Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired several Department of Justice (DOJ) employees who worked with former special counsel Jack Smith on two criminal investigations into President Donald Trump 's possession of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Reuters reported on Friday.

The top Senate Democrat said the law would lead to widespread pain for voters, imperiling Republicans who supported it and allowing his party more openings to contest control of the Senate.

During a press gaggle at a multilateral lunch with African leaders at the White House today, Donald Trump lashed out at Democratic Senators Cory Booker and Alex Padilla for requesting ICE officers carry ID and remove their masks.

The president met with state and local officials, who praised the White House response, and lashed out at a question on whether aid and rescue efforts occurred fast enough.

Congressional Democrats are grappling with how to conduct oversight of the Trump administration after some colleagues were physically confronted, detained and in some cases charged while attempting to observe the administration's conduct.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon slammed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as "more a Marxist than a socialist" and criticized Democrats for their DEI push.

The 900-page tax and policy package fulfills several key campaign promises but also makes cuts that could boot millions from health care and food assistance programs.

"FEMA has been really headed by some very good people,” Trump said during a roundtable with local officials, suggesting his administration turned the agency around after sharply criticizing the Biden administration-led FEMA response to flooding in North Carolina in late 2024.