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The Trump administration is closing 23 Forest Service research stations that study wildfires, invasive species, and water conservation.

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Border Patrol is operating so-called "predictive policing" units that analyze Americans' financial data to predict crimes not yet committed.

Americans suspected of future crimes are flagged to local law enforcement to be pulled over on suspicion alone.

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Sean Duffy: Gay, straight, tranny—

Rachel Campos-Duffy: Transvestite

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Trump has signed an executive order stripping Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves.

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The FDA has announced a recall of 25 varieties of cream cheese due to possible contamination with listeria.

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Dr. Oz hints at raising the retirement age:

If we can get the average American to feel so healthy that they want to work one extra year, that's worth $1 trillion to our GDP.

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Corey Lewandowski asked Qatar and UAE officials to hire him for government services on the side while he was working in the Trump administration.

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Fox: Copper prices hit a record high due to prospect of U.S. tariffs

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Trump on a deceased 9/11 rescuer:

"The Man in the Red Bandana. Have you heard of him? He's become more famous than me. I don't like it. Very unhappy. But he's become much more famous than me."

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Trump on Howard Lutnick: "He's got some faults, but overall, he's excellent"

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The USDA has announced a recall of 1,513 pounds of pork contaminated with listeria, warning there is a reasonable chance of "serious adverse health consequences or death" if consumed.

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Olivia Rodrigo on DHS using her song in a video of ICE raids:

To see that song being put to these grotesque, cruel scenes of ICE raids was awful. Also, I think it's a tool that they use. Picking fights with pop stars is a great distraction while they do all kinds of awful things.

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The Trump administration has announced they are starting construction on Trump's $100 million arch.

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Q: AI is pushing money upwards to just a few people.

Trump: The biggest beneficiaries of what I've done are the middle class. Also, most of these AI companies are public. The 401Ks are through the roof.

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Q: Are you concerned about AI?

Trump: No

Q: Are we doing enough to protect jobs?

Trump: AI's gonna be positive. There's some negatives, but that will be straightened out. You know, data centers are actually fabulous.

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Trump: They have windmills all over Scotland. You fly over Scotland, it's just [BLEEP]

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Q: The worst case is that AI and robots will turn against humanity. Do we have guardrails?

Trump: It's going to be fine. We'll always have something to stop them, right? We'll have a little gear. 'I really don't like that. I really don't like that robot.' We'll stop it.

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Trump: Data centers are actually fabulous

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Trump claims AI will help the military because "you won't be making stupid mistakes"

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Q: You're an outlier as a leader that isn't troubled by the pressure to save the planet. Why is that?

Trump: It's been proven false

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Vance: Clearly, Ted Cruz is a very authentic and likable guy

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Q: How concerned should Americans be about Iranian cyberattacks?

Vance: We're concerned about everything

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Q: Will you endorse John Thune to be the GOP leader in the new Congress?

Vance: It's not my business

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Q: Will the Iran war be over by the midterms?

Vance: Well, I wouldn't call it a war

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Q: Are you concerned that Republican candidates are not planning to attend the midterm convention?

Vance: No, that doesn't concern me

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Vance on data centers: "Follow the president's lead"

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Q: The Iranians say that an attack on a wedding celebration killed several people and injured dozens of others. Have you been briefed?

Vance: Sometimes thing happen

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Q: Scott Bessent said gas prices would be $3 by Labor Day. Do you have a new timetable for when Americans can expect lower gas prices?

Vance: Well, in defense of Scott, he said maybe by Labor Day

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Fox: You have lost a ton of weight lately. How much sauerkraut do you eat?

Vance: When you're the Vice President and one of the first questions at a press conference is how much weight you've lost, you must have gotten very fat

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Fox: Are we talking to you as Vice President or Press Secretary?

Vance: Ha ha ha ha