Trump surveys Texas flood damage; layoffs begin at State Department

Megyn Kelly spent her entire time on stage with Charlie Kirk at TPUSA slamming Attorney General Pam Bondi for failing to appropriately handle the Trump administration's investigation into the Epstein files. 

“She’s embarrassed the president… Her days are numbered. She can’t recover from this. She’s shot herself in the foot on her own credibility. I just don’t think she’s going to recover,” Kelly said as the audience cheered. 

Kelly absolved Trump of responsibility, saying that he’s “busy,” but once he realizes how much Bondi has “humiliated the administration,” he will “decide she’s a goner.” 

“Do you think she really gets MAGA?” Kelly asked the crowd. “I don’t think so. She wouldn’t have behaved this way if she did. And now it’s a time for choosing. It’s a time for choosing. We’re about to lose Dan [Bongino] for sure, and maybe Kash [Patel] too if she doesn’t go.”

In the aftermath of an intense clash between federal law enforcement agents and protesters near Los Angeles, Trump this evening directed federal agents to arrest any protesters that turn violent "using whatever means necessary."

Federal officers encountered dozens of protesters on Thursday night while attempting to perform an immigration raid at cannabis company Glass House Farms' cultivation center in Southern California.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said tonight that U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites last month sent a message to Iran and adversaries.

"It re-establishes an understanding from the world of what we're capable of," Hegseth said.

"That was not just a message to Iran's nuclear capabilities. It was a message to all of our adversaries and all of our allies, that American leadership and strength is back," he added.

Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi told NBC News this week that the U.S. had caused "serious damage" to its nuclear program during the strikes, and that Iran has no plans to retaliate but that it will continue uranium enrichment.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during his remarks tonight in Tampa following protests against the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles last month.

"ICE should have the ability to do its job in any city of America without being attacked," Hegseth said.

"And if they’re being attacked, their partners at the Defense Department are proud to stand alongside them," he added.

ICE has faced growing criticism over immigration raids, with protests spreading across the country last month as it carries out operations to round up suspected undocumented immigrants.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the work of the Department of Government Efficiency during remarks tonight at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa.

Hegseth described himself as a "fiscal hawk" who wanted to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used wisely.

"And that’s why I think DOGE and entities like that have been used as efficiently, or even more aggressively in DoD than anywhere else," Hegseth said, adding that "tens of billions of dollars in savings" had been identified, and contracts and initiatives had been eliminated to reinvest in war-fighting readiness and capabilities.

A federal judge’s decision to temporarily prevent the Trump administration from stripping birthright citizenship for some babies born in the U.S. is an early test of the legal landscape, after the Supreme Court greatly restricted the ability of judges to issue nationwide blocks of presidential policies.

On Thursday morning, in New Hampshire, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante granted class action status to a lawsuit that seeks to protect babies who would be denied birthright citizenship, and granted a temporary block of President Donald Trump’s order from going into effect throughout the country.

The decision brought hope to pregnant women and groups who were dealt a blow two weeks ago when the Supreme Court largely restricted the ability of federal judges to use one of the strongest tools at their disposal — the use of nationwide injunctions to prevent federal policies from going into effect.

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Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is considering leaving his job after a heated confrontation with Attorney General Pam Bondi over his frustration with how the Justice Department has handled the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a person who has spoken with Bongino and a source familiar with the interactions that Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel have had with Bondi.

“Bongino is out of control furious,” the person who has spoken with the deputy FBI director said. “This destroyed his career. He’s threatening to quit and torch Pam unless she’s fired.”

Bongino did not report to work Friday amid speculation about his whereabouts, said a source familiar with the perspectives of DOJ leaders who also believes that Bongino is considering leaving.

This came after a confrontation Wednesday at a meeting with Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles during which Bongino and Patel were asked about a news story suggesting they were dissatisfied with the decision not to release any additional Epstein files, according to the source familiar with the perspectives of DOJ leaders and an additional source familiar with the meeting.

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Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, a Florida gubernatorial candidate, denounced proposed policies from New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani during a speech at Turning Point's Student Action Summit in Tampa, Fla.

Donalds, who was born and raised in New York, called Mamdani's ideas "crazy," focusing in particular on a proposal by the mayoral candidate to place government-run grocery stores in the city.

"For anybody who's old enough, they will tell you that if you were poor, like I was in New York City, you would stand in lines to get cheese, peanut butter and a bunch of other things," Donalds began. "The government's so bad at it, they got out of that business and just gave people these things called Food Stamps."

"At some point, somebody realized giving away food out of a government store is not what the government should be doing," Donalds added.

The Justice Department today said a San Antonio man was arrested on criminal charges yesterday after allegedly making a threat online against Trump.

The man allegedly commented on a news outlet’s Facebook post announcing Trump’s visit today to Texas to survey flood damage. He allegedly wrote, “I won’t miss,” and included a photo of Trump surrounded by Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year. The man also allegedly posted a photo of an assault rifle and loaded magazines in response to another commenter on the same thread.

The Secret Service, the FBI and the San Antonio Police Department are investigating the case, per a news release from the DOJ.

The man was charged with making threats against the President and interstate threatening communications, with each charge carrying up to five years in prison, the DOJ said.