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CNN's Jake Tapper was confronted by fellow network anchor Erin Burnett during a joint interview with Axios' Alex Thompson on their new book detailing explosive allegations about Joe Biden's administration's attempt to conceal his cognitive decline — and specifically, the uproar it has caused.

"So it's an incredibly reported book you have, and I don't know if you expected this. Maybe you did a little bit, but maybe not to the extreme that it has occurred," said Burnett. "You have come under withering criticism ... so President Biden's granddaughter, Naomi, she kind of — I think this summarizes a bit. She says the book 'relies on unnamed anonymous sources pushing a self-serving, false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare ... there are real stories to be told. One day they will be, I suspect history will reward the truth.'"

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got heated during a Senate grilling Tuesday, shouting at lawmakers at one point, "What have you done about the epidemic of chronic disease?"

Kennedy was in front of Congress to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee about President Donald Trump’s proposed 2026 budget for his department. The hearing focused on the administration’s plan to slash HHS's discretionary funding by 26%, which would significantly affect the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other public health programs.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is simply not telling the truth about the Trump administration's commitment to supporting lead poisoning efforts, Dr. Sanjay Gupta told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday.

"During the Senate hearing today, [Kennedy] was pressed on whether the lead program, looking into lead contamination and the like at the [Centers for Disease Control], was being funded or not," said Tapper," playing the clip of Kennedy's response.

Billionaire Elon Musk pushed back on accusations that he was a Nazi sympathizer because of a hand gesture he made during one of President Donald Trump's rallies.

In a Tuesday interview with CNBC, Musk accused the mainstream media of propaganda.

The MSNBC panel on "Deadline: White House" shared a chuckle while mocking Elon Musk after the tech billionaire revealed in an interview Tuesday he plans to spend a lot less on politics going forward.

Speaking to the Qatar Economic Forum, Musk admitted, "I think I've done enough."

Medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner pushed back on CNN's Pamela Brown as she voiced skepticism that former President Joe Biden only learned about his prostate cancer diagnosis recently, as he likely had it for years, or that the medical guidelines did not indicate more rigorous testing earlier.

"He was president of the United States," said Brown. "And I understand that Dr. Conley was following the guidelines, but I mean, do you follow — do you just stick to the book on the guidelines when you're dealing with someone who's running the country, who was then running for re-election?"

Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced his former Senate colleagues on Tuesday, where he was repeatedly blasted for compromising his principles for power in President Donald Trump's administration.

MSNBC hosts Nicolle Wallace and Alex Witt spoke about the hearing that was supposed to be about his 2026 fiscal budget requests.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) vowed to show off her "naked body" to punish her former fiancé following rape accusations.

In a series of posts on X, Mace said she would play videos Patrick Bryant made of her at Tuesday's House Oversight hearing.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) over the Trump administration's attempt to deport student activists who support Palestinians.

During a Tuesday Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Van Hollen criticized Rubio and President Donald Trump for failing to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He also slammed Rubio for wrongly deporting a Maryland man to El Salvador.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a retired Marine, criticized DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for "bad weapons handling" while promoting herself in various costumes on social media.

During a Tuesday Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Gallego noted that Noem's department was overspending on border security.

Co-hosts of "The View" were split on a new book from CNN's Jake Tapper that questions President Joe Biden's mental acuity while he was in office — bxut the audience cheered loudly when Joy Behar began listing off more "important" things that have happened in the few months since President Donald Trump took office.

"My other question is: why is this important to know now?" Whoopi Goldberg asked about the book.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy lashed out at Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) after she questioned him about cutting funds for cancer centers.

At a Tuesday Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Baldwin grilled Kennedy about the research programs slashed at his agency since President Donald Trump took office.