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Republicans are obeying President Donald Trump not simply out of loyalty, but out of fears that his supporters will resort to violence against them, election law strategist and Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House" on Tuesday.

This comes as Indiana state lawmakers advance an extreme mid-decade gerrymander that deletes every Democratic district in the state at Trump's direction, despite a large number of GOP state senators vowing to vote against it — and facing terroristic threats.

JD Vance appeared to be swiped by his boss on Tuesday, leading one analyst to remark that President Donald Trump "let slip" his disdain for the vice president.

During a Cabinet meeting, Trump appeared to struggle with alertness and coherence while disparaging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D).

President Donald Trump repeated his claim on Tuesday that any documents bearing a signature from an autopen used during the Biden administration are "null and void" in a social media post that also included a vague new threat against his political foes.

Trump first made the claim before Thanksgiving that "radical left lunatics" took Biden's autopen away from him and illegally signed pardons and other legal documents. His new post on Tuesday also appeared to reference a group of people he could target for retribution.

Republicans on Tuesday invoked drone strikes during then-President Barack Obama’s tenure in a dubious effort to justify what experts say is the Trump administration’s illegal boat bombing campaign against alleged drug traffickers, while falsely claiming that Democrats and the media ignored airstrikes ordered by the former president.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was asked during a Tuesday press conference about a so-called “double-tap” airstrike—military parlance for follow-up strikes on survivors and first responders after initial bombings—that killed two men who survived a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the southern Caribbean Sea.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper sarcastically mimicked President Donald Trump during Tuesday's broadcast of his show "The Lead" by appearing to fall asleep during the beginning of one of the segments.

Earlier in the day, Trump appeared to nod off during a cabinet meeting held at the White House. The 79-year-old president has been seen falling asleep during other events, which has raised questions about his health and fitness for the job.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the provision of President Donald Trump's tax cut megabill that would defund Planned Parenthood nationwide for one year.

This is the second time U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, has blocked this provision. Earlier in the year, she blocked the law from applying to Planned Parenthood affiliates, but this ruling was stayed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, noted Politico's Josh Gerstein.

The conservative-leaning Supreme Court appeared skeptical during arguments Tuesday in a case involving anti-abortion pregnancy clinics and New Jersey's Democratic attorney general, which focuses on when nonprofits can challenge state investigations in federal court.

Most justices appeared sympathetic to First Choice Women's Resource Centers, which challenged a subpoena demanding detailed donor information and internal records. The case could have significant implications for thousands of crisis pregnancy centers nationwide.

A former NATO representative issued a startling warning on Tuesday about President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for the war in Ukraine during a radio interview.

Trump's latest peace plan included 28 points that some analysts felt heavily favored Russia's ambitions in the war. The plan included provisions requiring Ukraine to give up its pursuit of joining NATO, significantly reduce the size of its military, and give up land occupied by Russian forces, among others.

A progressive political analyst flagged a staggeringly "ironic" admission that President Donald Trump made during the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Brian Tyler Cohen, a progressive YouTuber, discussed the Cabinet meeting in a new reaction video posted on his YouTube channel. In it, he highlighted a claim Trump made during the meeting, in which he called the word affordability a "Democrat scam."

A former White House official from President Donald Trump's first term blasted the president's trade agenda on Tuesday during an interview on CNN.

Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, discussed Trump's trade agenda on Tuesday's broadcast of "The Arena" with host Kasie Hunt. He commended Trump for bringing energy prices down, but argued that doing so revealed that the president's agenda has been a complete "failure."

The state of Illinois has officially issued a legal warning to almost two dozen rental car companies that they cannot allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to tamper with license plates on rental cars to avoid detection, reported NBC News on Tuesday.

"According to documents obtained by NBC News via the Freedom of Information Act, the Illinois secretary of state’s office sent letters to at least 19 national car rental headquarters stating that they had received public complaints of immigration agents switching license plates on rented vehicles when Operation Midway Blitz, an extensive government deportation operation, was active in the Chicago area," reported Natasha Korecki. "The letters were sent to Alamo, Enterprise, Budget, Hertz, Ace and other vehicle rental companies. They did not respond to requests for comment."