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President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security has made a guarantee to state elections officials that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will not be stationed at polling places in November — an election intimidation move that was highly sought by the far-right elements of the MAGA camp.

But MS NOW pundit Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and frequent Trump critic, does not buy this promise whatsoever.

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller and former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau got into a heated Twitter exchange on Wednesday after Favreau dismissed Miller's dramatic reaction to Democrats sitting during parts of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

Miller ignited the spat by declaring that Democrats' refusal to stand during certain moments of the speech was "a moment that chills to the bone and which will live for a thousand years." Miller was reacting to CNN conservative pundit Scott Jennings calling it the "moment of the night" when Democrats refused to stand for the American victims of violence at the hands of undocumented immigrants.

The husband of Rep. Tony Gonzalez's late aide, who took her own life after being involved in an affair with the Congressman, spoke out on Wednesday during an interview on CNN.

Adrian Aviles, the widower of Regina Santos-Aviles, spoke to CNN's Erin Burnett about the evidence he still has against Gonzalez. The lawmaker has faced growing calls to resign after text messages surfaced between himself and Santos-Aviles that appear to show him coercing her into a sexual relationship.

Increasing public pressure appears to have caused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to change his tune about a scandal-ridden Republican.

On Monday, Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) faced calls to resign after it was revealed that he was involved in a sex scandal with one of his aides, who later took her own life through self-immolation. Those calls continued throughout the week and may have prompted Johnson to push back against the lawmaker.

Top Republicans are getting itchy, expecting a shakeup in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, fearing it could drag on to the midterms.

Trump has faced mounting pressure to shake up his embattled Cabinet, and senior Republicans are divided over whether the president should make moves now or wait until after Election Day, Semafor reported Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve has appointed Randall Guynn, a prominent Wall Street lawyer and lobbyist, as director of supervision and regulation, effective March 8. The move marks a departure from the Fed's practice since 1977 of filling the position with long-serving career staff. Guynn spent nearly four decades at law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he chaired the Financial Institutions Group and advised major banks on regulatory issues. Dennis Kelleher, CEO of Better Markets, criticized the appointment as equivalent to "appointing a lifelong arsonist as a fire chief," warning it will favor the largest, most dangerous banks. A Cambridge University paper identified Guynn as part of "regulatory influence-seeking" that evades lobbying disclosure requirements. Kelleher predicted the appointment will crush small banks, harm the Main Street economy, and make another financial crash inevitable.

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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) identified a clear pattern in a key tranche of files that appear to be missing from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files — and what they might reveal about a large-scale effort by the Justice Department to shield President Donald Trump.

These files, per earlier reports, pertain to an unnamed woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by both Epstein and Trump in the 1980s, when she was a minor.

President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history Tuesday night, with extended attacks on undocumented migrants and Somali Americans that news outlet Zeteo characterized as the "most openly racist State of the Union in modern history." Reporters Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Pérez wrote that Trump spent significant portions of the nearly two-hour address attacking Somali Americans with language comparable to "banned 4chan content." Trump has targeted Somali Americans since last year, calling them "garbage" and stating he didn't want them in the country. During the address, Trump referenced "Somali pirates who ransack Minnesota," claiming such lawlessness stems from unrestricted immigration. Suebsaeng and Pérez called the address "certainly one of the worst" in history, noting the lukewarm response from Republican lawmakers.

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Police confirmed on Wednesday that a nearly blind Burmese refugee dumped at a Tim Hortons in Buffalo, New York, by Border Patrol agents last week has been found dead, unable to find his way back home through miles of freezing weather.

The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya who fled persecution in his home country, has sparked fury on social media, with experts horrified at the cruelty of his treatment — and others suggesting federal agents should face homicide charges over the incident.

A whistleblower revealed a "terrifying" warning about President Donald Trump's new immigration force recruits during an interview on CNN.

Ryan Schwank, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement trainer, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday that ICE's decision to reduce its training standards for new recruits is already having disastrous impacts. He warned that those impacts will likely get worse as new recruits are required to pass fewer training courses than their veteran peers.

An FBI official who served on a working group tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump's retribution campaign is calling it quits, according to a report.

Marshall Yates, the FBI's congressional affairs director, is expected to step down from the FBI on Friday, CBS News reported, citing sources. The former Capitol Hill operative cited a desire to spend more time with family.

A blind refugee in Buffalo was found dead after Border Patrol agents dumped him across town from his house with no means of getting back, according to a report.

According to the nonpartisan Investigative Post, "Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Burma who Border Patrol agents dropped off at a doughnut shop Thursday and left to find his way home, 5 miles away, has been found dead. City Hall spokesperson Ian Ott said Shah Alam, 56, was found by B District officers after they responded to a call for a dead body on the first block of Perry Street shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday."

President Donald Trump singled out former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during his State of the Union address, questioning her finances while calling for a ban on congressional insider trading. The move drew criticism from "Morning Joe" hosts, who noted the hypocrisy given Trump's documented receipt of nearly $2 billion since his re-election. Co-host Joe Scarborough exclaimed, "It's just like the hypocrisy is crazy, just crazy," questioning why Trump would raise financial improprieties when he has pocketed such substantial sums. Co-host Mika Brzezinski characterized Trump's remarks as appearing like "projection" and "self-defeating." Scarborough suggested Trump should focus on legislation to build his legacy rather than attacking Pelosi. The hosts argued that Trump opened himself to future scrutiny and investigations by broaching the subject of lawmakers' financial dealings.

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