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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) publicly refused to back down on CNN amid the Trump administration's legal threats against him for his joint video with ex-military Democrats reminding active servicemembers they must refuse illegal orders.

This comes after Kelly's legal team sent a warning to the Secretary of the Navy that they would pursue all avenues to stop an "unconstitutional and extraordinary abuse of power," like recalling him to active duty to court-martial him.

A staffer at a right-wing news site published a scathing critique of President Donald Trump's posts blaming Hollywood director Rob Reiner for his own killing, asserting the president's widely-derided message represented a "massive" tactical "misstep" that may ultimately come back to haunt Republicans in the midterms.

In a rant to his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, "Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before."

Longtime pro-Trump commentator Megyn Kelly had some harsh words for FBI Director Kash Patel over how he handled the first hours after the Brown University shooting, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.

Kelly, who said she considers Patel to be a "friend," particularly slammed how the Trump official handled the initial detention of a "person of interest," touting that capture only to have to admit later that he was not involved. As of this morning, reports indicated that police essentially had to start the investigation over with the release of the initial suspect.

A former GOP speechwriter flagged a troubling part of a new "emergency" that President Donald Trump declared on Monday.

Trump announced during the Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation at the White House on Monday that his administration is designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. The designation could give the administration more leeway to conduct its strikes against alleged drug boats in international waters.

A state judge in Wisconsin ruled Monday that a criminal forgery case can proceed against former aides to President Donald Trump, in connection with the 2020 plot to stand fake electors and overturn the presidential election.

It's one of the last remaining pieces of litigation pending over the 2020 election, as other cases against Trump and his acolytes around the country have either been pleaded out, dismissed, or resolved in other ways. Another such case is still advancing in Nevada, as well.

A pair of legal advocates took a victory lap on Monday night after one of President Donald Trump's allies resigned from her office.

During a new episode of the "Norm and Katie's Legal Fight Club" podcast, Norm Eisen, founder of Democracy Defenders Action, and independent journalist Kate Phang discussed the abrupt resignation of Trump’s U.S. attorney in Delaware, Julianne Murray, on Friday. Murray is the former leader of the state Republican Party and was appointed on an interim basis over the summer.

An attorney representing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) fired off a warning letter to the Department of Defense on Monday, saying the senator is prepared to take whatever legal action is necessary to stop what they regard as an illegal and politically motivated investigation into him.

Kelly has been singled out for investigation under military law, after he and five other Democratic lawmakers with a military background published a video reminding servicemembers they have a duty to refuse illegal orders — a video Trump proclaimed to be "seditious" and "punishable by death" in social media rants.

A former federal prosecutor slammed FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday for making the same mistake he made during a previous high-profile shooting.

Glenn Kirschner, a former Deputy U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., made the comment on a recent episode of his podcast, "Justice Matters," calling Patel's announcement "premature" about a person of interest who was detained in the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday, which left two students dead and injured nine others.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) once again tried to duck reporters literally pursuing him for comment on President Donald Trump's attack on the slain Hollywood actor Rob Reiner.

Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home in what authorities are treating as a double homicide. The couple’s son, Nick Reiner, was booked into jail on suspicion of killing his parents.

A disgraced former Republican congressman made a stunning claim about an investigation into a Senate Democrat on Monday.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), now a media personality for One America News, posted on X that the Department of Defense's investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is "escalating." The Pentagon is investigating Kelly for potentially breaking the law when he appeared in a video alongside several other Democratic lawmakers to tell military troops that they can disobey illegal orders.

President Donald Trump's mockery of the slain Hollywood star Rob Reiner earned a stern rebuke from The Atlantic's John Dickerson, who scorched the MAGA leader for using grief as a "plaything."

Dickerson wrote Monday that the violent deaths of Reiner and his wife ignited a moment of national reflection, as much of Reiner's work was woven into America's collective experience, with films like "The Princess Bride," "Stand by Me," and "When Harry Met Sally."

A scandal-plagued pro-Trump lawmaker was at a political event in New York City over the weekend that was also attended by a number of prominent white nationalists and Nazi sympathizers, according to Politico.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) was given a prime speaking role at the New York Young Republican Club gala, held on Saturday.