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The New York Times editorial board scorched President Donald Trump's administration for its stance on opioids in a new op-ed published on Thursday.

For years, America's opioid crisis has improved, the editorial board argued, citing a 25% decline in overdose deaths between 2023 and 2024 as treatments like Narcan and Suboxone became easier to access. As the editorial board described it, "the crisis was finally easing."

A longtime Republican strategist is now warning that President Donald Trump may be contemplating deploying the U.S. military as a means of disrupting next year's pivotal midterm elections.

During a Thursday appearance on MSNBC, Rick Wilson, who is a co-founder of the anti-Trump Republican group The Lincoln Project, weighed in on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) comments that Trump may attempt to stay in power beyond 2028 in defiance of the U.S. Constitution and whether Newsom's concerns were legitimate. He said that while Trump has a history of "trolling," the president is also a "gambler" who has a pattern of taking big political risks for large payoffs.

One of President Donald Trump's closest confidants revealed Thursday that his latest move could backfire in a big way.

Steve Bannon, who worked in Trump's first administration, discussed the efforts to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez on a new episode of his podcast, "The War Room." He said the administration's approach to removing Monarez could make it more difficult to get a loyalist confirmed to take her spot, especially given Sen. Bill Cassidy's (R-LA) opposition to Monarez's firing.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday proposed the systematic annexation of Gaza over the coming months if Hamas keeps fighting, as well as the implementation of US President Donald Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian enclave.

Smotrich, who leads the far-right Religious Zionism party, announced his plan to "win in Gaza by the end of the year" during a press conference in Jerusalem.

A Ukrainian lawmaker slammed President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday for how it has handled Russia's war in Ukraine.

Inna Sovsun, a member of Ukraine's parliament, joined Erin Burnett on her show, "OutFront," to discuss Russia's latest attacks on the country. Overnight, Russia sent 538 drones and 91 missiles into Kyiv. The strikes killed 21 people and injured several others, according to reports.

In the lead-up to Labor Day in the United States, President Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his attack on the union rights of federal employees at a list of agencies with an executive order that claims to "enhance" national security.

Trump previously issued an order intended to strip the collective bargaining rights from hundreds of thousands of government employees in March, provoking an ongoing court fight. A federal judge blocked the president's edict—but then earlier this month, a panel from the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit allowed the administration to proceed.

CNN host Erin Burnett was stunned at a remark the White House made about the war in Ukraine on Thursday.

Burnett's remarks come after Kyiv, Ukraine, was hit by a barrage of Russian missiles overnight. Reports indicate 22 people were killed in the strike, and it damaged the European Union's nearby headquarters.

President Donald Trump is not in good shape for the midterm elections next year, warned Mark Mitchell, lead pollster of the heavily pro-MAGA outfit Rasmussen Reports, in a Thursday interview on "War Room."

Despite Trump "racking up wins" for his base, Mitchell said, "the Republicans are in a really bad spot."

Despite his threats to deploy the military across the country, President Donald Trump has revealed the impotence of his administration in actually solving crime, according to a recent analysis.

In a Thursday essay for The Washington Post entitled "Trump's bravado is no match for crooks and rats," columnist Marc Fisher argued that Trump's anti-crime push in the nation's capital has proven that the administration has been largely ineffective in its various goals. He pointed out the various ways in which the D.C. occupation has fallen flat.

A Fox News host scolded her colleagues on Thursday for dismissing actions of the Trump administration that they would criticize other presidents for doing.

Jessica Tarlov, co-host of the Fox News show "The Five," noted that her colleagues have been silent about President Donald Trump's efforts to use the government as an investment vehicle and assert control over museum content. Tarlov argued that her co-hosts would be up in arms if a Democratic president attempted to make the same moves.

The Washington man accused of throwing a sandwich at federal officers — and who subsequently earned the nickname "Sandwich Guy" from fellow Trump administration critics — achieved another win after Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro was forced to admit defeat in her effort to charge him with felony assault.

Pirro begged a grand jury to agree with her charges, but grand jurors refused. The flop earned ridicule for the former Fox News host as legal experts recalled the adage that a grand jury could "indict a ham sandwich." A defendant is not allowed to present his or her case to a grand jury, so it is typically seen as easy to get an indictment from a grand jury. Pirro's failure resulted in scores of puns about a ham sandwich thrower.

In the wake of a "Wednesday night massacre" at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and related resignations, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday called for an immediate congressional probe.

Just weeks after the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to lead the CDC, Dr. Susan Monarez, the director was forced out on Wednesday after reportedly clashing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Her ouster led to calls for firing Kennedy, four other officials resigning in protest, and a related walkout by agency staff.

CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday afternoon offered a strong rebuttal to the health secretary's justification for firing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director.

Earlier in the day, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the CDC was an agency that had been "very troubled for a very long time" before the Trump administration began to reform it. One aspect the Trump administration is seeking to change is the CDC's vaccine panel, which recommends vaccines for children. Kennedy also claimed on Thursday that the CDC lists abortion as one of the top 10 medical innovations of all time.