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Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) is breaking ranks to scold GOP leadership for keeping the House closed for business throughout the shutdown, reported the Huffington Post on Tuesday.

Kiley stood on the House floor during the so-called "pro-forma" session, where another lawmaker banged the gavel as a technicality to prevent the House from being adjourned, even as it was for all intents and purposes. Speaking to HuffPost after, he said, “God, I wanted to at least remember what the floor looked like. It’s been almost a month that we’ve been out of session. We’ve been out of session 71 out of 83 days.”

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to former special counsel Jack Smith demanding that he give a "transcribed interview" to answer questions about his prosecution of President Donald Trump and alleged "surveillance" of members of Congress. But a keen legal analyst noted Jordan faces a major problem.

Posting the letter from Jordan, legal analyst and commentator Allison Gill posted to her "Mueller, She Wrote" Bluesky account that Jordan will have a difficult time getting Smith to testify about the "raid" on Mar-a-Lago — Smith wasn't working for the Justice Department or even affiliated with the special counsel's office when the FBI conducted its search of Trump's country club to obtain the classified documents taken from the White House.

Ex-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy issued a stark warning about democracy in his memoir that was released on Tuesday, but the warning fell on deaf ears for two Democratic analysts.

David Sirota and Veronica Riccobene of The Lever pushed back against Kennedy's warnings in a new article on Tuesday, arguing that Kennedy's warning that democracy is not guaranteed to survive seemed to artfully forget his role in creating the crisis. Sirota and Riccobene cited the Citizens United decision, which stated that PAC donations "including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption."

Former special counsel Jack Smith spoke at the University College London as part of a discussion with former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann.

While Smith walked through his time at the International Criminal Court, the second half of the discussion dealt specifically with his time working on the prosecution of then-former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) received significant pushback on Tuesday to his letter calling on former special counsel Jack Smith to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in his letter that Smith's team conducted a "partisan and politically motivated" investigation of Trump's mishandling of classified information after he left office in 2020. Jordan added that Smith "undermined the integrity of the criminal justice system."

Former special counsel Jack Smith delivered impassioned remarks when speaking to the University College London about President Donald Trump's second administration and the way in which he has weaponized the government against his political foes.

In a discussion with former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann, Smith walked through some of the decisions he made when bringing charges against Trump on accusations of stealing classified documents and the case around the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.

Rep. Cory Mills' ex-girlfriend was granted a restraining order after she said she feared the Florida Republican would tarnish her reputation by releasing videos of the two having sex.

Lindsey Langston, the current Miss United States and a Republican state committeewoman, told Drop Site News that she requested the restraining order in August after Mills continued to harass her.

A serious confrontation flared up in Chicago on Tuesday between President Donald Trump's immigration agents and locals, CNN's Whitney Wild detailed.

This comes as Trump continues to push for greater federal involvement in Chicago, backing up his immigration raids there with a presence of the National Guard — although that matter is currently tied up in federal courts.

President Donald Trump threatened to close "Democrat programs" by Friday if the government shutdown continues, and he said it's unlikely that the closed program will return, according to a new report.

Politico reported on Tuesday that Trump plans to announce which programs he is cutting by Friday, but has thus far declined to elaborate on his plan. The threat comes at a time when Republicans and Democrats appear to be far apart on striking a deal to end the government shutdown.