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Donald Trump has insisted he's standing behind his team in the wake of the Signal attack plans scandal, but a new report suggests there's been much more turmoil about it.

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was put in the hot seat after he added a reporter from The Atlantic to a Signal group chat in which sensitive attack plans were shared. While Trump has blamed the media in public, in private he his asking aides, "Should I fire him?"

Donald Trump's search for a new nominee to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations is hitting a few speed-bumps after he crushed Rep. Elise Steafanik's dreams and asked the New York Republican to remain in the House instead.

The president made the surprise announcement on Thursday on his Truth Social platform by writing, "We must be unified to accomplish our Mission, and Elise Stefanik has been a vital part of our efforts from the very beginning. I have asked Elise, as one of my biggest Allies, to remain in Congress.”

Reacting to a Wall Street Journal report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been dragging his third wife along with him to intel briefings, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) took a personal jab at the Donald Trump nominee.

On Friday, the Journal reported that the embattled Hegseth, already being scrutinized for sharing military plans in a Signal chatroom before an attack in Yemen on Houthi rebels, has been inviting his wife Jennifer to tag along to some of his meetings.

Prior to becoming Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security secretary, former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) was busy gallivanting around the country in an attempt to raise her political profile with multiple trips to Mar-a-Lago and another to Paris to give a speech -- on the taxpayer's dime.

According to a report from the Associated Press, a lawsuit by The Dakota Scout uncovered details about Noem's travel expenses that also included bear hunting trip with her niece courtesy of South Dakota's taxpayers.

CNN conservative S.E. Cupp covered her ears and "Table for Five" Sara Sidner had to yell at her guests on Saturday morning as conservative attorney Arthur Aidala forcefully, and loudly, attempted to make the case that it is perfectly fine for the Donald Trump administration to round up suspected gang members based upon their tattoos.

What started out as a discussion on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deciding to do yet another photo-op, this time in front of caged and posed prisoners in a prison in El Salvador, which led Aidala to defend the Trump administration's PR campaign while ignoring the rights of immigrants who have been snatched up by ICE.

The attorney seemed particularly obsessed with what he called gang tattoos and held court at length describing them while his co-panelists futilely tried to get him to answer questions about due process owed to those being arrested and shipped out of the country despite court warnings.

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With Cupp covering her ears and then picking up her phone and jokingly saying into it, "Mom, can you pick me up?" as Aidala shouted next to her, host Sidner lost her patience, pounded on the table, and shouted everyone down with, "Alright, hold on. Hold on. Order in the court. Alright talking over each over each other doesn't work. No one can hear what you're saying."

"You are making the argument that having a tattoo can make someone look like a criminal," she said to the attorney. "Okay, that's the argument you are having. It sometimes is admissible, but you're also making the argument that because they have tattoos, they must be criminal –– is that what you're arguing?"

"No," the attorney protested.

"It sounded like that's what you were arguing," the host shot back.

He then claimed he was talking about the "imaging" the Trump administration is attempting to sell the public on its immigration policies.

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The Trump Administration, with the help of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Assistance (DOGE), is targeting a wide range of federal government agencies for mass layoffs — including the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

The SSA was established 90 years ago when Congress passed the Social Security Act of 1935 and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed it into law as part of his New Deal. Social Security was one of FDR's most important accomplishments, and the programs defenders — including former SSA Commissioner/ex-Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley — are warning that SSA layoffs could lead to delayed Social Security benefits for millions of seniors.

Attorney Arthur Aidala defended federal employee firings under Donald Trump's administration during a CNN appearance on Saturday morning, but angered his fellow panelists after he was confronted with America's veterans also seeing their jobs taken away which he blew off.

Seated next to CNN conservative S.E. Cupp, the attorney attempted to make the case that the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was doing Americans a favor by getting rid of thousands of jobs and replacing them with AI and computers that he claimed will be more efficient.

It was when mention of veterans working at the VA being swept up in the purge of federal workers came up, in conjunction with him comparing the firings to "cleaning out the garage," when things got heated and "Table for Five" host Sara Sidner lost control due to all the shouting.

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"I just don't think we should compare firing veterans from the VA to cleaning out the garage," Cupp admonished Aidala as he talked over her and she could be heard uttering, "Gross."

With order briefly restored, she continued, "Like Gretchen [Carlson], I'm a conservative ... I want to cut fraud and waste. I want to make the government smaller, but there's a smart way to do it and we're talking about human capital."

"That's not the same thing as cleaning out the garage and, unfortunately, I feel like Elon and Trump see it your way –– like we're just cleaning out the garbage, which is actually humans. Humans like veterans and humans like air traffic controllers, AKA people who know stuff," she continued.

Undeterred the attorney replied, "That's life, that how it works in all big corporations."

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A glib comment by Attorney General Pam Bondi that the use of the Signal messaging service is perfectly satisfactory for high-level conversations between Donald Trump administration officials was dismantled on MSNBC on Saturday morning.

During an interview with Sen. Chris Coons on MSNBC's "The Weekend " former RNC Chair Michael Steele got the Delaware democrats to agree with him the Trump appointee is either lying or has no idea what she is talking about.

During an appearance on Fox News on Thursday, Trump's AG claimed, "I think Signal is a very safe way to communicate. I don't think foreign adversaries are able to hack Signal as far as I know and maybe people just have to keep an eye on their contact list a little bit more carefully."

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After sharing the clip, with Steele describing Bondi as someone whose "arrogance in the job is stultifying," he suggested to Coons, "So, senator, is she being deliberately ignorant just for the sake of just sort of playing down this whole thing? Because as the attorney general of the United States, I think she would understand that in fact, our foreign adversaries absolutely know how to dip into, as the former director of the CIA , John Brennan said at this table just a moment or two ago and said, yes, the communication between me and Symone [Sanders Townsend] and Alicia [Menedez] is encrypted when we send it. But at the end points, once we get it on this thing, if the phone is compromised, madam attorney general, they can access that information."

Donald Trump's decision to hand newly appointed FBI Director Kash Patel the reins as the interim head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), has to the department being adrift with Patel reportedly ignoring his duties.

According to a report from the Washington Post, since being tasked with running the department and overseeing its 5,000 employees, Patel made a brief appearance and has since been a no-show at the headquarters leaving staffers adrift and wondering what is next.

As the Post's Perry Stein and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez wrote, "Patel arrived at ATF’s Northeast Washington headquarters, snapped photos in the lobby, met career leaders and commended their work, according to multiple people familiar with the visit. But since then, Patel has not returned, and there appears to be scant communication between the acting director and the people who work for the 5,000-person agency, said the people familiar with the situation."

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The controversial Patel, who was made the new FBI director by the scantest of margins in a Senate vote, now has ATF staffers wondering about their jobs going forward.

Reporting that worries about the department has "been percolating for weeks," the Post reports adds, "Multiple people familiar with hiring process said the Trump administration has interviewed candidates to lead the agency, but the president so far has not nominated anyone. The administration hasn’t made major personnel changes at ATF during its first two months, though there have been some shake-ups."

Donald Trump's inner circle is approaching next Tuesday with a great deal of trepidation as the president prepares to launch what he has been promoting at "Liberation Day" with his closest advisers having little idea about what exactly will come out of his mouth this time.

According to a report from Politico, the president is about to launch a new wave of tariffs next week but details are scant about what is to come to the point where even Vice President J.D. Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles have been left guessing.

Britain's government is hoping to reach a last-minute post-Brexit trade agreement with Washington to avoid -- or at least mitigate -- more tariffs set to be announced on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump.

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Britain has set out to strike a trade deal with the United States since departing the European Union at the start of the decade, but had been unsuccessful under the previous Conservative government.

Washington's Smithsonian is a sprawling chain of museums dedicated to both celebrating and scrutinizing the American story -- and the latest cultural institution targeted by President Donald Trump's bid to quash diversity efforts.

His recent executive order to excavate "divisive ideology" from the famed visitor attraction and research complex follows a wave of efforts to keep culture and history defined on his terms, including his takeover of the national capital's prestigious performing arts venue, the Kennedy Center.