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Internet critics groaned Thursday night as President Donald Trump announced a new slate of tariffs, set to take effect next week.

Trump announced on his Truth Social app that the new tariffs target several categories. He slapped a 100% tariff on imported branded or patented pharmaceuticals unless their makers are building manufacturing plants in the United States, as well as a 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities and a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture.

The governor's race in New Jersey was shaken up on Thursday when the Trump administration unlawfully shared protected information about the Democratic nominee, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, from her confidential military academy files to the Republican nominee, Jack Ciattarelli.

The information in question, which Ciattarelli immediately used to attack Sherrill, is that she was not allowed to walk at commencement in connection with a cheating scandal at the Naval Academy — although Sherrill quickly clarified the punishment was not because she herself had cheated, but because she had failed to report some of the cheaters in her class.

A former Trump administration attorney warned America may be reaching a "tipping point" after the Justice Department secured a federal indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

Ty Cobb joined CNN anchor Erin Burnett on her show, "OutFront," after the Trump administration made history with the first indictment of a former FBI director. Comey was indicted on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction of justice.

Former FBI Director James Comey will likely have a strong case to get a federal judge to throw out the charges just filed against him by the Trump administration, reporter Ken Dilanian told MSNBC's Ari Melber on Thursday evening.

Comey was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and false statements, which appear to stem from the fact that his testimony to Congress didn't exactly match that of his deputy several years ago, even though this matter was already investigated by an inspector general, and it was concluded he was likely truthful.

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday represents a "remarkable moment" for the Department of Justice.

"He was the director of the FBI," Honig said. "Having to sit at the criminal defendant's table is a remarkable moment. I don't mean that in a positive or negative way, but it's a shocking moment."

President Donald Trump took a victory lap Thursday evening as news broke that a grand jury had indicted former FBI Director James Comey.

Comey was reportedly indicted by a federal grand jury on two charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice. The charges stemmed from his testimony before Congress in 2020 about the FBI’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and the handling of sensitive information related to that probe.

CNN reporter Katelyn Polantz was stunned on Thursday after learning that former FBI Director James Comey had been indicted by a grand jury.

Comey was indicted on two charges on Thursday: obstruction of justice and lying to Congress, according to CNN. The move came just a few days after Trump posted on Truth Social that Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Justice Department needed to do more to prosecute Trump's political enemies, like Comey.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) published an explosive email tirade on Thursday, attacking one of her opponents in the primary for South Carolina governor by accusing her of fabricating endorsements.

"Nancy Mace for Governor campaign is calling on Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to immediately take down her false and misleading TV ad claiming support from President Donald Trump and Governor Henry McMaster, neither of whom have endorsed any candidate in the race for Governor," stated the email. "The ad falsely suggests both President Donald Trump and Governor Henry McMaster have endorsed her candidacy, a lie that Evette has pushed multiple times throughout this campaign both publicly and privately in an effort to confuse voters. At the very least it is unethical, and at the very most it is disqualifying."

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on two counts of lying to Congress and obstruction of justice, according to a new report.

CNN reported on-air Thursday that President Donald Trump's Justice Department had secured an indictment from a grand jury against Comey. It is the first time a former FBI director has been indicted, according to CNN legal analyst Ellie Honig.

The Department of Homeland Security lashed out at a report on Thursday that the agency was accused of "arbitrarily" arresting people as part of its deportation operations.

The conservative Washington Examiner reported Thursday that Washington, D.C. residents filed a class action lawsuit against DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Justice, and other federal officials involved in immigration enforcement activities. It accuses defendants of making “warrantless immigration arrests without probable cause."

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) clapped back at President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president said in the Oval Office that he asked the president of Somalia to take her back.

Trump made the claim in the Oval Office after he signed an executive order approving a deal to make the popular social media app TikTok an American-owned company.