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A Republican strategist's comments were sent into the abyss Wednesday on CNN as producers ended a segment while he was trying to respond to a Democratic strategist's claim.

David Urban, a Republican political operative, joined former Obama speechwriter David Axelrod on CNN's "AC360" on Wednesday, where the group discussed the upcoming November midterm elections. Host Anderson Cooper shared recent polling data showing that President Donald Trump's job approval has continued to sink since the war in Iran began in late February, and asked the two analysts for their reactions.

President Donald Trump received a tongue-lashing from the late Reverend Billy Graham's granddaughter on CNN on Wednesday over an AI-generated image the president posted of himself.

Last week, Trump posted, and then deleted, an image of himself appearing as Jesus Christ healing a sick man in bed. The image showed Trump dressed in a white robe with a red shawl, a common Christian symbol, and also included images of the Statue of Liberty and soldiers. Trump claimed the image made him look like a doctor.

CNN's Senior White House Correspondent, Kristen Holmes, reported on Wednesday that there is an unspoken reason Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed a Navy leader.

Holmes reported that Hegseth may have removed Navy Secretary John Phelan because of his proximity to President Donald Trump, rather than for any job-related reason, because he was a threat to Hegseth's power. Initial reports of Phelan's departure indicated Hegseth may have fired him because he was "too slow on ship reform," Holmes said.

A former federal prosecutor was astounded on Wednesday after a court cleared a "runway" to sue President Donald Trump.

Glenn Kirschner, host of the "Justice Matters" podcast, said during a new episode of "The Legal Breakdown," a podcast that Kirschner co-hosts with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen, that a recent ruling from District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., could "clear the runway" for Trump to testify about his actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection. The civil lawsuit was filed by Democrats and law enforcement officials who contended that Trump incited the mob to storm the Capitol.

President Donald Trump's Republican Party stunned a journalist on CNN on Wednesday after a new report indicated that Republicans are seriously considering a "politically cancerous" pardon.

Politico reported that lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are split over whether to approve a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, who is currently serving a more than 20-year sentence for her role in his crimes.

The internet erupted on Wednesday after the New York Times reported on Kash Patel's new "Hoover-esque" investigation.

The Times reported that the FBI had begun investigating one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she published a profile of Patel's girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins, that raised questions about the level of security Wilkins received and the amount of time Patel spent traveling to see her, using FBI jets. The agency declined to seek a formal investigation, according to the report.

President Donald Trump is preparing to throw a scripted tantrum at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this year, reported The Daily Beast on Wednesday.

"Donald Trump will launch a 'revenge' attack on the White House media when he confronts them in person at a Washington dinner on Saturday night — then flee before there can be revenge," said the report. "He is expected to target publications that he has accused of writing negatively about his administration and his war with Iran, in particular, according to sources."

A national security expert unloaded on a MAGA pundit during a segment on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" on Wednesday.

Josh Rogin, a foreign policy columnist for The Washington Post, unloaded on Tom Sauer, a military veteran who defended Trump's war in Iran and advocated for sending U.S. troops to the country to recover any enriched uranium that the Iranians buried underground. The segment happened at a time when the Trump administration is facing mounting criticism for its handling of the war.

FBI Director Kash Patel's own agency members raised alarms after an investigation was launched into a New York Times journalist who wrote a story that was critical of his girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins.

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Trump's FBI began investigating Times reporter Elizabeth Williamson after she published a story detailing how Wilkins was regularly escorted by FBI security, and raised questions about Patel's use of FBI jets for personal travel. Wilkins criticized the reporting and called Williamson a "stalker" on X.

Julia Varvaro, a top Trump counterterrorism official, has reportedly been placed on administrative leave after she was accused of soliciting funds from "sugar daddy" men.

In a report on Wednesday, the Daily Mail alleged that men complained about spending thousands on Varvaro while she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism. The publication found that she called herself Alessia on a sugar daddy website, where she offered "seductive sophistication."