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A controversial former Miss USA runner-up who was yanked from the White House Religious Liberty Commission hit back in a stern post Wednesday at the MAGA chair of the commission who announced her ouster.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced earlier in the day that he removed Carrie Prejean Boller from the panel after she tried to “hijack” a recent hearing on antisemitism.

President Donald Trump issued a rare apology on Wednesday night to voters in one of the president's "cherished' red states.

Trump told the voters of ruby red Oklahoma in a post on Truth Social that he was "sorry" for supporting Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who Trump described as a "RINO," an acronym for Republican in name only. Trump made the comments at a time when he suffered a stinging setback in Congress, as Republicans in the House voted with Democrats to cancel Trump's tariffs.

President Donald Trump took another swipe at America's neighbor to the North on Wednesday in a viperous social media post.

Trump has picked several trade fights with Canada throughout his second administration. He's unilaterally increased tariffs on goods imported from Canada, causing the country to stop buying American staples like whiskey. Canadian tourism to the U.S. has also fallen off a cliff under the second Trump administration.

Several House Republicans revolted against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, helping Democrats pass a sweeping resolution to block controversial Canadian tariffs and delivering a rare and stinging rebuke to the president's signature economic policy.

The final vote was 219-211, with one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, going rogue and siding with Trump.

President Donald Trump's Justice Department demands that states hand over their unredacted voting rolls got a firm rebuke from an unlikely source this week: the West Virginia Secretary of State.

West Virginia is one of the most Trump-supportive states in the entire country, voting for the president by blowout margins three times in a row. But according to the liberal voting rights group Democracy Docket, GOP Secretary Kris Warner believes the DOJ's demand is illegal, and an assault on federalism.

A hotel in Coronado, California, told a local sandcastle artist to pound sand after he created a castle that included a statement the hotel deemed "too political," new reporting revealed.

The Hotel del Coronado confirmed to local news station KUSI News that Bill Pavlacka, known as "The Sandcastle Man" in Coronado for his ornate designs, is no longer allowed on the property because he violated the hotel's policies and "impacted guest experiences."

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried his best on Wednesday to back up President Donald Trump's crusade against members of Congress who posted a video reminding servicemembers they have a duty to refuse illegal orders. But he broke with the president on one key aspect of the case: whether they should be prosecuted for it.

The video, put out months ago by a number of lawmakers with a military background including Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), prompted Trump and his allies to threaten them with prosecution and even suggest their actions are punishable by death.

Jeffrey Epstein's ties to one of President Donald Trump's officials appear deeper than previously reported, new documents show.

A newly unearthed email from Mehmet Oz, Trump's Medicaid services administrator, and his wife, Lisa, shows the couple invited Epstein to their 2016 Valentine's Day party. The email, which was shared by progressive lawyer Aaron Parnas on X, includes a link to a digital invite that the Ozs sent Epstein from a company called Paperless Post.

President Donald Trump's administration is trying to prosecute former CNN reporter Don Lemon, for his presence at a protest in Cities Church in Minnesota that targeted a pastor who has worked with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One of the main charges stems from the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a statute traditionally used to stop anti-abortion protesters from interfering with patients, but which also has a provision granting similar protections to houses of worship.

Some experts and pundits have speculated the case could be thrown out due to the First Amendment's protection of freedom of the press — but in fact, Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, and Troy Edwards argued for Lawfare on Wednesday, there's a different provision of the Constitution that makes a much stronger case for throwing out the FACE Act charges: the Commerce Clause.

GOP strategist Scott Jennings got an earful from CNN host Kasie Hunt on Wednesday after he defended one of President Donald Trump's administration officials.

Last year, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick denied ever having a relationship with the disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. However, the Trump Department of Justice's recent release of more than 3 million files from the FBI's investigation exposed Lutnick's personal relationship with Epstein, with Lutnick even visiting Epstein's notorious island, accompanied by his four young children.

Speaker Mike Johnson is pulling out all the stops to keep retiring Rep. Neal Dunn from bolting early, as the Florida Republican's potential departure threatens to erode what's left of the GOP's razor-thin House majority.

The 72-year-old Dunn has signaled he won't seek reelection, but Johnson is now openly begging him to at least stick around until the end of his term, Politico reported.