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President Donald Trump received an almost "psychedelic" rebuke from a foreign leader recently, and that may help explain why he's kicked his revenge tour into high gear, according to one analyst.

Sean Wilentz, co-host of "The Court of History" podcast on the Legal AF Network, argued during a new episode on Wednesday that King Charles III's speech before Congress was a "masterful" repudiation of Trump and his MAGA movement. During the speech, Wilentz argued that the King reminded Americans of the ideas that the country was founded on, which Trump and the MAGAverse have sought to upend.

Canadian businessman and star of CNBC's "Shark Tank," Kevin O'Leary, sparked an uproar on CNN on Wednesday after he defended the costs of President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

O'Leary argued during a segment on CNN's "NewsNight" with host Abby Phillip that waging the war in Iran is worth the associated costs because it will allow American businesses to sell products in an emerging region, and that the Strait of Hormuz will be policed by another nation in the region. O'Leary added that the short-term rise in oil and fertilizer prices is just part of the deal for Americans.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts whined about how Americans view his court during a recent speaking appearance, according to a new report.

NBC News reported on Wednesday that Roberts decried how little Americans know about the Supreme Court's functions and how they view the court as "truly political actors." He also added that the court takes great effort to "figure out what the Constitution means," even though he acknowledged that some of the court's decisions are "unpopular," the report added.

Political analysts and observers were aghast on Wednesday as a new report revealed the impetus for President Donald Trump's most recent abrupt reversal.

NBC News reported that Saudi Arabia had revoked the U.S.'s access to its military bases to conduct operations for "Project Freedom," Trump's plan to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz and ward off attacks from Iranian ships. That seemed to help explain why Trump abruptly reversed course about Project Freedom on Tuesday and said his administration would pause the operation to focus on negotiations with the Iranian regime.

MS NOW's Jen Psaki started her segment on Wednesday with a review of the news that FBI Director Kash Patel has personally branded liquor bottles — and the brutal fact-check The Atlantic provided on the agency's excuse for their existence.

"Tonight, even though Sarah Fitzpatrick is already being sued by Kash Patel, and even though she may be being criminally investigated by Kash Patel's FBI tonight, The Atlantic, Sarah Fitzpatrick published yet another incredible story about — ding ding ding, you guessed it, Kash Patel," said Psaki.

An immigration judge in California sued the Trump Department of Justice on Wednesday, alleging she was fired because of her political beliefs and affiliations with an immigrant-rights group, Fox News reported.

The judge, Kyra Lilien, alleged that the Trump DOJ declined to continue employing her past her probationary period for myriad reasons, including her age, her Hispanic heritage, and because she is fluent in Spanish. She named Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as a defendant in the lawsuit and accused him of violating her First Amendment and civil rights, according to the report.

Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, was hospitalized on Wednesday after a venomous spider bite.

The 23-year-old shared a photo of himself in the hospital, angling the camera to show where the alleged venomous spider had bitten him.

A Trump supporter got much more than he bargained for when he attended the Ashnikko concert at Hard Rock Live Orlando on Tuesday.

A viral TikTok video showed the crowd jeering and shouting him down for his MAGA hat, which devolved into vulgar chants of "[Expletive] Donald Trump! [Expletive] Donald Trump!" as the man tried to cover his face.

President Donald Trump just launched a new war on the American people, and it's being led by an "eccentric" MAGA figure, according to a new report.

Sebastian Gorka, the White House terrorism czar, has come up with a plan to label broad swath of Americans as domestic terrorists, journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on Wednesday. The plan labels three types of major terrorist groups: “Narcoterrorists and Transnational Gangs,” “Legacy Islamist Terrorists,” and “Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists.” It also identifies “left-wing,” “anti-Fascists,” “Anarchists” and “radically pro-transgender” ideologies as threats on par with the likes of al Qaeda and ISIS or narco-traffickers, Klippenstein reported.

MS NOW's Chris Hayes kicked off his segment on Wednesday evening with an analysis of the suspiciously timed FBI raid on the office of Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas just weeks after passage of an anti-Trump redistricting referendum she helped lead.

This came after Hayes discussed the recent FBI actions against reporters who ran unflattering stories about FBI Director Kash Patel and his girlfriend. However, he continued, "Threatening reporters wasn't the only thing the FBI was up to today."