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Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) suggested that private citizens – which he referred to as “privateers” – should be allowed to chase down Mexican drug cartels and receive a profit for their bounty as a way of easing risk to United States military personnel.

Lee floated the idea of the United States sanctioning state-sponsored piracy – a throwback to the American Revolution – Wednesday in a Fox News interview on the “Will Cain Show.”

During a confirmation hearing for nominees chosen for high-profile posts within the Department of Justice, two of President Donald Trump's appointees wouldn't rule out disobeying federal court orders.

NBC News reported Wednesday that both Aaron Reitz and Dean John Sauer (who have been nominated as assistant attorney general and solicitor general, respectively) suggested to senators that they may ignore a ruling from a federal judge that they disagree with. While neither Reitz — who is chief of staff to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — or Sauer outright said they would ignore a ruling, both gave cagey answers and notably didn't once definitively say that they would always abide by judges' decisions.

A right-wing think tank pressuring shareholders of large public companies to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion programs suffered a blowout defeat when they took their case to farming equipment manufacturer John Deere, independent journalist and author Nancy Levine Stearns reported Wednesday.

"At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal," wrote Stearns on Bluesky. The proposal, brought to shareholders by the National Center for Public Policy Research, "received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out."

Longtime Republican Party pollster Sarah Longwell is conducting focus groups with voters of President Donald Trump — and she's beginning to see some "buyer remorse."

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace introduced the segment, playing the comments from a participant who voted for Trump.

Republicans on Capitol Hill have a plan to pump the brakes on California’s ban on gas cars – one that would break decades of precedent – and possibly the law, according to a new report.

If the GOP efforts move forward, it could open the door for Congress to easily overturn any agency action, including licensing pipelines, approving mergers and granting permits for major infrastructure projects, former administration officials and attorneys told NOTUS on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump's administration rescinded a move that could have hobbled much of the current veteran health care system, following widespread backlash and outcry, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

"Veterans Affairs was prepared to terminate 875 contracts as part of a government-wide effort to cut costs, led by billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service," wrote Emily Davies and Hannah Natanson. "In announcing the moves, Secretary Douglas A. Collins on Tuesday cited as examples payments for professional services, such as executive support, coaching and training. But the contracts on the chopping block also helped cover medical services, fund cancer programs, recruit doctors and provide burial services to veterans, according to internal VA documents reported Tuesday by The Washington Post."

One political analyst thinks judges are close to jailing people for contempt in the ongoing court battles over government funding cuts.

U.S. District Court Judge Amir H. Ali ruled on Wednesday that he would not pause his order giving President Donald Trump's administration an 11:59 p.m. deadline that same day to pay invoices for foreign development funds for contracts completed before Feb. 13, Just Security and MSNBC legal analyst Adam Klasfeld said on Bluesky.

A Newsmax pundit argued that members of President Donald Trump's cabinet were feigning support of billionaire Elon Musk when the group applauded him at their first official White House meeting on Wednesday.

During the cabinet meeting, Trump asked the agency heads if they had any complaints about Musk or his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). However, the group applauded Musk instead of speaking up.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is making a new argument in his bid to get the federal corruption charges against him dismissed, reported CBS News on Wednesday.

Specifically, Adams alleges that the leaked resignation letter of Danielle Sassoon from the U.S. attorney's office from the Southern District of New York, which alleged a quid pro quo deal between the mayor and the Trump administration to get the charges dismissed, constitutes prosecutorial misconduct that would render a fair trial impossible.

Former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for her ignorance of basic government functionality.

Greene presides over a subcommittee created to handle the Donald Trump-created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The initiative was then handed over to billionaire Elon Musk to cut as much as $2 trillion from government spending. The result has been a massive purge of government staff outside Washington.