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Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) confronted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing over comments he made on a 2024 podcast suggesting Black children should be "re-parented" instead of receiving mental health treatment.

Kennedy denied making the remarks and claimed not to understand the phrase's meaning.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche became defensive when questioned about the Jeffrey Epstein case during an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit.

Reporter Shelby Talcott asked whether the Department of Justice would support Epstein survivors testifying before Congress, following First Lady Melania Trump's denial of ties to the convicted sex offender. Blanche stated the DOJ has consistently welcomed victims coming forward, whether to testify in Congress or to the FBI, and cited the arrest of 1,700 defendants for abusing women last year.

The U.S. Army shut down its "Soldier for Life" social media accounts after a post celebrating Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, a Purple Heart recipient who lost both legs in combat, prompted online criticism from a pro-Trump veteran, NOTUS reported.

The program, which connects veterans to employment, healthcare, and retirement resources, posted a tribute to Duckworth's military career as an Army lieutenant colonel and Iraq War veteran.

Attorney Steve Kennedy argues the Supreme Court's "history and tradition" test from the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade could be applied to challenge the constitutionality of the military draft.

On Wednesday, Kennedy reported for Slate how President Donald Trump's administration automated draft registration for men aged 18 to 26 under the National Defense Authorization Act, potentially creating an opportunity for legal challenge.

President Donald Trump has launched a retribution campaign against eight Indiana state senators who opposed his redistricting measures, intensifying divisions within the state's Republican Party ahead of midterm elections, The Dispatch reports.

After his bid to redraw congressional boundaries failed, Trump endorsed primary challengers against the opposing senators.

President Donald Trump responded angrily on Truth Social after Fox News aired multiple segments featuring Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer.

The 79-year-old president criticized the network for covering Steyer instead of Republican candidates on Wednesday morning, calling Steyer a "SLEAZEBAG" and "LOSER." Trump questioned how Republicans could win California with mail-in voting and what he characterized as rigged elections while Fox News promoted Democratic candidates.

Jesuit priest Father James Martin criticized Vice President JD Vance for questioning Pope Leo XIV's theological understanding during a Turning Point conference.

Vance warned the Pope to be "careful" with theological statements, but Martin noted the irony, Pope Leo XIV holds a master's degree in divinity, plus licentiate and doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

Two white NYPD narcotics officers were captured on video beating a Black man inside a liquor store.

According to footage shared on Instagram, the officers grabbed the man for unknown reasons and began punching him, at one point slamming his head into a shelf of glass bottles.

Voters in deep-red military towns across Colorado and North Carolina told The New York Times they have turned against President Donald Trump over his handling of the Iran war.

Trump voter Emmelia Lorenzen expressed alarm at Trump's threat to annihilate Iranian civilization to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which handles 20% of global energy trade. Lorenzen noted Trump's campaign promise to avoid war contradicts rapid military escalation.

State Senator Nate Blouin, a Democratic candidate for Utah's newly-drawn Salt Lake City congressional district, faces scrutiny over resurfaced controversial internet posts.

According to Punchbowl News, Blouin's Reddit early activity included offensive language, sexually explicit comments, violent threats, and attacks on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, LDS Church.

President Donald Trump delivered a disjointed Fox Business interview with Maria Bartiromo, during which he mischaracterized Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's timeline, claiming she "decided she would live forever and two minutes after the election she went out."

During the interview, Trump shrugged off Chinese aggression, touted Republican midterm prospects, predicted the Iran war was nearly ending, and lamented not acquiring Greenland.

CNN's "NewsNight" panel erupted Tuesday after MAGA podcaster Emily Austin criticized former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Host Abby Phillip played a clip of Michelle describing The United States as being in its "janky era" during a podcast with Hasan Minaj, alongside President Donald Trump's claims that America is a "country in decline" with "hellhole" cities.

Vice President JD Vance responded to Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, skipping her moderating role at a Turning Point USA rally in Athens, Georgia due to serious threats.

TPUSA's Andrew Kolvet informed Vance of Kirk's absence, characterizing the threats as reflecting poorly on the nation's state.