SAN DIEGO (AP) — “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker had the briefest of responses Thursday to anger from the White House over the season premiere of the animated institution, which showed a naked President Donald Trump in bed with Satan. “We’re terribly sorry,” Parker said, followed by a long, deadpan-comic stare.

The Season 27 premiere of the Comedy Central animated series, "South Park", has stirred controversy this week. The episode, which aired on Wednesday, July 23, features Trump crawling into bed with Satan, a reference to the president's recent attacks on the media.

Also, scientists are trying to save the Great Barrier Reef with man-made clouds. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

The increasing pressure on the Trump administration to release more details about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shows little sign of easing soon. It's put President Trump's allies in Congress in a bind as they try to balance the Republican base's demands for the release of all Epstein-related files against the White House's desire to move on.

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at the Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington on Thursday (July 24) to tour the site of a $2.5 billion renovation of two historical buildings the White House criticizes as overly costly and ostentatious,

President Donald Trump says he’s found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee at the time to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve, moves to the podium at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve is working with the White House to accommodate President Donald Trump's unexpected visit to the U.