutted “the AOC-Bernie ‘oligarchy tour.’”

President Donald Trump defended his administration following reports that White House officials may have tipped off Wall Street executives about a possible upcoming trade deal with India, The Washington Post reported.

Trump made the comments Friday while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, where he admitted it was impossible for him to know for certain, given the thousands of people who work for him.

President Donald Trump's so-called "border czar" sent threats on social media following the arrest of a judge.

Tom Homan posted threats on X after the FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge who authorities said helped an immigrant by allowing them to exit a different part of the courtroom. The government alleged it was her way of obstructing justice.

President Donald Trump took a moment Friday afternoon to prod Volodymyr Zelensky, complaining on social media that the Ukrainian president hasn't signed his "very important" deal.

Trump’s recent rare earth mineral deal reportedly involves securing access to critical minerals, reducing dependence on China, and strengthening U.S. security and the economy. The agreement includes executive orders, investments in mining, international agreements-most notably with Ukraine-and a push for deep-sea mining.

GOP Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is urging President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine — or be seen as a "patsy."

“IVE SEEN ENOUGH KILLING OF INNOCENT UKRAINIAN women + children. President Trump pls put the toughest of sanctions on Putin. U ought to c from clear evidence that he is playing America as a patsy,” the 91-year-old posted on X.

The post came after President Trump told reporters on Friday morning that Ukraine and Russia were “coming close” to a deal.

Career officials within the Trump adminstration had been trying behind the scenes to return wrongly-deported Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after learning he had been sent to the infamous Salvadoran CECOT megaprison — but these efforts were shut down by White House officials early on, reported The Atlantic on Friday.

Garcia's removal has become a massive controversy and focal point of protest around President Donald Trump's mass deportation policy, as well as his defiance of court orders.

The Trump administration will essentially formalize Elon Musk's disruption of the federal government with its new budget proposal — even after the tech billionaire prepares to return to private business.

The proposed 2026 budget includes steep cuts that would eliminate some federal programs and shred the social safety net, cutting billions of dollars from programs supporting child care, health research, education, housing assistance, community development and the elderly, according to preliminary documents obtained by the New York Times.

A major supporter of Donald Trump's tariffs, who was appointed this year as executive director of the Office of Trade Relations at Customs and Border Protection, has been banished after a picture of him attending the wedding of one the president's critics was circulated this week.

According to a report from the Washington Post, George E. Bogden was reportedly pink-slipped because he attended the wedding of former Trump administration official Miles Taylor who wrote the notorious 2018 New York Times opinion piece critical of Trump under the name "Anonymous."

Staffers for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are constructing a "deportation machine" using the sensitive data they've scooped up across the federal government, according to a new report.

Sources familiar with the plans told CNN that DOGE employees intend to create a centralized repository of data from the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services and other agencies, and the data analytics company Palantir is involved with building out the database.

The Trump administration suddenly backed down on its effort to revoke the visas of thousands of foreign students, according to reports.

The administration announced Friday in court that it would return the students to active status after terminating their records in a federal database earlier this month, reported WUSA-TV.