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CNN analyst Paul Begala dismissed conservative commentator Scott Jennings's criticisms of Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), who is challenging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for a Senate seat in November.

Jennings attacked Talarico's positions on transgender identity, theology and diet.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin proposed stopping international flight processing at airports in Democratic-led sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with the administration's immigration enforcement.

Speaking on Fox News, Mullin said the administration was "drawing up plans" to block international flights from cities where "local radical left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our job." Critics immediately attacked the proposal as impractical and likely unconstitutional.

A three-judge federal panel, including two President Donald Trump appointees and one Former President Bill Clinton appointee, blocked Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map, finding it deliberately diluted Black voting power.

The court ordered Alabama to adopt a replacement map, allowing Black voters to elect their preferred candidates, Slate reports.

Trump biographer Michael Wolff predicted Tuesday that Donald Trump's presidency could end abruptly and without warning, citing Trump's "sense of the dramatic" and desire for historical significance.

Speaking on the podcast "Inside Trump's Head" with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles, Wolff said, "There's a very good chance that it just ends all of a sudden," adding, "No warning, no preparation. He falls."

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after President Donald Trump removed her from the Justice Department in early April.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took over her role.

Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump's health is declining and the White House is concealing the reality through a coordinated cover-up.

In his Substack post, "Trump Is Dying," Wilson compared the deception to Edith Wilson forging her husband's signature in 1919, citing "memos," claims of "excellent health," and "careful staging" to obscure Trump's diminished condition.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces a malpractice lawsuit filed by twins Adam and Daniel Kaplan, alleging he forged their signatures on an engagement letter and dramatically over-billed them.

The Kaplans hired Blanche at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in 2022 for financial fraud defense, expecting discounted rates. Instead, the firm's first bill totaled $677,925, and by November 2022 they had paid $1.65 million with additional bills pending.

Podcast host Joe Rogan expressed shock Monday on "The Joe Rogan Experience" at President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded "anti-weaponization" compensation fund, created through a $10 billion IRS lawsuit settlement.

The fund compensates Trump allies and January 6 Capitol rioters who claim wrongful prosecution under Former President Joe Biden's administration.

President Donald Trump is making a rare trip to Camp David on Wednesday, just 24 hours after his third Walter Reed Medical Center visit in 13 months, sparking speculation about the timing and purpose.

The trip to the secluded presidential retreat will include top administration officials, including outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, reported The New York Post. It will take place amid ongoing and strained peace negotiations with Iran.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, plans to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland, home to the nation's premier bee research and disease diagnosis hub, despite a critical pollinator crisis.

The closure arrives as beekeepers face unprecedented challenges: in Winter 2025, pesticide-resistant varroa mites caused beekeepers to lose over half their operations, with nearly 1.7 million colonies dying nationwide. This cost the industry an estimated $600 million in lost production and replacement costs.

The Supreme Court rejected Florida's attempt to sue California and Washington for issuing commercial truck driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.

The lawsuit followed a fatal 2024 crash in Florida involving an undocumented immigrant.

Republican pollster Sarah Longwell reports Candace Owens is repeatedly mentioned in her focus groups when voters discuss potential 2028 presidential candidates, surpassing conventional frontrunners like Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Focus group participants, including Biden-to-Trump voters, expressed strong support for Owens as a leader.

Cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Reiner expressed grave concerns about President Donald Trump's physical and mental health ahead of his third Walter Reed medical checkup in 13 months.

In conversation with "CNN News Central" Reiner called for mandatory presidential health disclosures to Congress and the public, comparing the matter to fitness requirements for pilots and Secret Service agents.