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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) questioned whether Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was the right person to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the nominee approved of a violent assault against the Kentucky Republican.

During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, Paul recalled that a neighbor assaulted him, causing six of his ribs to be broken and needing a part of his lung to be removed.

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is scheduled to testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Intelligence Committee and is expected to face an onslaught of questions about the Trump administration’s war against Iran, a moment Politico described as “one of the most fraught moments of her tenure.”

Long a purported anti-interventionist, Gabbard has drawn criticism from many of President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters for what they see as a reversal in regards to the U.S. military siege on Iran. In 2020, Gabbard had even sold T-shirts with the text “NO WAR WITH IRAN.”

President Donald Trump’s hand-picked replacement for outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is set to be scrutinized by lawmakers Wednesday morning during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Trump ousted Noem as head of DHS earlier this month after internal frustrations mounted over her leadership and alleged affair with special government employee Corey Lewandowski. Trump’s revealed his replacement for Noem to be Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), long a loyal supporter of the president.

MS NOW's John Heilemann analyzed the state of the Democratic Party after an Illinois primary that saw left-wing candidates lose hotly contested races among a seemingly fired-up electorate.

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough focused on 26-year-old newcomer Kat Abughazaleh, a left-wing influencer who centered her campaign on opposition to Israel's war in Gaza and promised to challenge the Democratic establishment, but ultimately fell short of Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss in a House race in the Chicago suburbs.

Democratic Party strategist James Carville predicted that President Donald Trump's tenure will end prematurely, stating that Trump is not long for the presidency because "everything that he tries blows up in his face."

In a Politicon video, Carville made a bold forecast about Trump's political future. Carville stated: "I'm telling you, I think he's just going to quit next year by this time. I think he's just going to walk away because the Democrats control the House and the Senate."

President Donald Trump's war in Iran has split his MAGA base, and MS NOW's Joe Scarborough agreed that has presented a "massive problem" for Republicans going forward.

The 79-year-old president's counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigned Tuesday over the war, saying the joint U.S.-Israel military operation was unjustified because Iran posed no serious threat to national security. The Dispatch's David Drucker told MS NOW's "Morning Joe" that Republicans were worried about the political fallout.

A Pennsylvania Trump supporter expressed sharp regret during an NBC News interview, stating that voting for President Trump three times was "my bad" — and declaring she is "apparently an idiot."

Amanda Robbins, interviewed by NBC News senior politics reporter Jonathan Allen in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, was asked what she would say to Trump if he were listening. Robbins responded directly: "You are a worthless pile of s--t."

One of President Donald Trump's allies might soon depart the administration after a recent court loss revealed that the "wheels are coming off," according to one author.

On Monday, a federal judge in Boston overturned some of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s most controversial policies, like revising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of recommended vaccines and changing the vaccine schedule for children. Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, argued in a new podcast interview that the court loss could cause Trump to think twice about keeping Kennedy around.

A former federal prosecutor was floored on Tuesday after a GOP-controlled House committee subpoenaed a key ally of President Donald Trump's over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi for "potential mismanagement" of the Epstein files, the New York Post reported. In an interview with Raw Story, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), who leads the committee, said lawmakers have "a lot of questions" about Bondi's efforts to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required the Justice Department to release all files in its possession in December.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) lit into Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Tuesday after Hassett suggested that consumer pain from the Iran war was "really the last of our concerns" — a comment that appalled MS NOW.

The broadside came during an appearance on "The Weeknight," where anchor Alicia Menendez played a clip of Hassett dismissing the economic impact of a prolonged Iran conflict during a CNBC appearance earlier in the day.

A historian argued on Tuesday that President Donald Trump appears to be "flying by the seat of his pants" in Iran, and that has created an "intractable problem" for the country.

The Iranian regime has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to U.S. and Israeli ships in retaliation for the two countries conducting a coordinated bombing campaign in Iran since late February. The roughly 100-mile waterway accounts for 20% of global energy trade, and its closure has caused significant fluctuations in U.S. energy prices.

A CNN legal expert was floored on Tuesday while discussing how President Donald Trump's pardon of the Jan. 6 rioters could impact an ongoing, high-profile case.

Lawyers for Brian J. Cole Jr., who has been accused of placing pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic national committees in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection, recently argued in court that Trump's sweeping pardon for the rioters should also apply to Cole, Fox News reported. They argued that Cole is "inextricably" tied to the events contemplated in the pardon.