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Donald Trump’s string of big primary wins on Tuesday, where his hand-selected candidates took out some of his biggest critics in the Republican Party, was undercut by his endorsement of controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is now expected to be the nominee in place of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.

Appearing on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” conservative journalist David Drucker of The Dispatch reported on Wednesday morning that Trump’s pick of the scandal-plagued Paxton has the GOP leadership furious and the president has been told in no uncertain terms that Paxton should not expect any party money for his general campaign should he win his primary battle as expected.

A fire alarm is blaring in global markets, but Washington seems content to let it ring, according to a fiscal conservative.

Billionaire philanthropist and hedge fund veteran John Arnold posted a stark warning Tuesday on X, sharing a chart showing long-term government bond yields in the US, UK, France and Japan spiking to levels not seen in decades. The US 30-year Treasury yield has climbed above 5.1 percent, its highest since before the 2008 financial crisis, according to the chart sourced from Bloomberg.

President Donald Trump's revenge tour against Republican apostates has succeeded on its own terms — but at a mounting cost to his legislative agenda, according to GOP operatives and lawmakers who fear the revenge tour is backfiring.

The 79-year-old this week endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for Senate while simultaneously pushing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) out of Congress, and MAGA allies celebrated wins in Indiana and Louisiana as proof of Trump's iron grip on his party, but Politico reported the victories are creating new headaches on Capitol Hill.

MS NOW host Joe Scarborough and “Morning Joe” regular John Heilemann had a good laugh on Wednesday morning over a report that Donald Trump and the Israelis had a grand plan to reinstall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the leader of Iran.

According to the New York Times report, “… the audacious plan, developed by the Israelis and which Mr. Ahmadinejad had been consulted about, quickly went awry, according to the U.S. officials who were briefed on it.”

President Donald Trump seems to have thrown caution to the wind to pursue his own priorities, according to a new report.

The 79-year-old president has endorsed loyalist candidates in GOP primaries that might face a stiffer challenge in November's general election and prioritized costly and unpopular projects as gas prices related to his Iran war further drive up cost of living concerns, and NOTUS reported that Republicans are growing concerned.

President Donald Trump scored a personal victory on Tuesday evening when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a lawmaker who has been a thorn in his side for months, was defeated by MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in the GOP primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District — but this may soon prove a "Pyrrhic victory," The Washington Post's editorial board warned.

That's because Trump is creating an environment in which vulnerable incumbent GOP lawmakers around the country are too terrified to distance themselves from him, the board argued — at a moment when Trump's name is more toxic than it has ever been with voters.

Funding for President Donald Trump's pricey White House ballroom is on the verge of being "ejected" from his own party's immigration enforcement bill, according to a new report.

The White House ballroom project has been touted as a $400 million privately funded build, though Republicans have also pushed a separate $1 billion taxpayer-funded security request tied to the broader East Wing modernization project that includes the ballroom.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter-in-law is leaving her roles in the Trump administration.

"Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and ally of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, is stepping down this week from two key administration posts," reported The Washington Post. "The departure of Kennedy ... is the latest in the senior echelons of national security agencies. Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned in March, breaking with President Donald Trump over the war in Iran."

President Donald Trump got his desire on Tuesday evening as Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a longtime thorn in his side who frequently bucks the GOP on key votes and co-sponsored the bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files, lost his re-nomination to MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.

The result triggered a firestorm from commenters on social media, many of whom noted the president's ongoing power and control over the electorate of the Republican Party.