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Bulwark columnist Will Sommer told MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Wednesday that not only has President Donald Trump failed to redirect the media cycle away from the Epstein files controversy with his manufactured accusation former President Barack Obama committed "treason" in the Russia investigation, he hasn't even managed to convince a significant number of his own supporters of this.

The thrust of the claim, promoted by Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, is that intelligence community documents indicate Obama pushed claims of Russian interference in the 2016 election that had been refuted by reports he had been given at the time.

For the first time, a federal appeals court has weighed in on the merits of President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting birthright citizenship to the children born on U.S. soil to some noncitizens — and tore it to shreds as unconstitutional, CBS News reported.

The ruling in State of Washington v. Trump, issued on Wednesday, upheld the findings of a district court judge who came to a similar conclusion.

One senator's political gymnastics routine could be considered prize winnings, according to an analyst.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has been working to undo the cuts to Medicaid included in President Donald Trump's mega spending bill, which Hawley voted to pass. The bill cuts federal health care spending by $1 trillion and will leave more than 10 million Americans without health insurance, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Despite President Donald Trump's supposed goal to "Make America Healthy Again," his administration is moving to reregister dicamba, a pesticide twice banned by federal courts, for use on genetically engineered cotton and soybeans.

In response to legal challenges from the Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, National Family Farm Coalition, and the Pesticide Action Network, courts ruled against the herbicide's registration in 2020 and again last year.

Far-right activist Jake Angeli — more commonly known as the "QAnon shaman" — is apparently no longer a fan of President Donald Trump, according to a recent post on social media.

The New Republic (TNR) reported Wednesday that Angeli-Chansley slammed the president in a now-deleted reply to a years-old post by Trump on X. The 2023 tweet was of Trump's Fulton County, Georgia mugshot, in which he declared his arrest as "ELECTION INTERFERENCE" with the text "NEVER SURRENDER!" Angeli-Chansley replied on Wednesday morning: "F--- this stupid piece of s---... What a fraud..."

An MSNBC analyst flagged what he called a "revealing exchange" between a North Carolina Republican and a House hearing witness who said her vote has been put at risk by the GOP.

House Republicans held a hearing on Tuesday focused on state voter roll purges and efforts to make it easier for states to remove voters from registration lists. The House Administration Committee held the hearing, which featured testimony from conservative nonprofit leaders and people affected by voter removals.

Brad Onishi, a scholar of religion with the University of San Francisco who has written extensively about Christian nationalism, raised red flags on MSNBC on Wednesday about the rhetoric the Department of Homeland Security is using to recruit people to become deportation officers for the Trump administration.

"What comes next, Brad? I guess that is my question," said anchor Antonia Hylton. "What comes next, and what do you make of DHS incorporating this kind of imagery and these thematics in official government propaganda?"

A new report seemed to rattle officials at the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS has moved to "rapidly deport" migrant children who come to the United States without parents or legal guardians, CNN reported, citing two DHS sources. DHS is also reportedly asking teens whether they want to be voluntarily deported from the country. The action is happening at a time when the Trump administration seeks to deport as many as 3,000 people a day.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett threw President Donald Trump's words back at him Wednesday evening, showing him denying that he was told he appeared in the Justice Department's trove of Jeffrey Epstein files.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump in May that his name appeared multiple times in the DOJ's files related to Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender. That information was conveyed in a White House meeting and included the detail that Trump’s name was among "many other high-profile figures" mentioned in the extensive Epstein investigation records.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee scored a major win on Wednesday by passing a measure to subpoena the files from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case from the Justice Department.

This came after the sponsor of the resolution, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), was briefly stymied as Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) shut down an entire hearing rather than let the measure come up.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper threw shade at MAGA darling Candace Owens on Wednesday over her history of bullying the French president's wife.

Tapper was discussing a defamation lawsuit filed by President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, against Owens with guest Tom Clare, the Macrons' lawyer in the case. Clare described numerous instances where the Macrons reached out to Owens in an attempt to prevent her from spreading the claims about Brigitte. However, Clare said Owens ignored their requests and instead spread them further.

The director of national intelligence may be using the Jeffrey Epstein fiasco to repair her relationship with the president, according to a new report.

Politico reported Wednesday, citing sources close to the White House, that Tulsi Gabbard is rewriting the history of the 2016 election and threatening to arrest former President Barack Obama because she thinks it will help her image within the White House.

The Department of Justice lashed out in a profane statement Wednesday afternoon, denying a bombshell Wall Street Journal report that it had told President Donald Trump in May his name appeared multiple times in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The Journal reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi informed Trump in May that his name appeared in the DOJ's files related to Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender. That information was conveyed in a White House meeting and included the detail that Trump’s name was among "many other high-profile figures" mentioned in the extensive Epstein investigation records.