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Insiders revealed to Middle East Eye on Wednesday that two of the Trump administration's top cabinet members are "at each other's throats" over the recent bombing campaign in Iran.

According to the report, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been described as being “at each other's throats” over whether to send U.S. troops to Iran. The report was published at a time when the White House had said putting troops on the ground in Iran is "not part of the plan" for now, although it has signaled that it plans to stay in the fight until the U.S. achieves its objectives.

A MAGA Republican candidate for Florida governor claimed on Wednesday that he had been "criminally trespassed" by Waffle House after a series of campaign stops.

James Fishback, a MAGA firebrand who is running for governor, posted a statement on X that claimed Waffle House had revoked his campaign's "explicit" permission to visit their restaurants and meet voters. Fishback also claimed that Waffle House corporate had "criminally trespassed" him from all of their restaurants in Florida.

Another GOP lawmaker is calling it quits in November, according to multiple reports.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) officially withdrew his paperwork to run for another term on Wednesday, NBC Montana reported. Daines was first elected to the Senate in 2015 and has been a staunch ally of President Donald Trump's.

A veteran court watcher warned on Wednesday that the Supreme Court is about to "gravely disappoint" Americans.

Former Solicitor General of the United States Donald B. Verrilli Jr. discussed the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the tariffs case on a new episode of the "Amicus" podcast with Dahlia Lithwick. He argued that the case provided temporary relief for those concerned that the court was about to sign away a wholesale transfer of power from Congress to the presidency. Even so, there are still some outstanding issues that should give Americans reasons for concern, he argued.

CNN's Jake Tapper scolded a pair of Trump administration cronies on Wednesday for their "offensive" comments.

On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that the White House believes the network's coverage of U.S. soldiers who died in the aftermath of the U.S. attack on Iran is "trying to make the president look bad." Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made similar comments earlier in the day.

A federal court is kicking off the process that could force President Donald Trump's administration to start refunding tariff payments.

According to Bloomberg News, "In an order on Wednesday, Judge Richard Eaton, who sits on the federal trade court in New York, ordered Customs and Border Protection to stop calculating President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs on importers’ customs paperwork. He also questioned why the government was continuing to do so after the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal. Eaton also ordered officials to recalculate certain duties that had passed that step of the customs process, removing Trump’s contested tariffs."

President Donald Trump just gave Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a big "vote of no confidence," according to one GOP senator.

Noem sat for two days of questioning in the House and Senate this week, and faced considerable criticism for her handling of Trump's deportation operations and other misdeeds at DHS. But there was one moment where Noem revealed that the president has lost faith in her leadership, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said on Wednesday.

Political analysts and observers roasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he went on another "insane lying" spree about his war in Iran.

Trump was asked during a roundtable at the White House about his reasons for striking Iran in coordination with Israeli forces over the weekend. The president and his administration have offered shifting rationales for the strikes, ranging from Iran posing an imminent threat to the U.S. to the country's continued enrichment of uranium, which is required to make a nuclear weapon.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem just created a "political nightmare" for President Donald Trump, according to one analyst.

Noem appeared before the Senate and House judiciary committees on sequential days this week, where she was questioned about her leadership at DHS and the actions of immigration officers in Minnesota. Carine Hajjar, an opinion columnist at The Washington Post, argued in a new column on Wednesday that Noem's appearances revealed how sloppily her agency has managed Trump's deportation operations, making it far more difficult for immigration hawks to defend those actions as the 2026 midterm elections approach.

CNN's Jake Tapper shaded White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday over her explanation for why the State Department is scrambling to help U.S. citizens leave Iran after the bombing strikes over the weekend.

During a press briefing on Wednesday, Leavitt was asked why the U.S. appeared not to have a plan to evacuate U.S. citizens from the 14 neighboring countries surrounding Iran following the coordinated strikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several top military and political leaders. Leavitt said there were "many signs" put out by the State Department, and she said the media would not report on them.

A GOP pollster issued a stark warning to President Donald Trump after the latest NBC News poll about the decision to bomb Iran was released on Wednesday.

Overall, the poll found that 54% of American voters disagree with the decision to coordinate strikes in Iran with Israel, compared to just 41% who support the move. Support was heavily divided by political ideology and age, with about two-thirds of voters under the age of 35 disagreeing with the decision, according to the poll.