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Republicans in the United States Senate had a plan to put vulnerable Democratic colleagues on the spot by making them take uncomfortable votes on Biden administration policies — only to be dismayed when it backfired.

GOP leaders had aimed to used Congressional Review Act votes to tie Democrats to President Joe Biden's administration policies that are unpopular in their home states.

Donald Trump's "concept of a plan" to replace Obamacare, as later elaborated on by running mate Sen. J.D. Vance, echoes "horribly unpopular" policy inspired by Republican's baseless fear of a health care "death spiral," a new analysis shows.

The Intelligencer's Jonathan Chait on Tuesday delved into the questionable health care policy Vance (R-OH) presented Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" to explain away his running mate's much-mocked debate night gaffe, in which he said he had just a "concept of plan" when asked about if he would replace Obamacare.

CNN's Kate Bolduan confronted Trump campaign surrogate Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on Tuesday as he demanded that the Kamala Harris campaign tone down its criticisms of former President Donald Trump — while accepting zero responsibility for Trump's own role in inflaming political tensions around the country.

"In terms of rhetoric, do you think Donald Trump, that the Trump campaign — do you think they have a problem with rhetoric as well?" asked Bolduan.

CNN political analyst Ana Navarro got into a spirited clash with Republican strategist Lee Carter on Tuesday about the role that political rhetoric is playing in the current climate of violence in the United States.

During the discussion, Carter echoed the Trump campaign's argument that labeling former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy directly inspired the two recent assassination attempts on him.

After Donald Trump survived a second apparent assassination attempt while playing golf in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday, the FBI launched an investigation into the suspect: North Carolina resident Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who now faces federal gun charges.

A U.S. Secret Service agent, according to reports, spotted Routh pointing a gun through a fence near where Trump was golfing.

Experts are warning that Donald Trump will once again exploit likely delays in counting heavily Democratic- leaning absentee and mail-in ballots in November to push new conspiracy theories about election fraud to overcome a potential loss to Kamala Harris.

The vote totals could be even tighter this November in toss-up states like Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin than in 2020, when Trump and his allies filed ultimately unsuccessful legal challenges and assembled slates of fake electors to keep him in office despite his loss to Joe Biden. Experts worry that he'll try it again, reported Axios.

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) issued an urgent message in The New York Times Tuesday following the second armed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — get gun violence under control, now.

Her column was published a day after the suspect in the latest assassination attempt was charged with illegally possessing a gun with a felony conviction and possessing a gun with an obliterated serial number.

The GOP’s vice presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) just doubled down on comments made by Donald Trump ally and far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer last week.

The extremist activist, who could be hired for a position in Trump's administration if he wins the White House, wrote via X last week that if Kamala Harris is elected, the White House "will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center."

Sen. J.D. Vance faced harsh criticism Tuesday over his efforts to "sanewash" running mate Donald Trump as the former president doubled down on claims about immigrants eating pets and brings a self-described "proud Islamophobe" into his entourage.

Salon's Amanda Marcotte lashed out at Vance for both attempting to excuse behavior and commentary from Trump that she described as "deranged" — and for doing a poor job of it.

Democrats are preparing for a nightmare election scenario in which Kamala Harris is elected president — and House Speaker Mike Johnson throws the process into turmoil.

Senior Democrats told Politico Johnson has given multiple signs that he could stand in the way of a transfer of power — and escalate what the election fraud claims factions of the GOP made on Jan. 6, 2021.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough predicted that Donald Trump would cash out his Truth Social stock and wreck the company to pay off his staggering debts.

New York Times investigative reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig appeared Tuesday on "Morning Joe" to discuss their new book, “Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success,” and they concluded with a look at the Republican presidential nominee's current financial situation.

A conservative columnist has just two words for Donald Trump's and Sen. J.D. Vance's attacks on liberal rhetoric they blame for two recent attempts on the former president's life.

"This whole thing has gotten," Jonah Goldberg said on CNN Tuesday morning, "really dumb."

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough accused J.D. Vance of using emotionally abusive language to attack Donald Trump's political opponents in the wake of another apparent assassination attempt.

The Secret Service thwarted a gunman who had apparently been stalking the former president Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida, two months after agents shot and killed a man who fired shots at Trump, killed one of his supporters and wounded two others. Vance claimed Democrats were responsible for the threats against his running mate.