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House Republican leadership recently took action to bar one of their own members from international trips, according to a new report.

Punchbowl News reported Wednesday that GOP leaders decided to ban Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) from traveling for three months due to an "alcohol-related episode" in Mexico this summer. In details laid out by Punchbowl reporter Andrew Desiderio, the original incident took place while Crenshaw and other Republicans were on an official Congressional delegation (CODEL) visit to Mexico in August, and Crenshaw was "having drinks with a group of Mexican officials."

Officials in President Donald Trump's Department of Justice overruled a senior military lawyer who warned that the administration's strikes on alleged drug traffickers in international waters could "legally expose" service members, according to a new report.

NBC News reported on Wednesday that the lawyer, who is unnamed in the report, serves as the senior judge advocate general, or JAG in military parlance, at U.S. Southern Command in Miami. The report adds that the lawyer began raising concerns about the strikes in August, but was overruled by officials at the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, citing six sources familiar with the matter.

A conservative political analyst on Wednesday gave a behind-the-scenes look at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) feud with President Donald Trump during a podcast interview.

SE Cupp joined Jamal Simmons on the "Politicon" podcast on Wednesday, where the two discussed Greene's recent breaks from Trump and the MAGA movement. For instance, Greene criticized the president's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and has called out the president for supporting tariff policies that she says are harming everyday Americans.

House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in moving to rip out a controversial measure that Senate Republicans snuck into the government funding package that allows them to sue the Justice Department for up to $500,000 over their phone records being seized.

The provision was quietly added to the government funding bill that ended the record-long shutdown and gave senators the ability to sue the Justice Department for each instance their office's data was subpoenaed without the required notification.

The late former Vice President Dick Cheney may have irked President Donald Trump one last time, as the MAGA leader plans to skip Cheney's funeral after being curiously left off the list of speakers.

Cheney was a strong critic of Trump, once calling him "the greatest threat" to the republic.

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Wednesday night that he has agreed to meet with the new "Communist mayor" of New York City, Zohran Mamdani.

"Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran 'Kwame' Mamdani, has asked for a meeting," Trump posted. "We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st. Further details to follow!"

CNN legal expert Elie Honig flagged what he described as a "huge loophole" in the bill President Donald Trump just signed to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Trump announced late Wednesday night that he signed the Epstein Transparency Act, a bill that was sent to his desk with support from a veto-proof majority of lawmakers. The bill requires the government to release the records within 30 days, but Honig noted there is some language tucked into the legislation that could allow the administration to continue to stall.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) was banned from international congressional travel for three months following an alcohol incident during a delegation trip to Mexico, Punchbowl News reported on Wednesday.

"During an August trip to Mexico, Crenshaw was having drinks with a group of Mexican officials," reported Punchbowl's Andrew Desiderio. "One Mexican official cracked a crude joke that made a woman present uncomfortable. Crenshaw toasted the remarks."

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday evening in a lengthy Truth Social post that, after months of having opposed the bill and fruitlessly pressuring Republicans against it, the Epstein Files Transparency Act has been signed into law.

However, he took the opportunity to rant about every pet grievance under the sun, claiming the release of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files would hurt Democrats more than himself, and bragging about everything he believes his administration has accomplished since January.

A MAGA influencer melted down on Wednesday over comments Attorney General Pam Bondi made during a news conference about the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Bondi was noncommittal during the press conference about when the Department of Justice would release more of the Epstein files. She also said that the administration would "continue to follow the law with maximum transparency," though some analysts doubt that the administration has been forthcoming about the files.

Legal analysts and observers sneered at Trump administration officials who are now facing renewed contempt proceedings for their attempts to evade court orders banning them from carrying out deportation operations.

Federal Judge James Boasberg of Washington, D.C., said during a hearing on Wednesday that he is considering reviving contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over its efforts to deport immigrants to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison.