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A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday halted construction on a Trump administration immigration detention facility, ruling that officials likely violated federal environmental law by rushing the project forward without proper review.

U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson granted Maryland's request for a temporary restraining order, blocking renovation of a warehouse in Williamsport for two weeks while the case proceeds. The order was signed at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

President Donald Trump was mocked on Wednesday after unleashing his latest attack on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.

In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that Newsom's recent interview, in which he claimed he had dyslexia and was a poor reader, had disqualified him as a presidential candidate.

President Donald Trump verbally attacked Rep. Thomas Massie Wednesday, ahead of campaign stops in Kentucky and Ohio. Trump posted that Massie would "go down as the WORST Republican Congressman," in congressional history, worse than Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.

The clash stems from Massie's role in forcing the Department of Justice to release Jeffrey Epstein files and his vote against Trump's legislative priorities. Trump has spent months recruiting a primary challenger, former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, to unseat the seven-term lawmaker. Massie dismissed concerns about the intra-party feud, stating supporters back both Trump and his campaign promises.

Democrats have been triumphing and overperforming in special elections around the country, including in places they have no business being competitive — and it partly speaks to how badly Republicans are letting themselves be outplayed, former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele said on Wednesday's edition of MS NOW's "The Weeknight."

"The race to fill former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat in Georgia is headed to a runoff," said anchor Alicia Menendez. "Shawn Harris, a Democrat and retired U.S. Army officer, and Clayton Fuller, a Trump-backed Republican, will face off on April 7th after edging out the competition in Tuesday's crowded primary. And in New Hampshire, there was a stunning upset last night, Democrat Bobbi Boudman flipped a Republican-held state house seat in a district — get this — that Trump won by 9 points back in 2024."

President Donald Trump's sudden announcement that the U.S. would unload some of its Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ease the market pressure resulting from the war in Iran caught some allies off guard, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Trump's announcement that it planned to undertake the largest-ever oil market intervention left some allies "stunned." The announcement was made at a time when global oil prices had soared following the coordinated strikes by the U.S. and Israel in Iran.

A new report from the far-right Daily Wire purports to reveal a stunning web of self-dealing among current and former Trump administration officials, surrounding the firm that cut a $200 million ad for the Department of Homeland Security.

That ad, which prominently featured former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, ultimately contributed to Noem's firing, as she told Congress it was all done with Trump's approval, which reportedly enraged the president.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright's accidental post about Navy tanker escorts triggered a dramatic oil market collapse Tuesday, erasing $84 million in market value within minutes. The tweet claimed the U.S. Navy was escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, causing crude futures to plunge 19% before the post was deleted.

The Department of Energy later acknowledged the video was incorrectly captioned. Benchmark crude fell 12% to $83.45 a barrel, the steepest one-day decline in four years, with an intraday low of $76.73 representing a 36% drop from Sunday's peak. Airlines also suffered, with Delta, American, and United each dropping over 2%. Oil market volatility reflects ongoing uncertainty surrounding Iranian conflict and administration signals, prompting Saudi Aramco's CEO to warn of "catastrophic consequences" if disruptions continue.

President Donald Trump has put some of his state GOP allies in a tough spot as he seeks to overhaul the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, a new report reveals.

Last week, Trump announced that he was removing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and replacing her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), effective March 31. The move was announced after two days of disastrous Congressional hearings for Noem, where she claimed that Trump approved a more than $220 million contract to advertise Noem and the work DHS had done on immigration.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) ruffled feathers in his own party last month when he became the only Democratic senator who appeared to back President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act, a bill that would impose draconian new restrictions on the right to vote.

In an interview with CBS's Major Garrett released on Wednesday, however, he appeared to walk back that approval.

The Trump administration's latest "cruel" plea to the Supreme Court sparked outrage among political analysts and observers on Wednesday.

The administration filed an application to stay a lower court's order prohibiting it from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Haitian immigrants. In the application, the administration argued that the lower courts were relying on a "far-fetched and far-reaching equal-protection claim" for immigrants who receive TPS and conceded that the claim could "invalidate virtually every immigration policy of the current administration."

A Republican candidate whom President Donald Trump endorsed for the heavily Republican 5th Congressional District of Louisiana has a problematic past, reported The Atlantic on Wednesday evening.

At the start of February, Trump posted he is giving his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to Blake Miguez for that race, which prompted Miguez to shoot a video of himself from the White House, touting his close relationship with the president.

Financial Times editor and columnist Ed Luce warned President Donald Trump's being forced to confront the consequences of his actions in Iran and he's responding poorly, Luce added. When oil prices surged above $120 per barrel after the Gulf of Hormuz closed, Trump panicked and began reassuring markets the war would end soon, effectively revealing his negotiating position to Iranian leadership.

Luce characterized this as a "big reveal," explaining Iran now understands Trump expected a quick 12-day conflict and is unprepared for prolonged engagement. The analyst argued that Iran likely has greater pain tolerance than Trump and now possesses a strategic advantage without needing advanced military capabilities. Trump's public messaging about ending the war quickly undermined his negotiating strength and provided Iran crucial intelligence about his willingness to exit the conflict.

A federal grand jury has indicted the chairman of the Nye County, Nevada, Republican Party for allegedly defrauding the government of roughly $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, according to a new report.

Nye County Republican Party chairman Leo Blundo is facing charges of wire fraud and money laundering connected to the several loans and grants he received from the federal government, local news station 8NewsNow reported. The money was supposed to go to Blundo's restaurant, Carmelo’s Bistro, but instead was funnelled into several investment and cryptocurrency accounts, according to the report.