David Edwards

Right-wing influencers Laura Loomer and Candace Owens took turns releasing details about each other's personal lives over a squabble about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

After Owens spent weeks publishing conspiracy theories about Kirk's death, Loomer took revenge by publishing alleged details about Owens' houses and cars.

"She asked people to support her aka donate to her legal fund by buying her ugly merch," Loomer wrote on social media over the weekend. "Why doesn't she sell one of her luxury SUVS?"

"Why doesn't she support herself?" she asked. "The grift is real. And now she's saying Charlie is watching from heaven smiling as she terrorizes his widow with lies?"

TV host Ana Kasparian accused Loomer of "using fake/manipulated" documents to doxx Owens.

"Using fake/manipulated 'documents' to slander @RealCandaceO and her husband proves malicious intent," Kasparian insisted. "This is pretty disgusting and Candace should sue to be honest. This behavior is unacceptable and shouldn't go unchecked."

"You should stop lying and defaming me, accusing me of using fake documents," Loomer shot back. "Candace hasn't denied it. She knows it will be used against her in a deposition if she lies. Eventually it will come out. She won't deny it."

According to Loomer, Owens' husband received U.S. citizenship despite having a DUI arrest.

"Who knows. Maybe @DHSgov will open an investigation. If they are smart they will. @SecMullinDHS," the MAGA influencer said. "He could have killed someone but you excuse it because you dislike the person who is exposing this information."

"Candace Owens @RealCandaceO is trying to get me to post her home address so she can accuse me of doxxing her. I'm not posting her home address, which would prove the vehicle from the DUI is registered to her home, which is inside the trust," Loomer continued. "I'm not posting her home address, so now, Candace is having her Young Turk friends like @AnaKasparian lie about me and accuse me of forging documents."

"If Ana doesn't retract, I'm going to sue her for defamation and the records will be subpoenaed."

On Monday, Owens confirmed that only some of Loomer's information about her cars was correct.

"For clarity, my family absolutely does NOT own 1 million dollar in cars, nor do we own a black TRX pick-up truck. This is categorically false," Owens wrote. "Nonetheless, Laura Loomer just accurately doxxed my personal car, (a new range rover my husband bought me for my birthday after 7 years of marriage), as well as our family car that we use to drive the kids in."

Owens said someone informed her that Loomer was getting information from her soon-to-be husband's work at a car dealership, which she named.

"The person is alleging that Laura encouraged him to break the law on her behalf, violating the Driver Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) and pulling personal information (home details, financing details, etc) so she can go after her enemies," she asserted. "They claim Andrew 'Jacob' Simpson is using his employer's dealer accounts to access personal information regarding LLCS, which would include the new LLC that we used to purchase that car in."

"If this is true and Laura is using her fiancé to hack user data with the express goal of stalking her adversaries, it is a crime. And a very serious one on that," Owens said.

The Secret Service reportedly locked down the White House press office on Monday after gunshots were fired nearby.

As President Donald Trump was preparing to speak at a small-business summit, NewsNation correspondent Libby Dean said the Secret Service had moved to lock down the compound.

"Secret Service directed press off the White House North Lawn into the briefing room minutes before @POTUS arrived at event in East Room," Dean revealed on social media.

A member of the U.S. Secret Service shot someone near the Washington Monument at the corner of 15th and Independence Streets SW, law enforcement sources told Washington Post reporter Emily Davies. There was no apparent injury to law enforcement, Davies said.

"Reports of shots fired a few blocks away," Al Jazeera English correspondent Alan Fisher wrote, confirming that the White House was on lockdown.

"Gunshots fired near the @WhiteHouse complex, at 15th and Independence. @SecretService locking down press office and other locations," Newsmax correspondent James Rosen reported.

Charlie Kirk Show hosts Blake Neff and Andrew Kolvet sought to distance themselves from President Donald Trump's war with Iran as the conflict began heating up again.

During Monday's broadcast, Kolvet noted that Iran had attacked a South Korean ship despite Trump's promise to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

"But this then is, it seems like, a return to the storylines of about a month ago, Blake, or three weeks ago, where, you know, we could be at the precipice of active military strikes against Iran once more," Kolvet said.

"We're seeing why this has proven such an intractable and difficult conflict," Neff replied.

"What I will say is, I think we've seen a lot of very optimistic estimates that they can't last another day, they can't last another week, and we're almost 2 1/2 months into this, and hasn't fallen yet," Kolvet pointed out. "We're frankly seeing why Charlie issued so many warnings about a conflict like this."

"This is why we are always skeptical about it," he insisted. "We didn't, you know, beat the drums of war over at the Charlie Kirk show. It's because this is a very, as you say, intractable potential problem."

"So we obviously root for success, but we're also very honest about the fact that there doesn't seem to be a quick, easy, obvious route out of this conflict as we currently see it... Is this like a forever quagmire where we just have to blockade the strait, and energy prices around the globe remain inflated? So that's a huge, huge question. And we don't have an answer to it yet. And this is why we were always, I would say, warning about this conflict. This is why I think Charlie was accurate to be warning about this conflict."

Neff said that he had asked guests about whether they supported the war.

"And every single time they've said, it's very unpopular," he revealed.

A panel of voters on Fox News suggested that Republican control of government and President Donald Trump were to blame for "very, very, very high" prices.

During a Fox News segment on Monday, host Harris Faulkner asked the voter panel how they would approach the midterm elections. One independent said that she was frustrated and might not vote at all.

"Well, honestly, what has been holding me back is I feel like the change that I was expecting from the president himself," voter Mary Josephine explained. "I don't feel in my everyday life, which is concerning to me. I still feel, obviously, that, you know, prices are very, very, very high. You know, if you're going to the grocery store or just in general, because inflation still exists."

"Unfortunately, now we have the higher gas prices, which really hurt, you know, everyday people in their pocket," the voter added. "And I've voted my entire life. And the frustration right now is, it's just unbelievable. Because what really changes? I just feel like that we're kind of, you know, just, you know, kind of steering the ship in the same direction."

A Republican voter named David complained about a lack of focus on important issues.

"Yeah, I think it comes down to priorities," he told Faulkner. "People want to see the messaging, the laws, and everything that comes with it reflect the voters' concerns, whether it's housing, health care."

"They want a laser-like focus so they can feel like they're getting some relief or there's an attempt to get some relief," David noted. "So I feel like the focus has been off."

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) faced backlash after he used the death of Nicole Brown Simpson to mock Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) over the abrupt shutdown of Spirit Airlines.

In a Monday post on X, Lee shared a photo of O.J. Simpson and Brown Simpson, suggesting that Warren killed Spirit Airlines in the same way that many people believe the former football player murdered his wife.

Republicans have blamed Warren for the airline's downfall because she blocked a merger with JetBlue.

"Nailed it," Lee joked.

"I know as a journalist we don't express opinion. But it is disgusting for a United States Senator to make a joke like this about a colleague," MS Now columnist Eric Michael Garcia wrote. "The thing is, Mike Lee will never answer for this because he refuses to talk to reporters and he knows a joke like this is morally disgusting. He's just completely cooked his brain on internet memes."

"Mike Lee stop making jokes involving Republicans murdering women," HuffPost reporter Paul Blumenthal noted.

"Are you f—ing kidding me?" longtime media professional Glenn Craven asked of Senate Republicans.

"@GOP horrible people," Democratic adviser Brian Allman lamented.

U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes warned of "serious consequences" if the Trump administration failed to get her approval before renovating a Washington, D.C., golf course.

In federal court on Monday, the D.C. Preservation League argued that President Donald Trump should not be allowed to take over the East Potomac Golf Links for renovations. For months, crews have dumped debris from the destruction of the White House's East Wing at the golf course.

"Despite attestations to the court, the Trump-Vance administration appears to be moving forward aggressively to shut down DC's largest public golf course to explore another of the president's pet projects to benefit himself," the watchdog group said in a court filing.

Reyes said it was too early to issue an emergency injunction but insisted there would be "serious consequences" if more than 10 trees were destroyed without her approval.

"Attorneys for Trump Admin don't have clear answers for why there were closure signs on the golf course," correspondent Scott MacFarlane reported. "Judge is now concerned about a 'surprise' move against the golf course by Team Trump. Judge Reyes says she DOES NOT want surprises."

An attorney for the government insisted that there were no plans to close the venue.

"Wait - were there signs on the golf course yesterday, about closures?" the judge asked, according to Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press. "I'm just getting information that there were closure signs up yesterday."

"So if there's going to be a closure, I want the plaintiffs to be informed with enough time to seek relief. Given some of the issues around the District recently, we're not going to have act first and ask forgiveness later," the judge further added.

Donald Trump Jr. was reminded that the White House was not his "dad's house" after he shared that he was having a "sleepover" with the commander-in-chief.

On Monday, the president's son shared a video of himself exiting Marine One with luggage for a stay at the White House.

"Sleepover at dad's house," he wrote on X. "It never isn't surreal to be able to witness this incredible slice of Americana. Just an absolute honor."

People were quick to remind him that his father was only a temporary resident.

"You mean...sleep over at OUR house," Malachi Cross replied.

"I get that the red hats think it's hilarious. But it's the people's house, and that includes you. Even if he'll never see you as worthy of your name," another commenter agreed.

"That is quite literally OUR house. Not his. He's renting it out while destroying this country and quite literally destroying the house itself," a user named Jr. noted.

"Sleepover at daddy's house. Filming for likes. That's not Americana. That's arrested development," Malume complained.

"That's our house, not your dads," another commenter quipped.

President Donald Trump threatened not to pay a venue in Florida because he said his microphone volume was too low.

While ranting about inflation at The Villages on Friday, the president stopped his speech to complain about the sound level.

"Tell them to turn up the microphone, will you please?" he bellowed. "Turn up the mic! You know, I hate it! You pay these guys a lot of money. And then you get up, and the mic isn't on properly, and then they want their money, and I don't believe in paying people to do a bad job."

Trump added: "I only like to pay — I pay early, and I'm screaming my a— off because the mic is no good! Turn the mic up, please! Amazing!"

President Donald Trump's plan for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was temporarily derailed after vandals painted a message that the Department of Justice considers a threat.

"Around 7:20 a.m. this morning, the U.S. Park Police was notified by the National Park Service of approximately 15-by-30-foot '8647' graffiti spray-painted in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool," a spokesperson for the U.S. Park Police told The Washington Examiner on Friday.

"An active investigation is underway, and those responsible will be identified and held fully accountable," the spokesperson added.

The graffiti comes just days after former FBI Director James Comey was indicted for sharing a photo of seashells spelling out "8647."

The number "86" is American slang used in the restaurant industry for out-of-stock items and has come to mean "get rid of." The Justice Department had argued that Comey made a threat on Trump's life because he is the 47th president.

The president recently roiled opponents by having the reflecting pool painted blue as a part of his effort to remake Washington, D.C. The paint job was put on hold on Friday as tarps were placed over the graffiti.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, vowed to take on satanic statues immediately after being sworn in, should he win.

On Friday, War Room podcast host Steve Bannon asked the pillow executive about his agenda for the state.

"Mike Lindell, what's the first issue you're going to deal with after you take your hand off the Holy Bible after being sworn in as the governor of Minnesota?" Bannon wondered. "What's the first thing you're going to deal with?"

"We've got to ban Sharia law," Lindell replied. "The Islam coming into Minnesota when we were the Trojan horse for it. I said it five years ago. Back then, they called me racist."

He also promised to bring back an old version of Minnesota's flag, which was replaced over concerns that it was offensive to Native Americans. Conspiracy theorists falsely claimed that Gov. Tim Walz (D) had selected the new flag as a tribute to Somalia.

Lindell's plans for Minnesota didn't stop there.

"Remember, Governor Walz put a satanic statue in our capital in St. Paul," Lindell asserted. "And then he got an award for it. So that's somewhere in the Capitol."

"Hang on!" Bannon exclaimed. "This is what I'm saying about these Marxists... That Minneapolis is going to be terrible because they're all Marxists up there in the public education system. This is what they do: applaud and want a satanic statue in the actual people's house in Minnesota. This is what turns them on."

"Absolutely," Lindell agreed. "You got our governor, what he said back then, he goes, well, we've got to be fair. I'm going, be fair to the devil? I go, you know, it's beyond comprehension."

According to Fox 9, the state granted Minnesota Satanists a permit to display the statue in the Capitol for about two weeks during the 2024 holiday season.

One of the original MAGA lawmakers has turned on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) after he reversed course on reforming a foreign surveillance law that is known to snare U.S. citizens.

In a social media rant on Friday, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blasted Jordan after he led the charge for passing an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without reforms.

"Jim Jordan, who has fought FOR warrants for FISA for years, ironically led the debate AGAINST warrants and urged a YES vote for a clean extension WITHOUT warrants, which is what Trump is demanding even after FISA was used against him by the Democrats to spy on him and his campaign," Greene complained. "Trump literally says give up your rights and just pass it and Jordan won't go against Trump even though he wants warrant requirements."

Jordan has repeatedly called for FISA to be eliminated, saying it needed "major changes" if reauthorized.

The one-time Georgia lawmaker Greene also called out Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin (R-MD) after he gave "compelling arguments as to why bipartisanship is needed in the House to make reforms to FISA 702 yet after doing so he voted YES to a clean 45 day extension of FISA 702 without warrant requirements, which makes no sense."

She praised Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) for forcing a recorded vote even though he was unable to block the legislation.

"To sum it up, Americans are literally losing our precious privacy and freedoms right now under Trump and Republicans, yet Democrats are no better and have made no major policy changes that caused them to lose in 2024. They are only winning because Trump and Republicans have betrayed the most important campaign promises," she noted. "After years of Trump and Republicans campaigning and demanding on Fox News that warrant requirements must be added to FISA, nothing changed."

"The GOP is done," Greene declared in a second post. "Behind the veil, they are one and the same as the Democrats."

"The betrayal on FISA, no ban on CBDC, not stopping AI in cars, protecting Glyphosate, the Iran war, and no domestic agenda lowering the cost of living and health insurance is all unforgivable."

Right-wing pollster Rich Baris revealed that he was "really worried" about Republicans' ability to win midterm elections after a recent poll suggested that the party would be "crushed."

During a Thursday discussion on the Real America's Voice network, Baris told host Jack Posobiec that President Donald Trump's approval rating "isn't looking great."

"This comes down to the war. People always get war weary, right? There you have it," he explained. "It's 40%. He was two-tenths away from falling into the 30s."

"But the generic ballot is what's really worrying me because it's not — it's not simply that this is an affirmation of the Democratic Party," he continued. "This is about Republican enthusiasm, certainty to vote, and of course the independents, because if your side is more enthusiastic, more gung-ho, more generating of energy, your independents that lean toward your side are also going to get more energized."

"It really is who is generating more excitement. And we've been seeing this with a special election after special election."

Baris' latest poll showed Democrats leading on inflation, the economy, jobs, health care, and foreign policy.

"And I think we're just hitting a patch of anger," he said of Republicans. "I watch these leads disappear. I watched the inflation and cost-of-living lead disappear months ago. But economy and jobs, that just disappeared last week. Foreign policy, that just disappeared last week."

"So, I mean, there's very simple things that they've been saying for now the better part of a year," he added. "You know, don't bomb Iran's nuclear facilities, tell [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] to go home. I mean, there's no way to have this frank conversation without making some people upset. But it's time to have it."

"You know, I've been shooting flares in the air for months. We're going to get crushed."