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Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley's declaration that she refuses to “kiss the ring" of Donald Trump spurred the former president's spokesperson to lash out on social media with curses and insults.

"She’s going to drop down to kiss --- when she quits," former President Donald Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung tweeted Tuesday. "Like she always does."

Donald Trump's one-time fixer Michael Cohen is the former president's "sworn enemy" — and the former president "will stop at nothing" to destroy him, according to a MSNBC legal analyst.

Lisa Rubin appeared on MSNBC's "Deadline White House" on Tuesday to discuss Trump's upcoming criminal court case linked to accusations that he paid hush money to an adult film star to cover up an affair before the 2016 presidential election.

Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake is scrambling to walk back her past commentary insulting former Sen. John McCain, saying in a new radio interview that her past attacks on him were just a joke.

“It was said in jest. And I think that if John McCain, who had a great sense of humor, would have heard it, he would have laughed,” she said on KTAR. “I want everyone’s vote, whether you are a McCain … if you call yourself a McCain Republican, if you call yourself a middle-of-the-road Republican, a Trump Republican, an America First Republican, I want your vote.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James is ready to seize former President Donald Trump's iconic New York City buildings if he can't come up with the cash to pay his $355 million civil fraud fine, a new report shows.

"If he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets," James told ABC News.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) is calling “BS” on Senate Republicans – and calling them out by name – over their continued failure to pass the Senate’s massive border and military funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan bill that he helped craft.

Sen. Murphy’s first target: top Trump MAGA surrogate Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), who told Fox News, “The left want an open, insecure border. The conservatives and common sense independents, we want a secure America. That means you have to control your back door.”

Even though the Republican National Committee has recognized former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) as the rightful head of the Michigan Republican Party, former chair Kristina Karamo is continuing to function as if she is in charge — including spendng its money.

In addition to the RNC, former President Donald Trump has also recognized Hoekstra as the head of the MIGOP, and Hoekstra has been conducting meetings as party chairman.

Sen. Lindsey Graham has been added to Russia's list of foreign terrorists, Politico reported on Tuesday.

"Russian state media first reported that Graham (R-SC), a long-time Russia hawk, had been added to the list, which is monitored by Rosfinmonitoring, the country’s state financial watchdog. That followed Graham blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for Navalny’s death in prison last week," reported Kelly Garrity. "The 47-year-old Navalny’s death spurred international shock and outrage, though the top Putin critic was repeatedly targeted in recent years and was previously subjected to imprisonment and poisoning. His death came a month before a presidential election in Russia, where Putin is set to extend his more than two-decade term leading the country."

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) says the Republican Party's impeachment probe into Joe Biden is effectively dead, but he still can't admit it's because their only "informant" stands accused of lying to the FBI, a former Obama Administration staffer quipped Tuesday.

Alexander Smirnov has been indicted on charges he lied about the former vice president receiving a $5 million bribe through his son Hunter, which MSNBC host Alicia Menendez called a "major blow" to Republicans.

The "Never-Surrender High-Top Sneaker" isn't catching on with some shoe aficionados.

The $399 gold metallic kicks, all 1,000 pairs of which were purchased within hours of former President Donald Trump debuting them on Saturday on the stage of the Philadelphia Convention Center, don't have many admirers of kicks swooning.

Special counsel David Weiss said former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov should not be released before his trial because he could flee the country at any time and has had contacts with Russian intelligence agents.

Smirnov, 43, is facing charges of making false statements that were reportedly about President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. The longtime informant was a crucial witness in House Republicans' march to impeach the president.

Hunter Biden's lawyers argued Tuesday that the indictment of an FBI informant has delegitimized the federal charges against the president's son.

As The Washington Post points out, the charges against Alexander Smirnov are in relation to lies he told about Hunter's business dealings, not the criminal tax and gun charges facing the president's son.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee whose decisions have raised concerns about bias toward the former president, might have finally gone too far, wrote legal experts Norm Eisen and Joshua Kolb for Slate on Tuesday.

What's more, special counsel Jack Smith might be gearing up to ask the appellate court to step in and get rid of her.