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A journalist warned in a new essay that President Donald Trump just crossed a line that can never be uncrossed.

Marisa Kabas, a Brooklyn-based journalist, wrote in a new essay for her website, The Handbasket, that Trump's threat to annihilate the Iranian civilization was a moment of "mortal peril" that "lit the world on fire." She added that it has since put the world in "limbo," one that is balanced on Trump's fleeting passions.

A former Army lawyer was alarmed by President Donald Trump's rantings about coverage of the war on Iran during a segment on CNN's "NewsNight" on Thursday.

Margaret Donovan, a former Army JAG lawyer, was asked to respond to a post Trump fired off on Truth Social, attacking the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board over a recent editorial that said declaring victory against Iran was "premature." The editorial cited ongoing issues stemming from attacks against U.S. allies in the Middle East and the continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has sent global energy prices skyrocketing.

Vice President JD Vance may soon come to "regret his new title" as President Donald Trump's fraud czar, according to a new analysis.

Trump appointed Vance as fraud czar via an executive order signed in March, which instructed him to investigate social benefits fraud in blue states such as Minnesota, California, and Colorado. Will Gottsegen, a staff writer for The Atlantic, argued in a new essay published on Thursday that Vance may be in for more than he's bargained for with the job, considering that Trump has fired many of the watchdogs that would be doing the groundwork.

Donald Trump promised to cut Americans' electricity bills in half within his first year and a half in office, but in ruby red West Virginia, some residents are now getting hit with monthly electric bills bigger than their paychecks.

Rebecca Michalski, a disabled woman on a fixed income in Rainelle, West Virginia, opened her February electric bill to find a charge of $940.08, more than her monthly check, The Associated Press reported Thursday. She keeps one energy-efficient lamp on at night and turns the lights off during the day. She took out a loan after receiving a cut-off notice during an arctic blast.

A Republican lawmaker was called out for his history of making racist remarks during a live interview on TMZ on Thursday.

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) was asked on "TMZ Live" to respond to comments made by right-wing influencer Dan Bilzerian on Wednesday, who called Fine a "fat Jew" during a live interview. Fine said that Bilzerian's comments showed he intended to use the term "Jew" as a slur rather than a statement of fact, and that it could potentially harm Bilzerian's chances of running for office one day.

President Donald Trump posted a lengthy screed against immigrants on his Truth Social account Thursday — accompanied by what appeared to be raw video footage of what appeared to be a woman being beaten to death by a Haitian with Temporary Protected Status.

Trump wrote that "An Illegal Alien Criminal from Haiti, who was released into our Country by the WORST President in History, Crooked Joe Biden, and the Radical Democrats in Congress, just beat an innocent woman to death with a hammer at a gas station in Florida."

A former federal prosecutor ripped Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday for comments he made about President Donald Trump.

During a recent press conference, Blanche told reporters that he "loved" working for Trump and that it would be an honor to serve the administration as attorney general or any other position Trump puts Blanche in. However, it was a comment he made at the end of his answer that stuck in the mind of Glenn Kirschner, a former deputy U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump stunned political observers and analysts on Thursday by officially endorsing Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán for reelection.

Trump posted on Truth Social that Orbán is a "truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results" and urged voters to support him during the April 12 election. Trump's post came at a time when Orbán, who has been in office for the past 16 years, is facing one of his toughest reelection bids yet.

President Donald Trump lashed out at a federal court after it denied his bid to end Temporary Protected Status for certain immigrants on Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Homeland Security didn't properly move to terminate TPS for the immigrants. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians were let into the country in 2022 under the Biden administration because of an armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in the country. Courts have also blocked Trump's attempts to end TPS for Haitian immigrants.

A political commentator excoriated Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for lying to the American people to cover for President Donald Trump in a new reaction video.

David Pakman, who hosts the progressive YouTube show, "The David Pakman Show," called out Leavitt's latest "massive dump of lies" about the Strait of Hormuz in a new video on Thursday. The Strait has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran in late February, which has led to a sharp spike in oil prices. Trump claimed in a Truth Social post that the Strait would be reopened as part of a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, a deal that Iran appears to be violating, according to another one of Trump's Truth Social posts.

David Rothkopf, a columnist with The Daily Beast, floated a new theory about why first lady Melania Trump gave seemingly unprompted remarks about her relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday afternoon.

Trump held a press conference where she declared that the "lies" about her relationship with Epstein "need to stop." Her comments came at a time when the Trump administration is trying to navigate a wave of criticism over its handling of the war in Iran.

President Donald Trump accused Iran of subverting the two-week ceasefire agreement he announced on Tuesday.

In a new Truth Social post, Trump said Iran is doing a "very poor job" of allowing oil to travel through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that accounts for 20% of the global energy trade. One of the conditions of the ceasefire was that Iran would let ships through the Strait of Hormuz to ease the recent spike in energy prices resulting from the war.

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice was mocked by political analysts and observers on Thursday for its "insane" attempt to get back at a "special club" that rejected the president years ago.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's DOJ has launched an antitrust investigation into the NFL for allegedly harming consumers by allowing games to be streamed on platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. Trump tried several times unsuccessfully to purchase an NFL team between the 1980s and 2010s. His bid to purchase the Baltimore Colts before the team relocated to Indianapolis was rejected by the team's late owner, Jim Irsay. In 2014, banks refused to lend Trump money in his quest to purchase the Buffalo Bills, according to reports.