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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) accused Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) of being one of the worst "anti-vax conspiracy theorists" after she interrupted him at a House Oversight Committee hearing.

The clash came on Wednesday while Garcia discussed the conspiracy theories of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has faced many allegations from members of his own team, and over the weekend, they won in a lawsuit against him. Despite his scandals, however, Paxton seems to think he could win a U.S. Senate race.

Four high-level aides blew the whistle over "a variety of crimes and abuses, including bribery," wrote Maddow Blog's Steve Benen. The court win would have been a "brutal embarrassment" to a normal lawmaker.

President Donald Trump sent markets surging Wednesday when he announced he would implement a 90-day pause in most of the tariffs he had planned to implement.

In a Truth Social post, Trump ramped up his pressure on China by announcing that he was going to raise tariffs on that nation to 125 percent.

Christian Chenet, 28, was being held in the Cole County Jail. Bond will be set later today, Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said in an email and Chenet will have his first court appearance Friday if he does not post bond.

The Economist magazine on Wednesday sounded an alarm about a new trend in bond markets that was also flagged earlier in the day by economist Larry Summers as being particularly worrisome.

Like Summers, The Economist identified a spike in the value of ten-year American Treasury bonds as a portending a potential crisis, as it may signal that investors no longer see U.S. bonds as safe havens during times of economic distress.

President Donald Trump's trade war is already impacting the American economy, and one Democratic strategist expects part of his 2024 coalition of voters to falter.

A Democratic and Republican strategist agreed on MSNBC that the Trump tariffs add costs to American livelihoods.

CNN's Pamela Brown was unnerved by an analysis by Financial Times editor Ed Luce, who said the economy could take years to stabilize following president Donald Trump's tariffs.

Luce, the publication's U.S. national editor and columnist, said the double-digit tariffs on imports from dozens of trading partners would send prices soaring and shake the stock market, which would hit Americans who are planning to retire soon especially hard.

Hardline Republicans in the House of Representatives are close to tanking a budget blueprint passed by the United States Senate recently despite demands from President Donald Trump that they toe the line.

As reported by CNN's Manu Raju, Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), and Keith Self (R-TX) have all said they will vote against the Senate's budget blueprint, while Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who has voted against every GOP budget measure so far, has also signaled his opposition.

House Republicans faced backlash Wednesday for a rule that would prevent members of Congress from voting to block President Donald Trump's tariffs for at least six months.

NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh first reported that Republicans had included the provision in a rule needed for this week's vote on the budget. The new rule comes as Democrats were preparing to force a vote on the tariff policy.

President Donald Trump's budget plan likely won't pass its House vote Wednesday afternoon. That's because several GOP lawmakers will not be backing it, including Congressman Eric Burlison (R-MO).

“I can’t live with myself if I go back home and I added more debt and deficits without any kind of correction whatsoever,” Burlison told the New York Times. “I couldn’t live with myself.”

A ten-year civil servant at the Social Security Administration is asking why tech billionaire Elon Musk has made one of his first major targets the government agency working with remarkable efficiency despite funding cuts.

In an interview with The Daily Beast, Rennie Glasgow said, “We were getting the job done efficiently and effectively, until now."