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The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to cancel planned shipments of weapons to Ukraine, setting off a wave of fury among national security commentators on social media.

"BREAKING: White House confirms it has halted weapons that Ukraine was scheduled to receive, including PAC3 Patriots, 155mm artillery rounds, GMLRS, Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles," reported PBS Newshour's Nick Schifrin, who added that White House deputy press secretary Anny Kelly explained the move by saying, “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a DOD review of our nation’s military support and assistance to other countries across the globe. The strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned — just ask Iran.”

The Senate's changes to President Donald Trump's signature spending bill aren't even a day old, but House Republicans are already coming out in force to oppose the legislation.

The New York Times flagged multiple notable House GOP responses to the bill after the divided Senate passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill," including Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), who called it a “dud” that “guts key Trump provisions.”

President Donald Trump issued a stern threat to Hamas on Tuesday to force the political organization to accept the latest terms of a ceasefire agreement.

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said Israel had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire. During that time, all parties involved in the negotiations will work to end the war, Trump added. He also said that the Qataris and Egyptians will deliver the final proposal to Hamas' leadership.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said at a Tuesday forum that the Federal Reserve would likely have lowered interest rates if not for President Donald Trump’s announcement of extreme tariffs.

Mediaite posted a link to the interview, courtesy of CNBC’s coverage of Powell speaking at an economic forum in Portugal. Powell was among a small panel discussing the world economy when he was asked directly if the Fed had been considering lowering interest rates prior to Trump’s tariff announcements in April.

President Donald Trump's previous border czar is unconcerned about the conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida.

Ken Cuccinelli, who briefly served as the acting Deputy Director of Homeland Security from 2019 to 2021, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday that he has "no concerns" about whether migrants housed at the facility will live in inhumane conditions.

An expert with the libertarian Cato Institute sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to slash taxes on the wealthy and cut over $1 trillion from Medicaid, food stamps, and green energy subsidies, highlighting a lesser-known provision that could codify one of the president's most controversial deportation policies — and turbocharge it into overdrive.

Specifically, posting on X, David J. Bier pointed to a subsection on page 529 of the bill that deals with the increase in funding for immigration enforcement.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk acknowledged Tuesday that criticism of him was "valid" after an individual called him out on his X platform over his obsession with "looking cool."

Musk posted a series of rants Monday about the 2026 budget bill, drawing responses, some of which he answered on Tuesday.

Democratic strategist Paul Begala clashed Tuesday on CNN with longtime GOP adviser and resident Donald Trump advocate Scott Jennings about the political impact of Republicans' "big, beautiful bill" that just narrowly passed the Senate, and is headed back to the House amid ongoing GOP disputes and a self-imposed deadline to get it to Trump's desk by the end of the week.

The bill cuts over $1 trillion from Medicaid, food assistance, and green energy subsidies in order to extend tax cuts for the wealthy and beef up immigration enforcement — all while adding over $2 trillion to the deficit.

A federal judge issued a stern rebuke of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to conduct mass layoffs at the agency.

Judge Melissa DuBose of Rhode Island issued a ruling on Monday that blocked the agency from laying off more than 10,000 workers. In it, DuBose ruled that the executive branch "does not have the authority to order, organize, or implement wholesale changes to the structure and function of the agencies created by Congress."

Zohran Mamdani, the self-described Democratic socialist who won the New York City mayoral Democratic primary election in a surprising upset, fired back at President Donald Trump Tuesday following his threat to have him arrested, and potentially deported.

“The president of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported, not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city,” Mamdani said in a statement.

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) was pressed Tuesday by CNN on his support for President Donald Trump’s costly budget reconciliation bill, estimated to add trillions of dollars to the deficit, given that he previously campaigned on lowering the nation’s debt.

Trump’s bill, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is projected to add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over 10 years, per the Congressional Budget Office, and was estimated to add $2.4 trillion in the House version before it was amended in the Senate, a version Fine voted in support of.