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President Donald Trump fumed at a federal judge on Thursday who blocked him from being able to build his signature ballroom.

Judge Richard Leon, senior judge of the federal court in the District of Columbia, ruled on Thursday that all above-ground construction for the ballroom had to stop, but construction on a planned underground bunker could proceed. The judge also rebuked Trump for trying to "side-step" a previous order by classifying the ballroom project as a matter of national security, the BBC reported.

President Donald Trump attacked a Fox News host while he was traveling on Air Force One on Thursday.

Trump was traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada, for a "No Tax On Tips" event when he posted on Truth Social that Jessiva Tarlov, a progressive co-host of "The Five," has a "terrible and grating" voice and that she makes up stats about Trump's poll numbers for her show.

Former President Donald Trump adviser and far-right webcaster Steve Bannon appeared put out as he didn't get the reaction he was hoping for when he boasted about his efforts to protect Texas from Islamic Sharia law.

Bannon made the remarks at the Semafor World Economy 2026 Summit in Washington, D.C., while bragging about his personal efforts to topple Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spokesperson offered a quizzical explanation for his boss's prayer on Wednesday that sounded like it was lifted from the cult classic movie "Pulp Fiction."

During a military worship event, Hegseth read from a custom "Combat Search and Rescue" (CSAR) prayer given to him by the lead mission planner, The Daily Beast reported. Analysts and observers were quick to point out that the prayer sounded similar to the well-known "great vengeance and furious anger" monologue that Samuel L. Jackson performs as Jules Winnfield in the movie, which was inspired by the Bible verse Ezekiel 25:17.

CNN's Jake Tapper had no patience on Thursday for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's broadside against the news media at the latest press conference on the Iran war.

"The former weekend 'Fox & Friends' co-host invoked the Pharisees, quote, 'the so-called and self-appointed elites of their time' there to witness, to write everything down, to report who, quote, 'even though they witnessed a literal miracle, it didn't matter. They were only there to explain away the goodness in pursuit of their agenda,' said Tapper, rolling the clip.

President Donald Trump raged at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a new Truth Social post on Thursday for allegedly "destroying" Trump's hometown.

Trump and Mamdani have squared off multiple times in the past. While Mamdani was campaigning, Trump vowed to shut off all federal funding to the state of New York. Trump also endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his unsuccessful campaign against Mamdani.

A Trump-voting podcaster was baffled by the president's public relations stunt, where he had a grandmother deliver a DoorDash order to the White House to hawk his "no tax on tips" policy.

On Monday, Trump had a grandmother deliver a DoorDash order so he could tell the press about the benefits of his tax policy ahead of Tax Day. Andrew Schulz, a comedian and host of the podcast "Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh," said on Wednesday's episode that the stunt was confusing, and showed the president is not focused on deeper economic issues.

MAGA Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) had her words thrown back in her face on Thursday after telling her colleagues to "go to church."

Boebert made the comments to reporters after being asked about recent sexual misconduct investigations into two members of the House. Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) resigned from Congress this week because of allegations of sexual misconduct. Boebert has said she will push to strip both lawmakers of their taxpayer-funded pensions.

A former CNN anchor flagged the most telling sign that President Donald Trump has something to hide regarding his ties to disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

Jim Acosta, host of "The Jim Acosta Show" on Substack, said during an interview with John Byrne on a new episode of the "Raw America" podcast on Thursday that Trump's move to fire former Attorney General Pam Bondi and replace her with Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general and Trump's former personal attorney, "kind of tells you what's going on." He pointed to Blanche's recent appearance on Fox News, where he argued that the Trump Department of Justice has no more Epstein files to release, which contradicts what his predecessor has said about the files.