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A Senate Democrat clapped back at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during an interview on CNN over a threat to court-martial another lawmaker who spoke out against the administration.

On Monday, Hegseth threatened to elevate Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), a former naval officer, to active duty so he can be court-martialed after Kelly appeared in a video with five other Democrats telling military members they don't have to obey illegal orders. President Donald Trump condemned the video, calling it a "seditious act."

The court ruling on Monday tossing the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are a huge embarrassment for President Donald Trump's Justice Department, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Kasie Hunt — and while things aren't quite over just yet, it's a serious blow to Trump's push to prosecute his political critics.

The judge found that the indictments, which accuse Comey of obstruction and false statements for congressional testimony years previously and James of bank fraud for a minor discrepancy on old mortgage documents, are invalid because acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was not legally appointed to that role.

A GOP strategist turned anti-Trump activist on Monday slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's latest threat to a Democratic lawmaker over a social media video that circulated last week.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), a retired astronaut and former naval officer, appeared in a video with five other Democratic lawmakers last week, telling military troops that they do not have to obey illegal orders. The video was widely condemned by President Donald Trump and his MAGA base, with the president describing it as a "seditious act."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that the United States "can't have" soldiers questioning whether orders are legal after Democrats pointed out that troops have a responsibility not to follow illegal orders.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Leavitt said Democrats were giving "a wink and a nod to the 1.3 million active duty service members who serve in our United States armed forces and essentially encourage them to defy the orders of their commander-in-chief."

When a federal judge ordered the dismissal of the Justice Department's criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, he left some key "subtext" in the opinion that shows the courts are fully aware of the deeper purpose in the Trump administration bringing the cases, reporter Sam Stein told MS NOW's Chris Jansing.

"I think it is worth pointing out that although in paragraph two, the judge gets to the point that the attempt to install Miss Halligan as interim U.S. attorney was invalid, it's interesting ... to read the first paragraph of this ruling by the judge," said Jansing. "I'm going to read it in its entirety: 'On September 25th, 2025, Lindsay Halligan, a former White House aid with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia, having been appointed interim U.S. attorney by the attorney general just days before, Miss Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James Comey with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding.'"

Bill Maher called out Lara Trump after she tried to deny that her father-in-law called a reporter "piggy."

During his Monday Club Random podcast, Maher told Lara Trump that some of President Donald Trump's rhetoric made it difficult for him to win over opponents.

Donald Trump’s decision to turn on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), combined with outside influencers like podcaster Joe Rogan falling out of love with the president on a multitude of fronts, is set to cripple his agenda and eventually open him up to a wave of investigations.

A panel convened on MS NOW to discuss the fallout in the Greene--Trump MAGA alliance agreed that no one who has been strongly allied with the volatile president is immune to his wrath if they disagree with him in the slightest.

A federal judge tossed Trump's indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, and trying to continue pursuing these charges could backfire, a former prosecutor warned Monday.

Now that the Trump administration's indictments have been tossed, the administration can appeal or bring the charges again under other prosecutors — but they should consider just letting it go, argued former Criminal Division Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell on MS NOW. The whole case could become a much bigger mess if they try to revive it, she said.