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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi received a shot across the bow on Wednesday during a segment on CNN.

Bondi has been under fire for attempting to avoid being deposed next week regarding the Department of Justice's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. She was removed from her job last week amid ongoing tensions between the White House and the DOJ over the handling of the files.

President Donald Trump's social media site, normally nothing more than a platform for himself to rant and his most avid fans to admire him, is plunging into warfare, as MAGA fans turn on each other over Trump's moves in the Iran conflict.

According to The New York Times, "Thousands of users on the social media platform, which Mr. Trump created in 2022, have responded to the president’s drumbeat of posts with a mix of frustration, disbelief and outrage. They have written that they feel betrayed by the expanding war in Iran and ashamed when Mr. Trump used an expletive on Easter to make demands of the Iranian government. Some were so perplexed by his military interventions that one declared they 'make zero sense.'"

CNN host Jake Tapper accused President Donald Trump of "lying" to Americans in a recent Truth Social post about an alleged "false statement" CNN published on Tuesday.

CNN reported that Iranian officials had declared a "great victory" over the U.S. after agreeing to a ceasefire deal. Trump wrote on Truth Social that "authorities" are investigating CNN for publishing the statement, and that it may have been a criminal act.

Fashion icon Anna Wintour gave a withering critique of first lady Melania Trump's wardrobe during a new interview on Wednesday.

Wintour joined filmmaker Greta Gerwig, actress Meryl Streep, and reporters from Vogue Magazine for a wide-ranging interview about fashion, politics, and the upcoming "Devil Wears Prada" sequel. At one point, Gerwig asked Wintour about how women can communicate power through fashion. The Daily Mail noted that Wintour's response seemed to shade one of Trump's favorite fashion choices.

A controversial far-right lawyer in the Trump administration is claiming executive privilege to try to stymie a misconduct investigation, left-leaning elections site Democracy Docket reported on Wednesday.

"In a wild new legal filing this week, Martin lashed out against the D.C. Disciplinary Counsel, which polices attorney misconduct in the nation’s capital, alleging that its ongoing ethics case against him violates Trump’s authority," reported Jacob Knutson. "Martin’s astounding arguments appear to claim that the president and federal attorneys are indistinguishable and that any attempt to hold Department of Justice (DOJ) officials accountable for misconduct amounts to an unconstitutional attack on the president’s authority."

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, closed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday despite President Donald Trump's ceasefire agreement requiring the waterway to remain open.

Iran cited Israeli strikes in Lebanon as justification, despite Trump insisting Lebanon was not part of the ceasefire deal.

Vice President JD Vance was brutally mocked on Wednesday after he claimed not to know a high-ranking official in the Catholic church.

Vance was asked at a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, about a report from the Bari Weiss-led publication, "The Free Press," about senior military leaders inviting Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who served as Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. until March 2026, to the Pentagon and telling him that the church should get on board with Trump's war in Iran.

Pardoned Capitol riot participant Bryan Betancur has been arrested for alleged misconduct with women, and it's not the first time he's faced such allegations since getting his Jan. 6 charges wiped by President Donald Trump.

A few weeks ago, Betancur was arrested after he allegedly touched multiple women on the D.C. Metro and livestreamed himself stroking their hair without consent.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) warned that Republicans will have a "tough time" holding the state House in 2026.

During the Texas Policy Summit on Wednesday, Patrick devoted a third of his keynote address to the possibility that Democrats could do well in the midterm elections.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt avoided addressing President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's entire civilization when challenged by a reporter during Wednesday's briefing.

The reporter contrasted Trump's rhetoric with George W. Bush's 2003 Iraq invasion messaging, which targeted the government rather than the people.

Journalist David Rohde reported Pentagon lawyers were prepared to refuse approval of target lists involving war crimes had the Pakistan-brokered Iran ceasefire not been announced shortly before President Donald Trump's deadline threatening civilization destruction.

Rohde told MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire that military and former military lawyers were committed to resisting orders to approve targets including bridges and power stations.