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A progressive lawyer brutally mocked the GOP on Tuesday for its hypocrisy over crime in Washington, D.C.

Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, joined progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on "Democracy Watch" to discuss Trump's move to federalize law enforcement in D.C and the efforts by the Texas GOP to redraw their election maps. Cohen remarked that it seemed like the Republicans are trying to use the powers of government against their political opponents, a move they accused Democrats of doing when they prosecuted President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) shredded President Donald Trump on MSNBC over his choice of E.J. Antoni, a partisan right-wing economist with a history of attacking nonpartisan data that makes the GOP look bad, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics — a choice made even more controversial when Antoni called for suspending jobs reports altogether.

"I thought Donald Trump was voted into office to handle the economy, almost a single issue," said anchor Alicia Menendez.

President Donald Trump's efforts to rewrite American history didn't sit well with CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night.

Cooper discussed the Trump administration's moves to review the content at the Smithsonian Museum, which is home to many American historical artifacts and documents. In a letter sent to eight of the Smithsonian's 21 museums, the White House said they were conducting the review to ensure the museums are promoting "American excellence."

A former federal prosecutor slammed President Donald Trump's efforts to federalize law enforcement in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Glenn Kirschner, a former assistant U.S. Attorney, said on his podcast, "Justice Matters," described Trump's moves to federalize the D.C. police force as "offensive, disrespectful, dangerous, and dictatorial." His comments happen at a time when the Trump administration is trying to justify its moves to use military troops as civilian law enforcement officers.

Texas voters are furious that the state GOP is trying to silence their voices, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told MSNBC's Jason Johnson on Tuesday — and they're making their voices heard.

Democratic state lawmakers have been absent from the state for over a week to block passage of a heavily gerrymandered mid-decade redistricting plan, drafted at President Donald Trump's request, that would make five Democratic-held seats more Republican-leaning.

A Republican lawmaker took a shot at President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon, telling CNN anchor Jake Tapper the party wants to see a "stronger Trump" when it comes to his dealings with Russia.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) joined Tapper to discuss Trump's upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which the White House has downplayed as a "listening exercise."

An economist issued a dire warning on Tuesday about a loyalist that President Donald Trump has picked to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Trump recently announced that he was considering hiring E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation, to lead the embattled BLS. Trump fired former Bureau Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after she released a revised jobs report showing there was almost no job growth during Trump's first quarter as president.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat, clobbered Fox News host Will Cain on Tuesday while debating the Republican effort to redraw the congressional district lines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Cain tried to claim that Democrats were just as guilty of trying to rig elections by drawing shady lines in places like Maryland. But Talarico wasn't having it.

CNN's Jake Tapper slammed President Donald Trump's excuses for deploying federal troops to Washington, D.C. during his show on Tuesday.

Yesterday, Trump claimed he was deploying federal troops to D.C. to address crime, even though federal data shows that crime rates reached a 30-year low last year. Trump also said he was considering making similar moves in Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California, a claim that caught Tapper by surprise.

Former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) warned that President Donald Trump can't blame every problem in America on undocumented immigrants and the border.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday, McCaskill echoed sentiment from former George W. Bush strategist Matthew Dowd.

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling warned that the soldiers that are being sent to Washington, D.C, are "going to be a little bit p---ed off" as they are deployed to stand around in the heat and humidity of the late summer.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace began her Tuesday show addressing President Donald Trump's deployment of soldiers and federal officers to "fight crime" in the District.

At a briefing on Tuesday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the Trump administration's controversial stance on revisions to job data.

A reporter asked Leavitt: “If the jobs data is not reliable, should Americans trust the inflation data?” She responded: “The jobs data has had massive revisions. We want to ensure that all of the data ... coming out of the BLS is trustworthy and is accurate, which is why the president has restored new leadership at the BLS [Bureau of Labor Statistics].”

A CNN host on Tuesday pushed back against claims made by the attorney general of Washington, D.C., about President Donald Trump's takeover of local law enforcement.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb joined CNN's "The Arena with Kasie Hunt" to discuss Trump's latest moves related to the District. The two sparred after Schwalb appeared to punt on Hunt's question about whether he would sue the Trump administration to reinstate D.C.'s Home Rule Act and end the federal oversight of local law enforcement.