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Candace Owens continues pushing conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's death and his widow, Erika Kirk, despite backlash from the conservative movement that elevated her, according to Salon's Sophia Tesfaye. Owens' YouTube series "Bride of Charlie" suggests Erika Kirk was involved in her husband's murder or harbors "ulterior motives" to control Turning Point USA. Conservative media figures who once championed Owens now call her a "vampire" and "schizophrenic," yet cannot contain her influence. Tesfaye explains that right-wing media built the conspiratorial engine fueling Owens' rise, one that rewards outrageous claims and institutional distrust over truth. Her trajectory reflects broader MAGA fractures over foreign policy and generational power shifts. Most troublingly, Tesfaye notes, Owens' conspiracy rhetoric creates fertile ground for antisemitic narratives among audiences primed to distrust "globalists" and "elites."

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Political analysts and observers roasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he went on another "insane lying" spree about his war in Iran.

Trump was asked during a roundtable at the White House about his reasons for striking Iran in coordination with Israeli forces over the weekend. The president and his administration have offered shifting rationales for the strikes, ranging from Iran posing an imminent threat to the U.S. to the country's continued enrichment of uranium, which is required to make a nuclear weapon.

Another House Republican is fleeing for the exits as the GOP braces for what's expected to be a brutal midterm election.

Utah Republican Rep. Burgess Owens said in a statement Wednesday he won't seek reelection, ending months of speculation about his political future.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem just created a "political nightmare" for President Donald Trump, according to one analyst.

Noem appeared before the Senate and House judiciary committees on sequential days this week, where she was questioned about her leadership at DHS and the actions of immigration officers in Minnesota. Carine Hajjar, an opinion columnist at The Washington Post, argued in a new column on Wednesday that Noem's appearances revealed how sloppily her agency has managed Trump's deportation operations, making it far more difficult for immigration hawks to defend those actions as the 2026 midterm elections approach.

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) placed third in the Republican Senate primary in Texas on Tuesday and was eliminated, with incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton advancing to a runoff.

According to NOTUS, that loss comes after Hunt only ran his Senate campaign as a last-ditch effort to get out of a seat in the House that he hates representing.

Liberty University Law School sent an internal email to students advertising Department of Labor internships in Washington, explicitly stating that political alignment with Trump and the administration was more important than academic credentials. Associate director Derek Green wrote that GPA was "not a strong factor" and encouraged students not to worry about transcript requirements if they met the two essential criteria: Trump loyalty and willingness to work hard. Applicants would face political screening questions, including "Did you vote for President Trump?" and "Do you disagree with the President on anything?" The Department of Labor representative described the positions as "political" where interns would "serve the Trump Administration." Legal analyst Judd Legum noted this suggests treating internships as Schedule C positions, which the Supreme Court ruled can only be conditioned on political beliefs in specific policy roles.

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An enraged Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) took to X on Wednesday to name and shame the vast majority of members of Congress.

Her post was an alphabetical list of all 357 members who voted to reject her resolution to require public disclosure of every complaint that a member engaged in sexual harassment or an illicit affair with a staffer.

A Senate Republican claimed he was attempting to "de-escalate" after video emerged of him helping police forcefully remove an anti-war Marine during a mid-hearing scuffle, leading to audible gasps as the man appeared to be injured.

Bystanders accused Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) of breaking the hand of Marine veteran and anti-war activist Brian McGinnis during a break in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. McGinnis put his hand in a doorway to prevent Capitol Police from removing him from the room.

CNN's Jake Tapper shaded White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday over her explanation for why the State Department is scrambling to help U.S. citizens leave Iran after the bombing strikes over the weekend.

During a press briefing on Wednesday, Leavitt was asked why the U.S. appeared not to have a plan to evacuate U.S. citizens from the 14 neighboring countries surrounding Iran following the coordinated strikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several top military and political leaders. Leavitt said there were "many signs" put out by the State Department, and she said the media would not report on them.

A GOP pollster issued a stark warning to President Donald Trump after the latest NBC News poll about the decision to bomb Iran was released on Wednesday.

Overall, the poll found that 54% of American voters disagree with the decision to coordinate strikes in Iran with Israel, compared to just 41% who support the move. Support was heavily divided by political ideology and age, with about two-thirds of voters under the age of 35 disagreeing with the decision, according to the poll.

Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) continues to give signals he's in favor of giving at least partial clemency to imprisoned former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to reduce her prison term — and Democrats in the legislature are enraged, according to The Colorado Sun.

Peters, a proponent of 2020 election conspiracy theories, was convicted of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit impersonation, official misconduct, violation of duty, and failure to comply with an order of the secretary of state, related to a plot in which she tried to tamper with election equipment to prove the race was stolen from President Donald Trump.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill criticized President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for launching the Iran war without clear justification or post-war strategy. McCaskill, drawing on 12 years of Armed Services Committee experience, condemned the administration's "muddled" rationale for the conflict. She highlighted Trump's admission of having no plan for Iran's leadership succession, noting uncertainty about whether an even more extreme regime might take power. McCaskill emphasized the critical importance of understanding consequences: potential nuclear reconstitution, democratic governance prospects, and regional stability. She particularly criticized Hegseth's tone, comparing his casual dismissal of Iran as "toast." McCaskill called his gleeful demeanor inappropriate and unserious for such momentous decisions. She concluded the administration cannot repair the fundamental incompetence of rushing into war without adequate planning.

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