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Wisconsin's Supreme Court race has become a referendum on Elon Musk, and MSNBC's John Heilemann said a lot of Republicans wouldn't mind if the conservative candidate lost there.

Groups affiliated with the tech billionaire and Donald Trump adviser have poured more than $21 million into the race between conservative Brad Schimel and liberal Susan Crawford, and Heilemann told "Morning Joe" that Republicans are watching the outcome to determine how much lasting influence Musk has over their party.

Charlie Sykes laid out the stakes in Tuesday's election for an open seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court, which he said has become a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency and Elon Musk's influence.

The president has been campaigning for conservative candidate Brad Schimel in the nominally nonpartisan race against liberal candidate Susan Crawford, and Musk has been personally and financially invested in the race, which he claims would restore "faith" in the judicial system by eliminating politics from the courts.

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) laid into President Donald Trump's administration on CNN over the Signalgate scandal — and the broad unwillingness of his Republican colleagues in Congress to enforce accountability for top-level national defense and intelligence officials leaking war plans to a reporter in a group chat.

"Congressman, the White House says the case is closed on the Signal controversy. They clearly want to move on," said Anderson Cooper. "You've called for the ouster of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Is the case closed for you?"

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) seized the Senate floor on Monday night, in protest of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency task force and the impact that all the summary funding cuts and civil service layoffs are having on his home state — all of which was covered closely by CNN's Manu Raju.

"Manu, obviously, this is a — you know, I'm thinking back to Ted Cruz's 'Green Eggs and Ham,' but, I mean, this is the beginning of what is literally a marathon, but a lot of drama here," said anchor Erin Burnett. "How long is Booker going to go?"

The Trump administration’s justification for its arrests of academic scholars as part of the president’s nationwide crackdown on migrants was subjected to a thorough rebuke from CNN’s Jake Tapper, who tore into the White House’s lack of evidence for the moves.

Tapper on Monday devoted a segment on his show “The Lead With Jake Tapper” to deliver a brutal takedown of a State Department response on Monday that blamed the individuals’ “problematic behavior” for their immigration-related arrests.

A Republican lawmaker’s passionate plea that Democrats "stop the threats against Republican members of Congress” was met with a fiery response from two Democratic congressmen who insisted she urge her GOP colleagues to do the same.

But Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) didn’t seem interested in the advice.

Conservative never-Trump attorney George Conway told CNN viewers Monday afternoon that tech billionaire Elon Musk committed a crime with his latest spectacle: doling out $1 million payments to voters ahead of a widely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race.

The race, slated for Tuesday, has garnered national attention due to its significant implications on both state and national politics. The court's decisions — currently leaning 4-3 liberal — could shape critical issues on abortion, voting regulations, and collective bargaining, and could tilt a ruling on the state's redrawing of its congressional districts.

One of President Donald Trump's favorite applause lines is teasing a third term as president. Over the weekend, he trotted out the line again, promising he's "not joking."

But a CNN legal expert poured cold water on the idea to viewers Monday.

Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley declined to offer his support to President Donald Trump for a third term in office.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, host Jacqui Heinrich noted that Trump had signaled the possibility of a third term in a weekend interview and said he was "not joking" about the prospect.

Billionaire financier Kevin O'Leary claimed everyone needs to back off the hyperbole surrounding President Donald Trump's desire to impose tariffs on as many countries as possible, and likened the president's process to letting you "watch sausage being made."

O'Leary, a Canadian-born investor famous for his appearances on "Shark Tank," told CNN's Brianna Keilar Monday, "[Trump's] putting tariffs on the entire world — never been done." He added, "I don't think this is going to cause a recession. I don't see it in my own companies yet, and I think it's going to be short-lived."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt scolded a correspondent for asking about a document showing that the Trump administration was deporting people based on their tattoos.

During a Monday press gaggle, correspondent Andrew Feinberg asked Leavitt about the document used to decide which people would be deported.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) lashed out at House Republicans after an official House Foreign Affairs Committee's social media account shared a spoof video of President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Elon Musk dancing while carrying a casket labeled USAID.

In a post to X over the weekend, House Republicans celebrated the demise of the U.S. Agency for International Development with the video meme. A message on the post read, "MAGA 1, Libs 0."

Astronaut Butch Wilmore pushed back after Fox News host Bill Hemmer suggested President Joe Biden's administration left him "marooned" on the International Space Station.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Hemmer spoke to Wilmore and Suni Williams about their failure to return to Earth on Boeing Starliner, leaving them in space months longer than expected.