Trump says tree planted by Andrew Jackson at White House will be chopped down
President Donald Trump announced plans to chop down a tree that was said to have been planted by former President Andrew Jackson.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said that he was working with “the wonderful people at the National Park Service” to make “tremendous enhancements to the White House, thereby preserving and protecting History!”
“One of the interesting dilemmas is a tree planted many years ago by the Legendary President and General, Andrew Jackson,” Trump described. “It is a Southern Magnolia, that came from his home, The Hermitage, in Tennessee. That’s the good news!”
“The bad news is that everything must come to an end, and this tree is in terrible condition, a very dangerous safety hazard, at the White House Entrance, no less, and must now be removed,” he continued.
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The historic tree will be chopped down in coming days, and Trump wrote that it will be replaced “by another, very beautiful tree.”
“The Historic wood from the tree will be preserved by the White House Staff, and may be used for other high and noble purposes!!!” the president added.
Jackson, who served as president from 1829 to 1837, reportedly planted two magnolia trees near the White House in honor of his wife Rachel, who died in 1828. But according to the National Park Service’s (NPS) website, the trees’ connection to Old Hickory is debatable.
“Historical photographic documentation shows that magnolias first appeared at this location near the South Portico in the 1860s, still the trees are attributed to President Jackson,” the agency explained.
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“In 2006, the trees were designated as Witness Trees by the National Park Service, having borne witness to many ‘significant historic and cultural events,’” the NPS described. “The base of the trees also took the brunt of a Cessna airplane crash which targeted the White House in September 1994 and were subject to significant branch removal and pruning in December 2017.”
Initial reactions to Trump’s announcement were mixed on social media, though supporters of the president largely supported the decision.
“I am a tree expert by trade, I’ve worked with trees for three decades now… these [magnolia] trees have notoriously soft wood that can become dry and brittle with age,” one X user wrote. “I wouldn’t be anywhere near that thing.”
“Be prepared for the left to treat this like WW3,” another joked.
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“He is trying to lie his head off and rewrite or destroy history!” a Trump critic wrote. “The tree is much more important than Trump will EVER be!”
Musk asks who’s bankrolling coordinated anti-Tesla activists — the internet has answers
Protests unfolded outside of Tesla showrooms across the country this weekend over Elon Musk’s role helping lead President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, sparking questions to fly as to who is funding the purported “grassroots” demonstrations.
“Who is funding and organizing all these paid protests?” Musk posted to X early Sunday morning, accompanied by a video clip of podcast host Joe Rogan discussing left-wing protests in recent days.
A “Tesla Takedown” movement formed in recent days, with more than 200 protests planned on Saturday in the U.S., and another few hundred planned protests in Canada and Europe as part of the “global day of action.” In the U.S. the protests slated for Saturday were promoted by actors, filmmakers, congressional legislators, academics and activists who led a “mass mobilizing call” last week to rally support, and described in the media as a “grassroots” effort to buck Musk and Trump, while working to tank Tesla’s stock.
Tesla locations have faced violence in recent weeks as Musk and his DOGE team investigate federal agencies in search of government overspending, fraud and mismanagement, while critics accuse the Trump administration of creating an “oligarchy” by tapping the billionaire to help streamline federal government operations.
DOGE is a temporary cross-departmental organization that was established to slim down and streamline the federal government. The group will be dissolved on July 4, 2026.
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The protests on Saturday were billed as “nonviolent” and showcased people line dancing outside Teslas stores while holding anti-swastika and anti-Musk signs. Others protested for a couple of hours outside of Tesla dealerships, local media outlets reported, with some holding signs reading “DON’T BUY SWASTICAR,” or “Nobody elected Elon.”
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The U.S. protests on Saturday stretched from New York to Maryland to Texas to California. Many of the rallies saw dozens of protesters, while larger protests, such as one in Chicago, drew crowds of over 100 people, and another in New York drew hundreds of protesters, various media reports show.
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“Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. We oppose violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our First Amendment right to peaceful assembly,” the Action Network, a left-wing advocacy group, described the nationwide protests online.
“Rally attenders must be peaceful and nonviolent,” another left-wing group, Indivisible, described a protest in New Jersey, which included directions on what to chant at passersby. “No vandalism of Tesla cars or stores; or insults of Tesla drivers permitted! When Tesla drivers pass we will chant, ‘Sell your Tesla, Trade it in! instead of booing. STAY OFF THE ROADWAY! It is legal for protesters to be on the sidewalk but NOT to be on the roadway or block entrances to businesses, including Tesla. STAY OFF TESLA PROPERTY! We are not allowed on any private property. Indivisible policy forbids engaging with counter protesters (and other protestors) this is for the safety of all people.”
A local news outlet, media personalities and conservative critics have speculated that the recent anti-Tesla protests are embroiled in “astroturfing,” which is defined by Merriam-Webster as a campaign “falsely made to appear grassroots.”
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“I know when something is AstroTurf. Fun fact: I was among the first reporters (if not first) to put the concept of ‘Astro Turf’ lobbying into the pages of the Wall Street Journal as an international trade reporter,” former Wall Street Journal correspondent Asra Nomani posted to X after reporting on a Tesla protest last Saturday in Tysons, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C.
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“While local #TeslaTakedown protests may appear spontaneous and community-driven, they are the product of well-funded, tightly coordinated campaigns led by national political organizations like the Indivisible Project, http://MoveOn.org, and professional protest firms,” Nomani continued.
Nomani authored a piece in the Fairfax Times titled, “Local #TeslaTakedown reveals ‘grassroots’ protests are AstroTurf.”
“These groups use digital platforms, pre-scripted chants, pre-printed signs, and nationwide toolkits to manufacture the appearance of grassroots activism, and the messages on Tyco Road mirror the language of protests nationwide. This kind of organizing is known as ‘AstroTurfing’ – a term used to describe top-down efforts that mimic authentic, bottom-up civic engagement,” she continued on X.
Podcast host Joe Rogan, in a clip shared by Musk, speculated that protesters in past days were receiving money to take part in the anti-Tesla protests.
“For a lot of losers, a lot of people who don’t have things going well in their life, and I was a loser at many points in my life, is somebody called me up and said, ‘Hey man, want to make 400 bucks an just go to this Kamala Harris rally?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, let’s go,'” “Joe Rogan Experience” released on Saturday.
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“They were giving out $1,000 bucks for people to protest, I think it was Tesla. They had like the rules of engagement if someone comes after you… are you organizing gangs? Are you guys paying money for people and then literally saying to them, ‘Here’s what happens if you engage in violence?’ Why is that even on the table? I thought this was peaceful protesting,” he continued, noting he has not seen any reports of pro-Tesla individuals waging violence.
Other X users took to social media to speculate and accuse the Tesla protests of being an example of astroturfing.
“ASTROTURF: Rep Jasmine Crockett is working with the Soros-backed paid protest group ‘Indivisible’ to organize canned protests at Tesla stores across the US. Here the Democrat congresswoman is asking for Elon to be ‘taken down’ for her birthday,” popular conservative X account Amuse posted to X.
“NEW: Tesla protesters stop protesting at the Southlake Texas Tesla store the moment clock read 12 PM, according to @Carlos__Turcios. ‘They all immediately left the minute it was 12:00 pm.’ Odd,” Trending Politics co-owner Colin Rugg posted to X.
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Reports that some protesters packed their bags at exactly noon in Texas sparked further accusations of “astroturfing,” including one user who responded to Rugg saying, “Paid astroturf. This entire op is fake. Follow the money.”
Seattle radio host Jason Rantz shared a photo on X showing a Tesla protester holding a sheet of scripted chants to reportedly deliver during a demonstration, which Musk called “interesting” in a response X post.
Fox News Digital reached out to Indivisible, the Action Network and MoveOn.org regarding the astroturf speculation on Sunday morning, but did not immediately receive comment.
The protests on Saturday were overwhelmingly peaceful. Department of Justice chief Pam Bondi previously vowed earlier this month that violent protesters who attack and cause damage at Tesla showrooms and other properties will face the full force of the law.
“The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” Bondi said. “Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.”
A Las Vegas man was arrested earlier this month for his alleged involvement in a Molotov cocktail attack on a Tesla property. The suspect in that case faces a bevy of felony charges, including three counts of arson, three counts of possession of an explosive device, five counts of shooting into a car and four counts of destroying personal property, according to local police.
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Musk remarked on X on Saturday that it is “insanely ironic” that “the people shooting bullets into Tesla stores, burning down cars and generally being violent are calling me a Nazi when I have done literally zero violence at all.”
Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ about potentially running for a third term as president
President Donald Trump teased he might run for a third term, explaining to NBC News that he enjoys working and is “not joking” about making another run for the Oval Office.
“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump told NBC News in a phone interview on Sunday. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”
For now, he’s “focused on the current” term, but told the outlet he was “not joking” about making a run for a third term.
“It is far too early to think about it,” he added.
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The 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, which was ratified in 1951, prevents individuals from serving more than two terms as president. The amendment was ratified after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as president for four terms.
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Roosevelt died during his fourth term and Vice President Harry Truman assumed the presidency. FDR is the only president in the nation’s history who has been elected and served more than two terms, which was largely due to the political and economic climate at home and abroad, with his presidency unfolding amid the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II.
“There are methods which you could do it,” Trump said when asked about how he could go about running for a third term. The outlet floated a possible method where Vice President JD Vance could run for the presidency, win and pass the torch to Trump. The president said such a scenario is one of the methods he could use to serve a third term.
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“But there are others too,” Trump added, without elaborating.
“I like working,” he told the outlet when asked if he wants to serve another term.
Trump has previously teased running for a third term, asking Republican lawmakers in January during a retreat, “Am I allowed to run again?”
While Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., a top Trump congressional ally, introduced a resolution just days after Trump’s inauguration in January to allow a president three terms in office, but no more than two consecutive four-year stints.
The amendment would read, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
Ogles told Fox Digital in January that Trump “has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal.”
“To that end, I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment on presidential terms,” Ogles said. “This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.”
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Fox Digital reached out to the White House for additional comment on Sunday afternoon, but did not immediately receive a reply.
Morgan Wallen walks off SNL — posts not-so-cryptic message about where he’d rather be
Morgan Wallen left “Saturday Night Live” for “God’s country.”
The country singer returned to the late-night sketch comedy show as the musical act for the first time in five years to promote his upcoming album, “I’m the Problem.” After host Mikey Madison thanked the “Last Night” singer for appearing on the show, Wallen walked directly off the stage, as cameras panned out to the cast congratulating each other for another completed episode.
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Shortly after leaving Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Wallen wrote that he was excited to return home.
“Get me to God’s country,” the “Sand in My Boots” singer told his millions of fans on Instagram stories.
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Sources told Fox News Digital that nothing was wrong at “SNL,” and Wallen’s walk-off appeared to be an “oops” moment.
“That was the way he entered and exited the studio all week during rehearsal and camera blocking, so he just walked that way after hugging Mikey,” an insider revealed.
Wallen performed two songs from his upcoming album, including “Just in Case” and “I’m the Problem.”
His return to “SNL” was years in the making following a controversial debut.
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Roughly seven months into the pandemic, Wallen was asked to be the musical guest on an October episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Days before he was scheduled to perform, footage went viral across social media showing the singer not wearing a COVID mask at an Alabama football game and celebrating with various women at a bar afterward. People who supported masks and social distancing during the pandemic were outraged.
He was immediately removed from the scheduled “SNL” appearance. Wallen apologized in a video shared online.
“I’m in New York City in a hotel room, I was getting ready for ‘SNL’ this Saturday, and I got a call from the show letting me know that I will no longer be able to play,” he said. “That’s because of COVID protocols, which I understand.”
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After apologizing, he added, “I think I’ve lost myself a little bit. I’ve tried to find joy in the wrong places, and it’s left me with less joy. So I’mma go try to work on that. I’m gonna take a step back from the spotlight for a while and go work on myself.”
Two months later, Wallen was invited back to 30 Rockefeller Plaza for a second chance on “Saturday Night Live.” He not only performed, but also poked fun at his bar antics while appearing in a sketch with Pete Davidson, Jason Bateman and Bowen Yang.
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When the episode was over, he thanked the audience for “giving this poor Southern boy a second Yankee chance.”
Wallen was recently nominated for a host of 2025 ACM Awards, including entertainer of the year, male artist of the year, artist-songwriter of the year, and single of the year with Post Malone for their hit, “I Had Some Help.”
‘NYPD Blue’ star Kim Delaney arrested on felony assault charges
Actress Kim Delaney, was arrested on felony assault charges, Fox News Digital confirmed.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, deputies from the Marina Del Rey Station responded to a domestic disturbance at Delaney’s residence on Saturday at approximately 9:45 a.m.
After an investigation by deputies, Delaney was arrested for an assault with a deadly weapon and her partner, James Morgan, was arrested for battery.
Delaney was booked into the Marina del Rey Sheriff’s Station at 10:15 a.m. and charged with assault, likely to produce gross bodily injury.
The “NYPD Blue” actress was assigned to the station at 11:30 a.m., and is still detained, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD).
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Morgan bailed out on a $20,000 bond on Saturday. Both Delaney and Morgan are scheduled to appear in court on April 1.
According to TMZ, Delaney and Morgan were arrested at their home in Marina del Rey after a “heated argument that turned physical.” Paramedics arrived at the scene to check on potential injuries, per the outlet.
Representatives for Delaney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Delaney, who has also appeared in a handful of shows such as “The O.C,” “Army Wives,” “All My Children” and “Chicago Fire,” appeared on “NYPD Blue” from 1995 to 2003.
Two weeks ago, Delaney posted a photo of herself cuddled up to Morgan with a caption that reads, “Pure love.”
In October, the couple celebrated their second wedding anniversary together.
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“A beautiful 2nd wedding anniversary!!! 10/11. And now anniversary weekend! Great memories! I love you, hubby-your wife for life.” Delaney captioned the Instagram post, which included a photo of Morgan hugging his wife.
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This isn’t Delaney’s first run-in with the law.
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In 2002, the actress was arrested in Malibu, Calif., for drunk driving, per Entertainment Weekly. She was sentenced to two years’ probation at the time.
One year later, Delaney checked herself into rehab amid her battle with alcoholism.
Judge blocks Trump admin from closing government agency after Musk posts ‘RIP’
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from attempting to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
On Saturday, the Trump administration appealed the judge’s decision.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Friday said the court “can and must act” to save the agency from being shut down.
She agreed to issue a preliminary injunction to keep the agency in existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve it.
The Trump administration filed its appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Lawyers representing a workers’ union and other consumer advocates had sued the Trump administration to reverse the move last month to shutter the agency. The shutdown led to mass firings, contract terminations, office closures and an agency-wide work stoppage.
The agency had been “within hours of firing nearly its entire staff,” Deepak Gupta, an attorney representing CFPB workers, said in a statement. “We’re heartened by the decision and look forward to continuing to press our case in court.”
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President Donald Trump said after firing the CFPB’s director last month that the agency should be shut down. His senior advisor, Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), posted “CFPB RIP” on X on the day DOGE workers gained access to the CFPB’s headquarters.
But after the lawsuit was filed, agency officials backtracked from some of their positions, claiming in court that they did not plan to eliminate the agency and instructed staff to resume some work.
“If the defendants are not enjoined, they will eliminate the agency before the court has the opportunity to decide whether the law permits them to do it, and as the defendants’ own witness warned, the harm will be irreparable,” Berman Jackson wrote.
She rejected key evidence Justice Department lawyers had presented, calling some claims “a charade for the court’s benefit.”
The judge wrote that Mark Paoletta, the CFPB’s top legal officer, “insults the reader’s intelligence when he feigns surprise” that few CFPB employees were still working.
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Berman Jackson also said that the agency’s chief operating officer, Adam Martinez, after being contradicted by sworn statements undermining the administration’s position, had appeared on the witness stand torn between the “loyalties to his new employers and the truth playing out on his face.”
Berman Jackson ordered the CFPB not to delete any data, to reinstate terminated workers and to allow work to resume.
Legendary comedian fights back after traffic stop ends with drug possession charges
Paul Rodriguez was arrested on charges of possession of narcotics, Fox News Digital confirmed.
The legendary stand-up comedian was arrested Friday, March 28, in Burbank, California, following a traffic stop, according to the Burbank Police Department. Rodriguez was a passenger in the vehicle.
Rodriguez’s lawyer denied the allegations against the “Born in East L.A.” star and claimed they “lack foundation” in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
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“On March 28, 2025, at about 7:30 pm, Burbank Police Officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle for vehicle code violations Mr. Rodriguez was a passenger in,” officials told Fox News Digital.
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“During the investigation, narcotics were located. Mr. Rodriguez was arrested and booked at the Burbank Police Jail for possession of narcotics.”
Rodriguez was released with a citation to appear in court on April 25, 2025.
“During the investigation, narcotics were located. Mr. Rodriguez was arrested and booked at the Burbank Police Jail for possession of narcotics.”
“The charges against Paul Rodriguez are false and lack foundation,” his lawyer, Bobby Samini, said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
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“Mr. Rodriguez was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over by the Burbank Police Department last night. He fully cooperated with law enforcement at all times.
“The charges against Paul Rodriguez are false and lack foundation.”
“Law enforcement asserted that the driver of the vehicle was in possession of a controlled substance. Mr. Rodriguez did not have any controlled substance in his possession, nor was he under the influence of any controlled substance.
Samini added, “Mr. Rodriguez’s arrest and treatment constituted a violation of his civil rights. We look forward to establishing Mr. Rodriguez’s innocence in a court of law.”
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Rodriguez is known just as much for his stand-up comedy as he is for dozens of roles on television and in films. Raised in Los Angeles, Rodriguez starred in “Tortilla Soup,” “Blood Work,” and voiced the role of Chico in “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.”