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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sister, Kerry Kennedy, unloaded on the Trump administration on CNN Tuesday for their move to shut down the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — the latest installment of a lengthy saga that has seen the president and his allies assert control over the storied institution.

That move, ostensibly to prepare for renovations, came just an hour after a federal judge rejected the Kennedy Center board's latest attempt to sneak Trump's name onto the landmark.

Attorney General Todd Blanche's press conference on Tuesday reiterated the Trump administration's official position that the conflict in Iran is not a "war" — but this is absurd, Col. Cedric Leighton told CNN's Boris Sanchez.

Blanche, noted Sanchez, makes these claims "despite the deaths of 18 U.S. service members, hundreds of others injured," as well as $28 billion spent on the effort already per new Congressional Budget Office numbers. "That doesn't count bases that have been destroyed in the Middle East, which the Pentagon hasn't given an estimate of the cost of. And also whether or not they would actually repair them. So you, hearing the Attorney General say this, what's your reaction?"

FBI Director Kash Patel urged Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to end a Senate oversight hearing rather than answer questions from Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Patel made the request Tuesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee's oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, his second annual appearance before the panel, Grassley said in his opening statement.

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig was left baffled Tuesday after Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered an unusual White House press briefing that veered from law enforcement into politics and jokes.

“I’m not exactly sure what that was that we just saw,” Honig said after Blanche wrapped up his appearance in the Rose Garden. “Was that the Attorney General of the United States? Was that someone trying to be the next press secretary to the White House?

A Senate oversight hearing erupted into shouting as FBI Director Kash Patel demanded that a Democratic senator's microphone be turned off.

Patel appeared Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his second annual oversight hearing, where Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) accused the director of using government resources against journalists who write critically about him.

A relentless Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) raked FBI Director Kash Patel over the coals on Tuesday, bringing up accusations about his drinking problems while he sat silently.

During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Hirono used the last few minutes of her time to batter President Donald Trump's appointee over all the controversies that have dogged him since he was sworn in.

FBI Director Kash Patel came armed with a stack of statistics to a congressional hearing this week, but a former top official at the bureau questioned his numbers.

President Donald Trump's nominee cited crime data to rebut Democratic criticism of his leadership, but former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and CNN's Evan Perez agreed some of the numbers "seem on their face somewhat preposterous."

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent snapped at Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) instead of answering her question about whether tariffs have pushed inflation too high during an explosive clash on Tuesday.

The exchange came before the House Financial Services Committee, where Bessent was the sole witness for his annual testimony on the state of the international financial system, according to the committee's hearing notice.

FBI Director Kash Patel sparked mass confusion Tuesday after being grilled by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) over the FBI’s bizarre new recruiting policy regarding bestiality.

Late last month, reporting revealed that the FBI had quietly loosened its vetting standards to make acts of bestiality no longer an instant disqualifier. At the time, the change was met with disbelief and scrutiny.