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Adversaries targeting the United States through covert cybersecurity campaigns aimed at amplifying political discourse have been given more freedom to conduct their missions thanks to President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the country's disinformation campaign.

That’s according to a new report in The New York Times, which detailed Friday how efforts to combat disinformation by U.S. cybersecurity agencies have come to a screeching halt under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) tried to dispel notions Friday that he and Kilmar Ábrego García — the Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison — were drinking margaritas during their meeting earlier in the week.

Van Hollen landed at Dulles International Airport on Friday after a two-day trip to El Salvador, where he asked to see Ábrego García. The U.S. government has previously admitted he was wrongfully deported to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) delivered a speech at Dulles International Airport on Friday, detailing his experience traveling to El Salvador to track down the wrongfully deported Maryland family man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom he finally managed to get into contact with on Thursday evening after days of getting the run-around from government officials.

"We need to end the illegal abduction of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and bring him home," said Van Hollen, who has previously accused the Trump administration of misinformation on the case.

Col. Nicole Malachowski was celebrated for being the first woman selected to fly Thunderbird #3 with the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron and the first woman to fly on any Department of Defense military jet demonstration team. But all articles about her were yanked from websites in accordance with President Donald Trump's directive to remove all diversity, equity and inclusion content from government sites.

The Air Force later told CNN in a statement that the content was being restored. When CNN looked at the stories, they are now headlined saying, "DEI_A Life in flight for the first woman 'Thunderbirds' pilot."

Federal workers on Friday were put on notice by Donald Trump that their jobs could be in jeopardy if they don’t fall in line with the president’s MAGA agenda.

Trump escalated his attacks against civil servants after his administration moved forward earlier in the day with a new rule known as “Schedule F” that effectively strips about 50,000 people, or 2% of the federal workforce, of their civil service protections, according to media reports.

The Trump White House is coming under fire for what appears to be an attempt to mock the U.S. Supreme Court, the facts in the case of a Maryland man wrongly deported to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, and The New York Times.

The White House’s official account on the social media platform X posted a “corrected” version of a New York Times story—corrections that have drawn concern and scorn from the legal community and political commentators.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio "split" with President Donald Trump over the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, The Daily Beast reported Friday.

Speaking to the press, Rubio lamented the lack of progress in negotiations and said that the United States could “move on” from the talks in “a matter of days" if no agreement can be reached.

President Donald Trump's escalating attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pose a threat to the entire economy, Chris Hughes of the Economy Security Project warned in an analysis for The New York Times published on Friday.

Powell has publicly warned that the effect of Trump's tariffs will be rising prices and additional pressure against rate cuts at the Federal Reserve. Trump has responded by publicly slamming the Fed chair, whom he first appointed, and even threatening to fire him — something that has never been done.

President Donald Trump's adviser Stephen Miller doubled down Friday afternoon in the White House's clash with judges in a high-profile deportation case, insisting the Supreme Court has been "abundantly clear" and that the administration cannot return a Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported to the country due to what the Trump administration called an administrative error. The Supreme Court issued a murky ruling that the Trump administration must "facilitate" his return, but kicked the case back to a lower court to clarify "effectuate." The U.S. government has maintained he is a threat due to alleged gang ties, though his family and legal team dispute the claims.

The White House posted a screenshot of a story in The New York Times with an altered headline — and a claim that the original had been fixed.

Now a former federal prosecutor is cautioning that that action could cause the Donald Trump administration problems in court.