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Add the Smithsonian to the list of the country’s cultural institutions undergoing a MAGA-style overhaul as President Donald Trump moves to purge what he called “anti-American ideology” from exhibits across its 21 museums and the National Zoo.

While Trump’s executive order aimed at rooting out “improper, divisive” or biased content came in March, the directive ordering a thorough review of all content at the famed U.S. museums was formalized Monday in a closed-door meeting of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents, the Wall Street Journal reported.

President Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard admitted to using artificial intelligence software to determine what she should declassify out of the John F. Kennedy assassination files, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday evening.

At the Amazon Web Services Summit, "Gabbard said AI programs, when used responsibly, can save money and free up intelligence officers to focus on gathering and analyzing information. The sometimes slow pace of intelligence work frustrated her as a member of Congress, Gabbard said, and continues to be a challenge," said the report. "AI can run human resource programs, for instance, or scan sensitive documents ahead of potential declassification, Gabbard said."

A Democratic congresswoman has been indicted on multiple charges after federal prosecutors said she forcibly impeded and interfered with federal law enforcement officers during a protest at an immigration detention facility last month.

On May 9, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) and other members of Congress embarked on a congressional oversight visit that coincided with an immigration protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. As authorities tried to arrest Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, authorities say McIver blocked federal agents, put her arms around the mayor, and physically engaged with officers, slamming her forearm into one officer and grabbing another.

The mayor of Los Angeles was aghast Tuesday at President Donald Trump’s newest attack, in which he accused California officials of paying "troublemakers, agitators, and insurrectionists."

Trump escalated his feud with Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom during a speech earlier in the day at Fort Bragg. Trump's comments became the topic of discussion on Erin Burnett's show, "OutFront."

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board has a new gripe with the House GOP's economic agenda: a change to how housing development is treated, that they believe will just make the tax code more complicated and housing more legally fraught.

"Developers can claim one of two credits. One offsets 30% of the building costs for low-income units if they are at least 50% financed with tax-exempt 'private activity' bonds issued by municipalities. A $100 million project would be eligible for a $30 million credit over 10 years," wrote the board. "To receive the credit, developers must agree to rent a certain share of units to households under specified income limits and at 'affordable rates' for 30 years. But the rules are convoluted, which is why studies have found that projects utilizing the credit take longer to build and cost about 20% more than market-rate housing."

In a stark warning to fellow Republicans, Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) cautioned that their plan to require states to share the burden of funding the U.S.'s largest food assistance program could backfire and cost the GOP control of Congress.

Speaking candidly in an interview Tuesday, as reported by Politico, Justice warned of the potential political fallout: “If we don’t watch out, people are going to get hurt, people are going to be upset. It’s going to be the No.1 thing on the nightly news all over the place. And then, we could very well awaken to a situation in this country where the majority quickly becomes the minority.”

A MAGA Gen Z influencer with close ties to Barron Trump claims he played an instrumental role in federal immigration authorities detaining Khaby Lame, the world’s most-followed person on TikTok.

The 25-year-old Senegalese-Italian influencer, whose legal name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was detained Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 6 at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Lame arrived in the U.S. on April 30 and “overstayed the terms of his visa,” an ICE spokesperson said, according to The Associated Press.

Embattled MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell doesn't regret any of his past statements, proclaiming during his defamation trial in Colorado that he would say it all again.

The case was brought by Eric Coomer, a former employee with Dominion Voting Systems, whom Lindell has baselessly accused of election-rigging. Dominion has been forced to sue a wide array of right-wing figures and groups who pushed conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, for harm to their reputation.

President Donald Trump made a series of inaccurate claims in his remarks on Tuesday, conflating World War I and World War II, incorrectly suggesting he spoke with the governor of California on Monday when it was just after midnight Saturday morning, and asserting—contrary to the First Amendment—that protests, even peaceful ones, can be shut down with “heavy force.”

During remarks to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump was asked when he last spoke with California Governor Gavin Newsom. “A day ago,” he said Tuesday afternoon, which was three and a half days after the governor confirmed his phone call. Trump also confirmed the call by sending a screenshot to a Fox News reporter. The screenshot read June 7, 1:23 AM.

A fiery spokesman for President Donald Trump took a profane victory lap on social media Tuesday evening as news broke that ABC News fired journalist Terry Moran following a controversial post in which he harshly criticized Trump and his deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller.

In a since-deleted post on the platform X, Moran, a senior national correspondent, called Miller a "world-class hater."

Christy Walton, daughter-in-law of Walmart founder Sam Walton and part-heir to the Walmart fortune, placed a full-page ad in the New York Times urging Americans to attend the "No Kings Day" protests on June 14, and engage in civic discourse and speak to officials at town halls. Now MAGA fans are furious and calling for a boycott.

At no point did Walton name President Donald Trump in her ad, but she did talk about fighting dictators and abandoning American allies, Newsweek noted in a report.

President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard and hundreds of Marines to quell a Los Angeles protest against mass deportation has triggered a firestorm of controversy — but in the Senate, Republicans are right on board with him, said Joe Perticone in an analysis for The Bulwark.

"We surveyed a number of Senate Republicans about the idea of sending the army into LA and ... you may wanna sit down ... they're thrilled with it," Sam Stein wrote on X, prefacing the article.

A prominent House Democrat urged U.S. military members Tuesday afternoon to question any orders given by President Donald Trump as they pertain to their deployment to quell protests in Los Angeles.

Trump ordered the deployment of both National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in recent days in response to heated protests against his administration’s immigration enforcement actions. The move came despite strong opposition from California’s state and local leaders.