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Colorado prosecutors have reportedly dismissed a felony trespassing charge against Shawna Bentz, the mother of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO).

On Wednesday, the watchdog group American Muckrakers shared a Colorado court record that indicated the charge had been dropped. The details of Bentz's 2016 arrest warrant were not available.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) faced comparisons to "the village idiot" Wednesday when he sang the praises of former President Donald Trump's oldest son, dubbed in a new profile as "a kingmaker."

"Don is one of the best people I’ve met in politics," Vance wrote on X, sharing an Axios profile in which he is quoted. "He genuinely believes in America First and works his a-- off to make it a reality."

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) will not be talking about his own party's presumptive nominee to the presidency.

Per NBC News' Frank Thorp, Young was asked by reporters whether he'd be attending a planned meeting between former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans on Thursday.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) blamed media attention for making her unpopular — while conceding that's also what helped her rise to prominence.

The Colorado Republican changed districts earlier this year after facing a stiff challenge, and she told KHOW-AM radio host Ross Kaminsky last week that the media had turned the public against her, reported the Colorado Times Reporter.

Former President Donald Trump shocked the nation Wednesday when he made a campaign cash-grab that included the declared "haul out the guillotine" — and warned that heads would roll if Joe Biden wins the election.

Trump's contradictory message — both summoning the mass execution device he's floated with staffers before then claiming it would be used against him and his allies — had critics relying on one word to describe the presumptive Republican nominee: "Unhinged."

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Wednesday celebrated Donald Trump's upcoming visit to Washington, D.C. to meet with House and Senate Republicans, barely blocks away from where the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and on democracy itself took place. Many hold the-then president and his "Big Lie" responsible for the insurrection, and he has been indicted on charges related to it.

Johnson was asked if the ex-president is committed to and respects the peaceful transfer of power.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) defended snubbing a House committee after he was subpoenaed to testify about the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021.

During a Wednesday House floor debate on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) argued that claims of Department of Justice "weaponization" against Republicans "melted away" after President Joe Biden's son Hunter was convicted of three felonies.

Conservative Peter Wehner, who has broken ranks with the Republican Party over its embrace of Donald Trump, delivered a scathing denunciation of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for telling what he calls a "significant lie."

Wehner's anger was sparked by Johnson being asked by a reporter on Wednesday about whether Trump will respect the peaceful transfer of power after he incited a deadly riot with the goal of blocking the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

The Senate Finance Committee has launched an investigation into Jared Kushner's overseas business activities.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), who chairs the committee, asked Kushner's firm Affinity Partners for details about a $2 billion investment from the Saudi Arabian government’s Public Investment Fund in 2021 and funding from other foreign investors.

Royce White — the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota — is very angry that Keith Olbermann made fun of him for mistaking gun violence with water fountains.

"You pencil necked dweeb," White declared on X Wednesday. "Now you just look desperate."

Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is taking heat from a local columnist for ducking out of a debate with Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, who is running against Lake to be the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in the Grand Canyon State.

Writing at AZCentral.com, columnist Laurie Roberts says that Lake appears "chicken" for not debating Lamb, whom she says offers Republican primary voters a real alternative.