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A former official in President Donald Trump's first administration lost it during a panel discussion on CNN's "NewsNight" after a Democratic analyst raised Trump's threat to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling places for the midterm elections.

Ken Cuccinelli, Trump's former acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, lost his cool as Democratic analyst Adam Mockler questioned his argument that Trump is just "pulling your chain" by threatening to send ICE to polling places. Cuccinelli said that it has been illegal since the Reconstruction Era for federal agents to show up at polling places with weapons.

Republicans in Congress are fretting that President Donald Trump has given them "nowhere to go" in negotiations over funding the Department of Homeland Security.

Part of DHS has been shut down for more than a month, meaning employees at the Transportation Security Administration and others have not been paid. Security lines have been growing at airports around the country, and Trump has deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to assist TSA officers who are still working.

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement ate their own on Tuesday night after Democrats flipped a Florida House seat.

Emily Gregory won the Florida House District 87 race against Trump-endorsed Republican Jon Maples by roughly 700 votes. The district includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, and drew national attention because Trump voted by mail, which he has sought to limit through the SAVE Act. Trump carried Florida's 87th district in 2024 by 11 points.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was seen wearing an arm sling following surgery to repair his rotator cuff, but he appears to have taken it off while doing a press conference.

According to The Daily Beast, "Kennedy’s left arm was secured with a black sling as he attended an event for Ag Day, which celebrates agriculture, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. On March 10, Kennedy underwent surgery for an injured rotator cuff and had planned to return to work the following week, according to the National Review. Doctors advise patients to immobilize their affected arm in a sling for four to six weeks after surgery, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons."

Florida Democrats followed up their bombshell victory in President Donald Trump's home state house district by narrowly flipping a state senate district in the Tampa area.

According to Decision Desk and the Florida Phoenix, Democrat Brian Nathan, a veteran and local union leader, has defeated state Rep. Josie Tomkow, giving Democrats two out of the three Florida special elections of the evening.

The Corpus Christi City Council voted on Tuesday to launch a removal hearing for Mayor Paulette Guajardo over allegations of misconduct.

The decision comes as the city faces a growing water crisis. A water emergency may be just months away, according to city leaders. But the controversy surrounding the mayor stems from a hotel development project, not the city’s management of its water supply.

A former Republican congressman was floored on Tuesday after reviewing the terms of a leaked 15-point peace plan for the war in Iran.

Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois, said in a new video on his X account that the peace plan "makes Obama's deal with Iran look like Churchill." The plan includes Iran agreeing to stop enriching uranium, close three nuclear facilities, and allow a "free trade zone" in the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran may seize total control of in the deal, Kinzinger said.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito drew sharp criticism from legal analyst Elie Mystal on Tuesday after suggesting the Supreme Court should invalidate Mississippi's mail-in ballot counting law because "losing candidates…would not accept" election results where late-arriving ballots changed the outcome.

Mystal, writing for The Nation, wasn't having it.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) secretly took sides in a Republican civil war that unfolded in his home state and toppled longtime state Senate President Phil Berger in his own primary.

According to The New York Times, Tillis held a Zoom call with wealthy Republican donors and sent a clear message that Berger's time was up.

Academics and human rights experts were aghast on Tuesday as President Donald Trump condemned an advocate to what amounts to a "civil death."

Francesca Albanese, who worked as a special rapporteur for the United Nations in Palestine, has faced significant public pressure from the Trump administration since she recommended that the International Criminal Court issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's defense minister Yoav Gallant, and three leaders of Hamas for committing war crimes during the war in Gaza, five experts wrote in a new op-ed for The Guardian.

CNN data guru Harry Enten issued a staggering prediction after Democrats flipped a state legislative seat in Florida that represents President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Harry Enten, CNN's chief data analyst, said during an interview on "Erin Burnett OutFront" that the election is a harbinger of what's to come for Republicans in the midterms. Enten said the party that outperformed the presidential baseline in the midterms went on to win the House of Representatives in five out of the last five elections.

Vice President JD Vance’s scheduled attendance at three $100,000-per-couple fundraisers has raised eyebrows and ire as Americans struggle to make ends meet due to the Trump administration economic policies and experts warn that the US-Israeli war on Iran could cause tens of millions of people in the Global South to suffer acute hunger.

Vance—who is widely expected to run for president in 2028—is in Texas this week for Republican National Committee fundraisers in Austin on Monday and Dallas on Tuesday. The vice president is also scheduled to attend another similar fundraising event in Nashville, Tennessee on March 30.

President Donald Trump is privately panicking that longtime far-right adviser Stephen Miller is steering his presidency into the ditch, per recent reports — but doesn't actually seem to be doing anything to stop that, Greg Sargent wrote for The New Republic on Tuesday.

This comes amid reporting from the Wall Street Journal that Trump wants to sideline Miller, and put a softer messaging spin on his mass deportation agenda, making it clearer to the public he wants to target hardened criminals and not simply snatch random people up off the street.