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A top Republican state senator in Indiana cited President Donald Trump's slurs to explain why he would vote no on redistricting the state before the midterm elections.

In a Facebook post on Friday, state Sen. Michael Bohacek (R) noted that Trump had recently called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) "seriously r-----ed."

President Donald Trump and Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro are reportedly discussing a potential diplomatic meeting amid rising tensions between the two nations, with the United States placing immense pressure on Venezuela.

Sources familiar with the matter told the Times that while the leaders discussed a possible encounter, no concrete plans have been finalized. The timing of these talks is significant as the Trump administration has taken increasingly aggressive steps toward the Venezuelan government.

The White House lashed out at former CNN correspondent Kate Bennett, calling her a "scumbag," after she pointed to President Donald Trump's habit of insulting female reporters.

"You know, everyone keeps writing these stories about how President Trump is only insulting female reporters by calling them piggy, ugly, stupid etc," Bennett noted in a Friday post on X. "But, it's actually because the women are the ones asking all the tough questions. Give that a thought."

President Donald Trump is being "taken for a ride" by Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Guardian editorial board wrote in a scathing analysis published on Friday.

This comes as U.S. diplomats move toward pushing for a peace plan that pressures Ukraine to give Russia much of what it wants — and amid reporting that White House adviser Steve Witkoff went behind Secretary of State Marco Rubio's back to coach Russian counterparts on how to persuade Trump of their view.

As a rift grows within the Republican Party, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) publicly challenged President Donald Trump's recent immigration policy proposal following the deadly shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

After 20-year-old servicemember Sarah Beckstrom was killed by an Afghan national, Trump furiously proposed sweeping immigration measures. His recommendations included a permanent pause on migration from third-world countries, terminating millions of what he called illegal admissions under former President Joe Biden, and removing people deemed not an asset to the United States.

President Donald Trump's latest threat to extend mass deportations to naturalized U.S. citizens would lead Republicans into disaster in the midterms, a conservative legal scholar warned on Friday.

Trump's proposal came in a rant on Thanksgiving, in response to the shooting of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., allegedly carried out by an Afghan national who was granted a special immigrant visa for helping the U.S. military and CIA.

President Donald Trump claimed to have "terminated" all documents signed by former President Joe Biden with the autopen.

"Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect," Trump said in a Friday post on Truth Social. "The Autopen is not allowed to be used if approval is not specifically given by the President of the United States."

A college student heading home for the holidays was instead picked up by immigration authorities and deported to Honduras despite a court order specifying she couldn't be sent there, her attorney said.

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old freshman at Babson College, made it through security at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20 when she was informed of an issue with her boarding pass, her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, said, according to The Associated Press. She was detained by immigration authorities and subsequently shipped to Texas, before being sent to Honduras, a country she left at just 7 years old.