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Donald Trump’s incoming border czar doubled down on the president-elect’s promise to end birthright citizenship when he returns to the White House and said Wednesday night he doesn't believe it is even constitutionally protected.

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Tom Homan, who Trump picked as his next border policy adviser, received immediate pushback during a CNN appearance when he suggested that the 14th Amendment – specifically the Citizenship clause – isn’t actually enshrined in the Constitution.

A Republican senator unloaded on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday night on Fox News, accusing Johnson of saddling Donald Trump with a ticking time bomb set to explode in March.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) unleashed a tirade on the right-wing network, demanding to know, "Why would you saddle Donald Trump with this terrible spending bill before he even gets into office?"

A man from Owosso, Michigan, could face life in federal prison after authorities say they uncovered a plot to carry out a mass killing of LGBTQ people, FOX 2 reported.

Investigators said that Mack Davis, 22, "possessed two firearms, magazines, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a crossbow and arrows, assorted bomb-making parts, smoke grenades, tactical gear and clothing, and several knives, including one with 'f----- killer' inscribed on it. These items were found during a search of his home."

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) trolled President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday as he weighed in on the politics surrounding the collapse of the House spending bill – and made clear who he thinks will really be in charge of the federal government when Trump returns to the White House.

Kinzinger said Wednesday’s derailment of the temporary spending bill made clear what the next four years of “President Elon” – backed by “Vice President Trump” – will look like.

A former Trump administration official tried to downplay President-elect Donald Trump's demand to jail members of Congress who investigated the Jan. 6 attack — but CNN's Jim Sciutto repeatedly confronted him with the clip of him saying just that.

Trump, who has also indicated he will pardon most of the people who stormed the Capitol on his behalf that day, specifically demanded former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), and others "go to jail" in an interview with Kristen Welker.

A southern California priest's unexplainable recovery from an injury has been dubbed a miracle by Pope Francis.

Rev. Juan Manuel Gutierrez tore his Achilles tendon while playing basketball. At a news conference Monday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Baldwin Park, he said emergency room doctors initially believed he simply pulled a muscle. An MRI showed he actually tore his Achilles and would need surgery, the Mercury News reported.

A Democratic insider who previously served as the January 6 Committee spokesperson fought back against a “cherry-picked” report by House Republicans that attempted to discredit the committee’s investigation – and targeted former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for retribution.

President-elect Donald Trump has long railed against people involved in investigating the day a mob of MAGA supporters stormed the Capitol, suggesting during the campaign that Cheney and others should be jailed.

President-elect Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday to complain about the state of the omnibus spending deal — and demand that no deal pass without raising the debt ceiling for next year.

The debt ceiling, which can force the United States to default on payment obligations it already made, was extended to 2025 after a month of furious negotiation last year by then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who tried to squeeze draconian cuts to social spending out of the deal, and the Biden administration. At the time, some Republicans were opposed to raising the debt ceiling at all.

A deputy mayor in Los Angeles has been accused of calling in a bomb threat against City Hall and is now on administrative leave, according to reports.

“Earlier this year the LAPD responded to a bomb threat made against Los Angeles City Hall. Our initial investigation revealed that the source of the threat was likely from Brian Williams, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety,” Los Angeles police said, according to NBC News.

Social media users came out swinging against a conservative New York Times columnist who this week declared he was “done with never Trump,” and suggested the movement defeated itself.

The online backlash came in response to a Tuesday opinion piece by Bret Stephens, who said he believes Trump’s second term could be “as bad as his most fervent critics fear,” but still urged readers to send warm wishes to the new administration and give his cabinet selections “the benefit of the doubt.”

A Vermont Democratic lawmaker tore into a right-wing lawyer during a Wednesday afternoon hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution after he compared FBI agents to the German secret police under Nazi Germany.

The lawyer in question, Steve Crampton, is a former candidate for Mississippi Supreme Court and senior counsel for Thomas More Society, a Catholic-affiliated public interest law group known for its litigation against abortion rights and LGBTQ rights. The hearing concerned the FBI arresting anti-abortion activists who blocked entrances to clinics, a federal crime under the FACE Act — which has outraged many Republicans.

President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming vice president bemoaned "democrat giveaways" on Wednesday in trying to explain why they helped torpedo a stopgap funding bill that would avert a government shutdown just before the holidays.

The current continuing resolution funding the federal government expires at midnight Friday. If Congress fails to pass either another resolution or a budget by that time, the government will shut down, resulting in millions of federal workers temporarily going without paychecks and disrupting essential government services. Vital programs related to affordable housing and homelessness assistance could see delayed funding.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office dealt a major blow to Donald Trump’s effort to have his Georgia election interference charges dropped with a new round of objections.

The Georgia prosecutor’s office in court documents filed Wednesday pushed back against the president-elect’s demand that his case be thrown out in light of the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, according to The New Republic, which called the development a "massive twist."