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Vance Boelter, the suspected assassin who killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

According to The New York Times, "The Justice Department’s letter to the judge described 'a proposed plea agreement' and asked for a hearing in which Mr. Boelter could change his not guilty plea." While the letter did not give details on the nature of the agreement, the letter "said that prosecutors would not seek the death penalty."

A prominent Trump-skeptical House Republican was targeted by a Russian cyberattack, Politico reported on Wednesday.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) "told POLITICO Wednesday that Russian government-linked operatives compromised his account on the encrypted Signal messaging app about 'four to five months' ago," said the report. According to Bacon, both House technology experts and the FBI are investigating the incident.

President Donald Trump proclaimed on Wednesday that he executed a "secret mission" in the Strait of Hormuz that saw 100 million barrels of oil make safe passage through the crucial shipping artery — but ranking House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) cried foul on this on CNN, saying none of it made any sense.

Following the clip, anchor Erin Burnett appeared genuinely confused about exactly what Trump was trying to say.

President Donald Trump's latest late-night social media ranting spree astounded one political analyst because of what it revealed about the president's personality.

Late last night, Trump took to Truth Social to lambaste people who recently criticized him, like Joe Scarborough of MS NOW's "Morning Joe" and ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith, as well as the Iranian army, for their various offenses. Trump described Smith as a "low-IQ" individual, a moniker that the president has often given to people of color, and lashed out at Scarborough for his show's ratings. Trump also claimed that Iran's army was "a complete and total mess" despite the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump has put himself in a "weak" position in his war against Iran, the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote in an analysis published on Wednesday.

"For nine weeks, the cease-fire has let Iran dictate events in the Gulf," wrote the board. The way things have progressed, they argued, Iran itself "gets to start each 'skirmish' — shooting at U.S. forces, U.S. allies, or commercial ships — and then decide when the exchange ends," all while attacking Israel through its Hezbollah proxies in Lebanon and using the conflict there as "an excuse to stall talks with the U.S."

Doctors are demanding that the American Medical Association step up and take a true offensive posture against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

According to Politico, "members of the group’s House of Delegates are sending a clear message to their leaders: Call out Kennedy, even if it costs us in the pocketbook," and spoke up intensely at the AMA annual meeting.

An election expert exposed the "great irony" behind Speaker Mike Johnson's claims that the recent California primary elections were "rigged" in a new podcast interview.

Stephen Richer, a fellow at the Cato Institute, told Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News on Wednesday that Johnson's claim that election fraud exists "so far upstream that it's hard to prove" shows how illogical the GOP's argument about election fraud is. Several of the party's top officials, including President Donald Trump himself, have said Republican candidate Spencer Pratt was cheated in the election because Democratic candidate Nithya Raman leapfrogged Spencer late in the race due to mail-in ballots. However, the officials have not provided any evidence of fraud.

A political expert offered a sobering warning about President Donald Trump's latest scheme to restrict voting access ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

The Trump administration's Postal Service has proposed rules to restrict the delivery of mail-in ballots from states that do not comply with an executive order the president signed last week, which revamps mail-in ballot regulations. Several state Attorneys General have sued the Trump administration in response, and the court case remains ongoing.