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Alan Dershowitz, a former Constitutional advisor to President Donald Trump, alleged in a bombshell disclosure that key documents tied to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein are being withheld, not to protect victims, but to shield powerful figures.

“I know for a fact [Epstein] documents are being suppressed and they're being suppressed to protect individuals. I know the names of the individuals, I know why they're being suppressed," he said on the Sean Spicer Show in a newly resurfaced interview that originally aired in March of this year.

The internet collectively groaned Thursday night as President Donald Trump announced his plan to slap a 35% tariff on products from Canada.

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform a copy of a letter addressed to Prime Minister Mark Carney, writing that it was a "Great Honor" for him to send the letter, because it "demonstrates the strength and commitment of our Trading Relationship, and the fact that the United States of America has agreed to continue working with Canada, despite Canada having financially retaliated against the United States."

President Donald Trump is mulling yet another wave of across-the-board tariffs, NBC News exclusively reported Thursday.

"'We’re just going to say all of the remaining countries are going to pay, whether it’s 20% or 15%. We’ll work that out now,' Trump told NBC News’ 'Meet the Press' moderator Kristen Welker in a phone call. Blanket tariffs are currently set at 10%," said the report. Trump went on to say, “I think the tariffs have been very well-received. The stock market hit a new high today.”

A former Department of Justice lawyer turned whistleblower on Thursday gave The New Yorker a peek at what life was like inside President Donald Trump's administration before he was fired.

Erez Reuveni was terminated in April by Attorney General Pam Bondi for admitting to a judge that Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation was a mistake. He told the outlet about being asked to compromise his professional ethics by signing onto briefs that he couldn't support or violate a court order.

Actor and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) got more than he bargained for after blaming both Republicans and Democrats for federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.

Schwarzenegger was on the red carpet for the Season 2 premiere of his Netflix series, "Fubar," last month when he commented on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

A recently fired Department of Justice employee says America is barreling toward a new reality where "the rules don't exist anymore," according to a new report from CBS News.

Patty Hartman, who worked in communications for the DOJ for 17 years, was recently fired via a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi. She is the fourth DOJ employee connected to the Jan. 6 cases to be fired within the last month, CBS reported.

President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Thursday to demand Republican lawmakers fall in line over his legislation to cut back funding for public broadcasting.

"It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together," wrote Trump. "Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

The State Department just put its own employees on notice Thursday, warning that a mass purge of the department is coming "soon," according to a report.

Employees were formally notified Thursday of looming layoffs as the Trump administration consolidates the department in an attempt to reduce bloat, The New York Times reported. Diplomats said senior officials indicated layoff notices would come as soon as Friday morning.

It's no secret that Republicans have made significant strides in winning over younger voters over the years, and New York-based writer Nathan Taylor Pemberton thinks it may already be too late for Democrats to catch up.

In an op-ed for The New York Times, Pemberton argues that the groyper movement has been the GOP's best recruiting tool to reach young voters. Groypers are a "young and almost exclusively online faction of white nationalists," according to Pemberton. He adds that they reached junior staffers and political operatives throughout the GOP's organization.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)'s legal defense for sexual misconduct allegations stunned a CNN reporter on Thursday afternoon, who called the $20.5 million figure "eye-popping" and noted that taxpayers are covering his aggressive defense.

CNN reporter MJ Lee joined anchor Jake Tapper on his show, "The Lead," to discuss the latest reporting in Cuomo's case. Tapper noted that Cuomo's defeat in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary "has not dashed his hopes of a political comeback," as he's still on the ballot in November, just not for the Democratic Party.

FBI Director Kash Patel has forced senior officials to reveal, under polygraph tests, whether they have ever said anything bad about him, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

"In interviews and polygraph tests, the F.B.I. has asked senior employees whether they have said anything negative about Mr. Patel, according to two people with knowledge of the questions and others familiar with similar accounts," reported Adam Goldman. For example, "officials were forced to take a polygraph as the agency sought to determine who disclosed to the news media that Mr. Patel had demanded a service weapon, an unusual request given that he is not an agent. The number of officials asked to take a polygraph is in the dozens, several people familiar with the matter said, though it is unclear how many have specifically been asked about Mr. Patel."

In an interview with CNN, former Congressman Dean Phillips was asked whether "there is room" for him and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic Party — but progressive Rep. Summer Lee was among those saying on Thursday that Phillips' rejection of Mamdani was really about millions of Americans who have voted for candidates like him.

"These guys aren't just rejecting him, but the millions moved to electoral action by candidates like him," said Lee (D-Pa.) in response to Phillips' interview.

The U.S. Senate will soon vote on whether President Donald Trump can claw back billions of dollars that have already been appropriated by Congress.

Last month, the House narrowly voted to allow Trump to rescind $9.4 billion in funds that were meant to fund global health initiatives — including AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis prevention — and public broadcasters like PBS and NPR.