Army Secretary Driscoll shuts down Soldier for Life social media accounts after right-wing backlash over post honoring Sen. Duckworth, a double-amputee combat pilot.
Johnson says he asked Trump to delete AI Jesus image, but Trump says it was a doctor, Vance says a joke, and Johnson says misunderstood.
Trump holds impromptu press conference on Iran blockade with a DoorDash driver at his side after staging a McDonald’s delivery to promote his no-tax-on-tips law.
Vance, a Catholic convert who wrote a book about his faith, says Pope Leo should stay out of American political affairs after criticizing the Iran war.
Trump refuses to apologize to Pope Leo and insists his deleted AI self-portrait was “supposed to be me as a doctor,” not a depiction of Jesus.
Trump calls on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting ahead of 2026 ballot measure, calling the system “very fraudulent.”
Trump administration admits it overstated New York Medicaid personal care usage by tenfold in figures used to justify fraud investigation.
Trump attacks Carlson, Kelly, Owens, and Jones as “stupid people” over Iran criticism, then posts video of woman being beaten to death with a hammer.
Trump phones into a Budapest rally where Vance is campaigning for Hungarian PM Orban five days before an election polls show Orban is set to lose.
Trump demands Fox News remove host Jessica Tarlov from the air, calling her “a real loser” and attacking anchor Shannon Bream for not correcting Democrats.
Texas Gov. Abbott amplifies AI-generated “photo” of rescued U.S. airman, spreading fabricated war imagery to millions before community note flags it as fake.
Trump’s Easter post calls Iranians “crazy bastards,” demands they “open the fuckin’ Strait” by Tuesday or face bombing, signs off “Praise be to Allah.”
White House app shares user data with third parties including a Russia-founded company while its privacy disclosure claims it collects nothing.
Trump tells nation Iran war objectives are “nearing completion” but offers no exit plan, no Hormuz deadline mention, and threatens two more weeks of bombing.
Army launches review after Apache helicopters from the 101st Airborne perform flyby of Kid Rock’s Nashville estate he calls “The Southern White House.”
FDA warns ImmunityBio over misleading TV and podcast promotions claiming its bladder cancer drug Anktiva “can treat all cancers” and prevent radiation-caused cancer.
Trump casts a mail ballot in a Florida special election while calling mail voting “cheating” and demanding Congress pass the SAVE America Act to restrict it.
FEMA’s disaster response chief Gregg Phillips, a far right conspiracy theorist, claims on multiple podcasts that he has been teleported against his will to a Waffle House.
Former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson admits he lied about racist and antisemitic posts on a porn site, saying he did it to protect Trump’s 2024 campaign.
Trump says he is “not putting troops anywhere” in Iran as 2,200 Marines head toward the Persian Gulf, calling the war an “excursion.”
Trump posts “STATEHOOD!!!” after Venezuela defeats the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic final, two months after ordering Maduro’s capture.
Federal judge orders reinstatement of more than 1,000 Voice of America employees and restart of international broadcasting after ruling Kari Lake’s appointment illegal.
Trump administration expands Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida after targeting Minnesota, New York, Maine and California.
Trump says Newsom’s dyslexia disqualifies him from the presidency, repeating the attack at least four times in less than a week.
FCC Chair Carr threatens broadcast license revocations over Iran war coverage Trump calls “fake news,” including reports Trump himself confirmed are accurate.
Defense Secretary Hegseth claims Iran’s supreme leader was “wounded and likely disfigured” in opening strikes, providing no evidence, as Pentagon announces heaviest day of bombing yet.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Blair privately urges House Republicans to stop saying “mass deportations” as new polls show nearly 60% disapprove of ICE after Minneapolis killings.
Smartmatic calls DOJ bribery case political retaliation, noting the administration dropped other foreign bribery prosecutions as policy while pursuing this one.
Energy Secretary Wright falsely posts that the Navy escorted a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, then deletes it after the White House confirms no escorts have occurred.
Video shows what weapons experts identify as a US Tomahawk cruise missile hitting the Iranian compound where 175 students and staff died, as Trump continues to blame Iran.
Fox News airs old footage of a hatless Trump during coverage of Dover dignified transfer for six soldiers killed in Iran war, replacing video showing him in a baseball cap.
GOP Rep. Collins posts fabricated terrorist quotes from diverted Southwest flight that FBI cleared with no credible threat and no charges filed.
Trump blames Iran for girls’ school bombing that killed 150 children, contradicting his own military’s investigators who point to a U.S. airstrike.
Pokémon Company rebukes White House for using its game font to write “Make America Great Again” on release day, says no permission was granted for its intellectual property.
Tylenol orders for pregnant ER patients fell 10% after Trump warned against use, while prescriptions rose 71% for an unproven autism drug he promoted, Lancet study finds.
Trump fires DHS Secretary Noem two days after she told Congress he authorized the department’s $200 million ad campaign.
Spain says White House falsely claimed it agreed to cooperate on Iran strikes as Prime Minister Sanchez repeats “no to the war.”
Vance admits on day 410 that Trump’s Day 1 promise to lower prices was never going to happen quickly.
Trump announces nonbinding tech company pledge to pay for data center power, claiming it will lower electricity prices experts say it won’t.
Leaked database shows National Park Service flagged hundreds of exhibits on slavery, civil rights and climate change under Trump order banning content that “disparages” Americans.
White House says visible rash on Trump’s neck is a “preventative skin treatment” but won’t name the medication or say what it prevents.
Education Department hangs banner of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk on its headquarters alongside Booker T. Washington and Catharine Beecher.
Former National Security Adviser Flynn convened summit where 2020 election deniers and six federal officials discussed declaring emergency to seize control of midterms.
White House rapid response staffer secretly runs 300,000-follower pro-Trump X account that called a racist AI video depicting the Obamas as apes “a masterpiece,” Wired reports.
White House posts AI-labeled deepfake of Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk mocking Canadians on official TikTok, though Tkachuk has played for Canada’s capital city team since 2018.
Draft funding agreement would give Trump appointees veto power over Radio Free Europe and Middle East Broadcasting editors, with authority to shut down operations on two weeks’ notice.
Trump’s Treasury undersecretary for terrorism financing exits after objecting to blanket surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community, with administration offering him ambassador to Germany instead.
Vance and Oz announce $259 million Medicaid payment freeze to Minnesota, citing fraud from a COVID-era nutrition scandal as Walz calls it “a campaign of retribution.”
France bars U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to government ministers after he skips formal summons over State Department comments calling a French activist’s death “terrorism.”
FBI Director Kash Patel celebrates in Team USA’s hockey locker room in Milan after the FBI denied his Olympics trip on a government jet was personal, calling reporting on it “designed to mislead.”
