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Former government scientists are enraged as President Donald Trump's administration rips down a major climate tracking website, ABC News reported on Tuesday evening.

"The website of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which hosts numerous climate change reports and resources, including the comprehensive and often cited National Climate Assessments, is no longer operational, according to a NASA spokesperson," said the report. This website, "along with all five editions of the National Climate Assessment and a wide range of information detailing how human-amplified climate change is impacting the United States."

Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler lashed out at Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) on Tuesday after he accused the federal agency of raising a “Christian nationalist, White supremacist" flag at its headquarters earlier this month.

The public back-and-forth began after the agency flew an “Appeal to Heaven” banner – a white flag bearing a green pine tree – alongside a large U.S. flag on June 11 in celebration of Flag Day, Fox News Digital reported Tuesday. The banner dates back to the Revolutionary War, the outlet noted, and Loeffler defended the flag’s “rich history,” which she also praised as “AMERICAN MADE!”

A Florida state representative accused President Donald Trump on Tuesday of building a "modern-day concentration camp" in her state to house immigrants who are being deported.

Rep. Angie Nixon (D-FL) made the comments on CNN's "OutFront" with fill-in host Brianna Keilar, in response to questions about Trump visiting the facility, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) had some harsh words for one GOP senator in particular who voted to pass President Donald Trump's budget bill after securing significant carve-outs for their state.

Dean's comments were directed at Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who secured two significant provisions in the Senate version of the budget bill. For instance, CNN reported that a provision was added that delays a rule for states with high error payment rates to contribute to the cost of food stamp benefits. The bill also includes a provision allowing states like Alaska and Hawaii to waive work requirements for Medicaid benefits because of high unemployment, the outlet reported.

MSNBC anchor Ari Melber highlighted Tuesday afternoon the dangerous ways President Donald Trump has used his political office, campaigns, and prestige as a public figure to enrich himself and his family and circumvent basic ethics laws that safeguard the political system.

"Is there any amount of wealth you can reach where you stop hawking things with your name on it?" asked Melber, rattling off just some of Trump's most famous merchandise. "The sneakers, the watches, the Bibles, the guitars, steaks, gold phones, an educational program that was falsely sold as a university and led to tens of millions of dollars in settlements — that one actually crossed legal lines."

Two former Democratic candidates in Mississippi will be running for office under different affiliations.

Ty Pinkins, a former Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2024, announced recently that he would run as an independent candidate for the U.S Senate in 2026. Shuwaski Young, a former Democratic candidate for Congress and Mississippi secretary of state, announced that he will campaign as a Republican for secretary of state in 2027.

By the thinnest possible margin, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to pass a budget that includes the largest cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance in U.S. history while giving trillions of dollars of tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.

The deciding vote was Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who admitted she didn't like the bill. However, she voted for it regardless after securing relief for her home state from some of its most draconian cuts.

President Donald Trump and his MAGA faithful are acting like television gangsters on shows like "The Sopranos" or "Boardwalk Empire" to pass Trump's budget, according to one analyst.

"Like the Mafia wannabes, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into a plan so incomprehensibly reckless that to describe it is to question its authors’ sanity," political commentator Jonathan Chait wrote in an essay for The Atlantic.

The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to cancel planned shipments of weapons to Ukraine, setting off a wave of fury among national security commentators on social media.

"BREAKING: White House confirms it has halted weapons that Ukraine was scheduled to receive, including PAC3 Patriots, 155mm artillery rounds, GMLRS, Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles," reported PBS Newshour's Nick Schifrin, who added that White House deputy press secretary Anny Kelly explained the move by saying, “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a DOD review of our nation’s military support and assistance to other countries across the globe. The strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned — just ask Iran.”

The Senate's changes to President Donald Trump's signature spending bill aren't even a day old, but House Republicans are already coming out in force to oppose the legislation.

The New York Times flagged multiple notable House GOP responses to the bill after the divided Senate passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill," including Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), who called it a “dud” that “guts key Trump provisions.”

President Donald Trump issued a stern threat to Hamas on Tuesday to force the political organization to accept the latest terms of a ceasefire agreement.

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said Israel had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire. During that time, all parties involved in the negotiations will work to end the war, Trump added. He also said that the Qataris and Egyptians will deliver the final proposal to Hamas' leadership.

President Donald Trump's previous border czar is unconcerned about the conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida.

Ken Cuccinelli, who briefly served as the acting Deputy Director of Homeland Security from 2019 to 2021, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday that he has "no concerns" about whether migrants housed at the facility will live in inhumane conditions.