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MSNBC anchor and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele was gobsmacked Friday over reports that Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving preferential treatment at a federal prison — and that officials warned inmates not to speak to the press about her sweetheart conditions.

Maxwell's transfer in the first place ran afoul of longstanding Justice Department policy against giving these perks to sex offenders — and came as the Trump administration used her testimony to try to defuse public anger over the failure to release the Epstein case files.

Officials in Evanston, Illinois, are accusing federal immigration officials of “deliberately causing chaos” in their city during a Friday operation that led to angry protests from local residents.

As reported by Fox 32 Chicago, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and other local leaders held a news conference on Friday afternoon to denounce actions earlier in the day by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials.

A U.S. citizen was seen being detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago, a day after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that her agency was not engaging in the practice.

In a video obtained by The Chicago Tribune on Friday, Border Patrol agents surround a Latino man in handcuffs.

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett complained after U.S District Judge John McConnell ruled that the Trump administration could legally use a contingency fund to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits while the federal government was facing a shutdown.

In Friday's ruling, just one day before the food benefits were set to lapse, McConnell ordered the Department of Agriculture to distribute money owed to recipients "as soon as possible."

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) quickly moved to correct a Trump administration official after she said "we have failed you" during the ongoing government shutdown.

At a press conference on Friday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was asked why President Donald Trump could not find funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as other presidents had done during shutdowns.

Reacting to polling that shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose Donald Trump tearing down the East Wing to build a gaudy 90,000 square foot ballroom that will dwarf the White House, an MSNBC panel could not control its glee about the presidential misstep.

On ”Morning Joe,” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough kicked off the pile-on over Trump’s folly after co-host Willie Geist reported that a Ipsos/Washington Post poll showed only 28 percent of those polled supported the construction of the oversized edifice.

Republican strategist Lindy Li compared the 16 million children poised to lose food assistance on Saturday to “socialist beasts” during an appearance on Newsmax on Friday.

The ongoing government shutdown – sparked by a disagreement over the extension of government health care subsidies – has disrupted a number of federal programs, among them the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which provides food assistance to around 42 million Americans, including 16 million children.

An accusation by a member of the House that Donald Trump “took advantage of young girls” brought an MSNBC panel discussing the government shutdown to a screeching halt on Friday morning.

Invited on “Morning Joe” to discuss the prospect of the shutdown coming to an end, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) managed to bring up the prospect of the House reconvening, which would set in motion a vote on releasing the notorious Jeffrey Epstein files.

President Donald Trump has failed in his promises to deliver lower grocery costs, MSNBC's Chris Hayes said on Thursday's edition of "All In" — whatever he might say to the contrary.

This comes as Trump, who has put pressure on prices with a series of draconian tariffs, moves forward with a plan to import large amounts of beef from Argentina to try to control prices, which has proven highly controversial among Republican lawmakers representing areas dependent on ranching, which would suffer from the competition.

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts found himself buried in criticism on Thursday after he posted a video telling conservatives that attempts to cancel a prominent neo-Nazi were "not the answer" the party needs to defeat their "political adversaries on the left."

Roberts posted the video after several conservative commentators bashed prominent media personality Tucker Carlson for interviewing avid antisemite Nick Fuentes on "The Tucker Carlson Show." Roberts argued in the video that many of the people criticizing Carlson for interviewing Fuentes are "bad actors who serve someone else's agenda."

Progressive Democrat Kat Abughazaleh, who is running for a Congressional seat in Illinois' 9th District in 2026, abruptly ended an interview with a journalist after being asked about a federal indictment she faces.

Abughazaleh was charged with one count of "forcibly" impeding an officer on duty and one count of conspiracy after she was arrested during a protest of an immigration raid in Broadview, Illinois. Abughazaleh has said she will plead not guilty and plans to surrender to authorities next week.

Progressive Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh spoke out against President Donald Trump's administration for prosecuting her after she participated in a protest against an immigration raid in her home state of Illinois.

The indictment, which was filed on Oct. 23, accuses Abughazaleh of one count of conspiracy and one count of forcibly impeding an officer. Abughazaleh told NBC News that she plans to self-surrender to authorities next Wednesday and described the incident as "political prosecution."