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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was confronted by reporters on Tuesday about her role in confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the height of controversy over his allegations of sexual misconduct, with the hindsight of his role in overturning abortion rights for millions of women around the country — and she was unrepentant.

The reason, she explained, is that she also voted to confirm a number of justices who opposed that opinion.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledged on Tuesday that taxpayers will help foot the bill for President Donald Trump's $600 million White House ballroom.

Trump has promised since July 2025 that the project would cost taxpayers nothing. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that internal contractor documents tell a different story.

CNN data analyst Harry Enten reported a dramatic shift in Vice President JD Vance's chances of becoming the 2028 Republican Presidential nominee.

Prediction markets show Vance dropping from a 50% favorite to a nominal frontrunner, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio surged from 11% to 28%, creating a neck-and-neck race.

Republicans in Iowa got a blow this week as a third-party candidate they were hoping to get off the ballot in the Senate contest remains standing — and poses a threat to their nominee, Rep. Ashley Hinson.

Laura Belin of the progressive site Bleeding Heartland broke down the implications for Meidas Touch correspondent Scott MacFarlane.

Federal prosecutors revealed details Tuesday of a 94-page indictment against 15 individuals they alleged to be affiliated with Antifa – the loosely organized anti-fascist movement that the Trump administration has designated as a terrorist organization – though mockery soon ensued after prosecutors shared a particularly “embarrassing” piece of evidence.

Speaking at a press conference in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced that a federal indictment had been unsealed charging 15 defendants with “conspiracy to injure federal officers,” among other charges. He went on to share with reporters evidence supporting the indictment, with one example sparking widespread mockery among critics.

President Donald Trump boasted at the Group of Seven on Tuesday that he's "not a big sleeper" — hours before a supercut surfaced of him nodding off at four White House events.

Trump made the comment in Evian-les-Bains, France, explaining why a dinner invitation at Versailles wouldn't conflict with his work schedule.

Tennessee Republicans, having redrawn congressional maps to eliminate Democratic representation, are now targeting state legislative districts for similar partisan gerrymandering.

The GOP holds veto-proof supermajorities (27-6 in Senate, 75-24 in House) but plans maps that could achieve 33-0 and 99-0 margins, completely eradicating Democrats from state government, according to reporting by Tennessee Lookout's Bruce Barry.

Secret Service officials were angry after FBI Director Kash Patel blindsided them and publicly announced details of a sealed, ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to attack a UFC fight event at the White House.

Patel's announcement Tuesday morning potentially compromised roughly 10 arrests that had not yet been made, according to three people familiar with the matter, and his social media post disrupted plans by Secret Service and FBI officials to unseal the case later that afternoon and issue a joint public statement, reported NBC News correspondent Ken Dilanian.

Rhode Island's chief federal judge is publicly rebuking the Trump administration after ICE falsely characterized a colleague's ruling in an immigration case and put his fellow judge in danger.

Chief Judge John McConnell issued a formal letter Tuesday condemning ICE for publishing a press release that described District Judge Melissa DuBose as an "activist Biden judge" who knowingly released "a violent criminal illegal alien who is wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic" – which he said was flatly false, reported The Providence Journal.