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Another Democratic member of Congress faces possibly decades behind bars after President Donald Trump's Justice Department secured a federal indictment on charges of fraud and money laundering.

A federal grand jury in Miami indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and several co-defendants on charges of stealing federal disaster money, laundering the proceeds, and using the money to support her 2021 congressional campaign.

Federal judge James Boasberg of the District of Washington, D.C. plans to revive contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials who possibly defied his orders, according to a new report.

The Hill reported on Wednesday that Boasberg is reviving the proceedings after an appeals court "cleared the way." The proceedings had initially been paused as the appeals court mulled the charges against administration officials who attempted to deport people to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison earlier this year.

For the second time in a week, a Republican state senator in Indiana was the victim of a swatting attack, as President Donald Trump threatens war on lawmakers in the state who defied his orders to re-gerrymander the congressional districts.

"State Sen. Dan Dernulc, R-Highland, said in a statement that local law enforcement officials were quick to recognize that the swatting attempt for what it was: a false report to law enforcement," reported the Indianapolis Star. In a statement, Dernulc said, "It is scary and shocking to me that someone would go so far to try to cause harm or fear to me or my family. I have always done my best to serve my community, be their voice, and work alongside them and my colleagues at the Statehouse to help make Indiana a great state. It is sad because of these efforts and work that I am villainized in some minds to the point of harmful retaliation."

Another one of President Donald Trump's government officials may be using Signal to conduct official business at the Department of Justice, according to a watchdog group.

American Oversight sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, arguing that Ed Martin, who leads the DOJ's Weaponization of Government group, appears to be auto-deleting files using an app such as Signal. The watchdog group argued that Martin may be violating the Federal Records Act if this is the case.

A leading physician says that President Donald Trump's claims of ignorance when it comes to his recent MRI scan is "nonsensical," insisting the president absolutely knows why his doctors had him take the test, according to The Daily Beast.

Dr. Vin Gupta, a medical analyst for NBC News and former Chief Medical Officer at Amazon, tells the MeidasTouch Podcast, "You know when you get an MRI what part of your body is going into the very narrow part of that MRI scanner because you hear it. You have to be in there for, you know, anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes."

A military veteran serving as a Congressional representative clashed with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Wednesday over whether military members are allowed to disobey illegal orders.

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a former Army ranger who completed three tours of duty, and MacCallum discussed Rep. Elissa Slotkin's (D-MI) comments from earlier in the day on her show "The Story." Slotkin said in a social media video featuring several House Democrats that military members do not have to follow orders that violate the Constitution.

A legal bombshell dropped this week as a three-judge panel in Texas overturned Republicans' move to dismantle five Democratic-held congressional seats, which, if the Supreme Court does not stay the ruling, is a massive blow to the GOP's efforts to rig congressional lines for themselves ahead of 2026. Conspicuously absent, however, was any published dissent from appellate Judge Jerry Smith, a Reagan appointee and the one judge who did not join the opinion.

On Wednesday, however, the dissent was finally published — and it was a lengthy screed in which Smith devoted multiple paragraphs to making outright personal attacks on the district judge, Jeff Brown, who authored the opinion, as well as accusations of judicial misconduct.

The House Ethics Committee announced on Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) over several issues, according to a new report.

Max Cohen, congressional reporter for Punchbowl News, posted on X that the committee is investigating Mills for alleged campaign finance violations, failing to properly disclose certain information to the House of Representatives, potentially accepting improper gifts, unprofessional conduct, and misusing government resources.

White House adviser Stephen Miller accused Democrats of "rebellion" after they released a video reminding the U.S. military of a duty to "refuse illegal orders."

In a video posted to X on Tuesday, Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, along with Reps. Jason Crow, Maggie Goodlander, Chris Deluzio, and Chrissy Houlahan alleged that "threats to our Constitution" were coming "from right here at home."

A federal judge handed President Donald Trump's administration another loss in the administration's bid to revoke temporary protected status for thousands of refugees, according to a new report.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in Manhattan said in a ruling on Wednesday that Trump's plan to strip nearly 6,100 Syrian refugees of their temporary protected status was "likely unlawful," according to a report by Newsweek. The ruling comes at a time when the administration is seeking to remove as many refugees and immigrants from the country as possible.