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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) attempted an end-run strategy to pass President Donald Trump's anti-voting-rights SAVE America Act through Congress — only for a contingent of Republicans to block it and deal him a fresh humiliation. And MS NOW commenters were quick to react.

" Mike Johnson just tried to get the SAVE America Act through the House," said anchor Katy Tur, quoting Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman that it "went down in flames" and turning to reporter Mychael Schnell. "What exactly happened?"

President Donald Trump is "too mentally feeble" to hold office and a "crazy, stalker-ish" aide has effectively taken control of the West Wing, former RNC spokesperson Cheri Jacobus said.

Jacobus made the comments on her Tuesday YouTube show, Politics with Cheri Jacobus, about Natalie Harp, 34, an aide to Trump since 2022 who became his executive assistant when he took office in January 2025.

A Louisiana Republican sparked ridicule on social media Tuesday when he tried to brag about the number of attendees at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair while pointing to a nearly empty National Mall on live TV.

Gov. Jeff Landry, a frequent Fox News guest, became the latest figure pulled into the mockery surrounding Trump's fair after he gushed about the turnout on the National Mall.

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) accused White House budget director Russ Vought of dodging repeated questions about whether USAID funding cuts have killed people.

The clash unfolded at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing this week, where Vought, who leads the Office of Management and Budget, testified on the agency's budget.

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) said Tuesday that depression was behind his nearly four-month disappearance from Congress.

Kean had not cast a vote since March 5. He missed more than 100 votes.

Justice Clarence Thomas's eyebrow-raising birthright citizenship dissent on Tuesday became the topic of discussion on MS NOW, with one anchor describing it as "astonishing" and legal analyst Lisa Rubin calling it "disappointing."

"Astonishing may be the wrong word; I think disappointing maybe another word," Rubin said, telling viewers the dissent was "certainly predictable, based on oral argument."

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on Newsnation Tuesday to tout the return of the Presidential Fitness Test to public schools, but during the interview, made an off-handed comment that carried a startling suggestion.

“One of the criticisms of the Presidential Fitness Test back in the 2010s before it was nixed was that it wasn’t great for kids’ self-esteem, that it was hard for the kids who weren’t physically inclined,” said Newsnation’s Anna Kooiman.

A pair of legal experts were astounded on Monday while discussing a trap the Trump Department of Justice may have laid for itself in a recent case.

One of the arguments Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made when the DOJ created the $1.776 billion settlement between the Trump administration and the IRS was that Trump had been irreparably harmed by a government contractor or employee, which is why they sought such a large payout. However, that argument could get the Trump DOJ into trouble in other cases where privacy matters are concerned, according to Lisa Graves, co-host of the "Court Accountability Action" podcast and Christopher Swartz, the senior ethics counsel for the Democracy Defenders Fund.