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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) received significant pushback on Tuesday to his letter calling on former special counsel Jack Smith to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.

Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in his letter that Smith's team conducted a "partisan and politically motivated" investigation of Trump's mishandling of classified information after he left office in 2020. Jordan added that Smith "undermined the integrity of the criminal justice system."

Former special counsel Jack Smith delivered impassioned remarks when speaking to the University College London about President Donald Trump's second administration and the way in which he has weaponized the government against his political foes.

In a discussion with former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann, Smith walked through some of the decisions he made when bringing charges against Trump on accusations of stealing classified documents and the case around the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.

Rep. Cory Mills' ex-girlfriend was granted a restraining order after she said she feared the Florida Republican would tarnish her reputation by releasing videos of the two having sex.

Lindsey Langston, the current Miss United States and a Republican state committeewoman, told Drop Site News that she requested the restraining order in August after Mills continued to harass her.

A serious confrontation flared up in Chicago on Tuesday between President Donald Trump's immigration agents and locals, CNN's Whitney Wild detailed.

This comes as Trump continues to push for greater federal involvement in Chicago, backing up his immigration raids there with a presence of the National Guard — although that matter is currently tied up in federal courts.

President Donald Trump threatened to close "Democrat programs" by Friday if the government shutdown continues, and he said it's unlikely that the closed program will return, according to a new report.

Politico reported on Tuesday that Trump plans to announce which programs he is cutting by Friday, but has thus far declined to elaborate on his plan. The threat comes at a time when Republicans and Democrats appear to be far apart on striking a deal to end the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump and his subordinates have done everything in their power to slam the brakes on renewable energy development — but despite it all, the industry is booming, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Trump has long been known to have a personal hatred for renewables, allegedly ever since a wind farm in Scotland altered the view from one of his golf properties — and he frequently rants against the industry, often making wildly exaggerated claims about its storage limitations or the threat it poses to wildlife.

President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the cooking oil trade with China as "retribution" for a boycott on U.S. soybeans.

"I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act," the U.S. president announced in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. "We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution."

President Donald Trump shared an AI-made video that used an image of Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought dressed as the Grim Reaper. It prompted a confused MSNBC host to question why Trump would use such an allegation that wasn't a positive thing.

Speaking to Brendan Buck, a former strategist who worked under two House speakers, Paul Ryan (R-WI) and John Boehner (R-OH), Katy Tur read off the latest round of federal staffing cuts, which have been ongoing since Trump entered office.

Bill Pulte, dubbed an "attack dog" for President Donald Trump's political enemies, has reportedly made the same error he's targeted political rivals over.

In a new Mother Jones report published Tuesday, Pulte — a chairman of the board of Fannie Mae — is accused of not filing a disclosure form with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

President Donald Trump offered Argentina's right-wing president Tomahawk missiles to use on his "opposition" in an apparent joke.

During a news conference with President Javier Milei on Tuesday, Trump was asked if he would discuss providing weapons to Ukraine when he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.