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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted he had not lost control over the House after Republicans signed onto a Democratic discharge petition to force a vote on extending health care subsidies.

"Look, we're working through very complex issues as we do here all the time," Johnson told reporters on Wednesday, downplaying the discharge petition. "Everybody's working towards ideas. We're keeping the conversation going. That's what happened."

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) scolded FCC Chair Brendan Carr for threatening ABC host Jimmy Kimmel over a joke he made in the days after Charlie Kirk was murdered.

During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, Schatz noted that Carr had effectively threatened to pull ABC's broadcast license if the network did not take Kimmel off the air.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) called on FCC Chair Brendan Carr to resign after he threatened the broadcast license of a small radio station in California.

"So in February, under your leadership, the Federal Communications Commission opened an investigation into a San Francisco radio station over its coverage of a federal immigration raid," Markey explained during Wednesday's Senate Commerce Committee hearing. "In a worst-case scenario, the FCC could shut down the station by revoking its license."

President Donald Trump's underwater with voters on every major issue, and CNN's Jeff Zeleny discussed how that's shaping White House policy.

The 79-year-old president faces strong disapproval across the board – with negative ratings on immigration, foreign policy, the economy and other issues – and Zeleny told "CNN News Central" that steadily declining support has his advisers worried.

Pro-MAGA host Gina Loudon acknowledged that President Donald Trump was delivering an unexpected address to the nation on Wednesday because he "almost" lost control of the narrative on the affordability crisis ahead of the midterm elections.

"The president is going to be in the Oval Office tonight, 9 p.m. Eastern," co-host David Brody noted on Real America's Voice. "Big address to the nation. He's elevating this. Clearly, this is to regain the narrative and explain more about the affordability issue in America and what this administration is doing. I think they're trying to seize this right off the top and make sure that it doesn't get away from them."

President Donald Trump's approval ratings are underwater across the board, and CNN's Harry Enten said they potentially could get even worse.

The president has rarely enjoyed majority support across his two non-consecutive terms in office, but Enten told "CNN News Central" that Trump has spent more than nine months underwater.

During an appearance on MS NOW on Wednesday morning, author Chris Whipple, who conducted the bombshell interview with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, pushed back on her contention that her comments were taken out of context.

After he pointed out he had every word “on tape,” he noted that at one point, Donald Trump’s handler snapped when he made an observation about her job duties.

A prominent author who has written about President Donald Trump for decades warned on Tuesday that the president just showed the world that he is genuinely "off his f------ rocker."

Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, discussed Trump's response to director Rob Reiner's murder on a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast that he co-hosts with Joana Coles of The Daily Beast. Trump posted on Truth Social that Reiner, a frequent critic of Trump's, suffered from "Trump Derrangement Syndrome," and suggested that this may have led to his death.

A MAGA firebrand roasted Fox News during a CNN interview on Tuesday over the network's coverage of President Donald Trump's administration.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called out Fox News for being late to the party on "affordability," which public polling shows is the top issue for voters heading into the 2026 midterm election. She also called out House SpeakerMike Johnson (R-LA) for putting Republicans in a tough spot on health care by shutting down the government for eight weeks.