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Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), under fire in her home state after a father was gunned down on Monday by ICE agents she helped fund, is about to suffer another blow courtesy of President Donald Trump, a political analyst argued Wednesday.

Appearing on MS NOW on Wednesday morning, John Heilemann said that Trump’s nationally televised speech planned for Thursday night could create a new “nightmare” for the Maine Republican, as well as other GOP candidates who will be on the ballot in November.

President Donald Trump issued a panicked demand Wednesday following an unprecedented policy change enacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement the previous day in response to two recent fatal shootings.

In what CNN described as a “huge reversal,” ICE suspended all traffic stops following the recent killings of two men in Maine and Texas, shootings perpetrated by ICE agents during traffic stops. And yet, despite the policy change being enacted by ICE leadership, Trump demanded the reversal itself be reversed.

House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) declaration that he was not aware of any of the details about the shooting of a young father in Maine by ICE agents earned him a tongue-lashing on MS NOW early Wednesday morning.

“Morning Joe” opened with a clip of the GOP leader blowing off questions from a reporter about the shocking killing that has set off major protests in Maine, with Johnson complaining, “I’m going to reserve judgment. I know that there was a tragic shooting and I'm not going to comment on [it] because I don't know, and you guys can mock me for not knowing, but I worked about 22 hours in the last few days, and I did not get the briefing.”

As the House reconvenes Wednesday after its latest recess, GOP leaders are bracing for a “very perilous period” with “enormous stakes” as they try to advance President Donald Trump’s controversial agenda – an effort that runs a significant risk of collapsing, Punchbowl News reported Wednesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing significant pressure from far-right members of his own caucus to advance Trump’s agenda on the House floor, including the president’s controversial voter ID bill known as the SAVE Act. The pressure campaign deadlocked the House for weeks, and as members reconvene Wednesday, Johnson will have to navigate a “fragile equilibrium” that could end in disaster for the Trump administration.

A growing number of former colleagues of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche have united ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing to beg he not be confirmed.

Prosecutors Mimi Rocah and Perry A. Carbone penned Wednesday morning an MS NOW editorial in which they explained why they've joined hundreds of colleagues in the belief that Blanche is not an appropriate choice for an attorney general.

With President Donald Trump's IRS lawsuit that motivated the "anti-weaponization" slush fund officially declared invalid by a federal judge, and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche facing possible sanctions as he heads to the Senate for confirmation, MS NOW's Chris Hayes took in the situation — and registered astonishment at how corrupt it all was.

Blanche, noted Hayes, appears to be "on a glide path to confirmation" despite it all — but concerned senators should still seize the moment to put him on the spot.

First lady Melania Trump's top aide was brutally mocked on Tuesday after he made a wild claim during an interview on NewsMax.

Marc Beckman, a senior aide to the first lady, claimed during the interview that Melania Trump was "the most consequential first lady in [the] history of our nation." He cited her work with "kids all over the place," and argued that she has had substantive influence on the peace process between Ukraine and Russia.

One of President Donald Trump's biographers revealed a dark secret that the president may have used to wield power over the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

Graham, who died on Saturday from an aortic dissection after traveling home from Ukraine, was one of Trump's sharpest critics leading up to the president's first election in 2016, but soon became what some described as a supplicant. Graham was one of Trump's biggest allies on Capitol Hill and was instrumental in multiple legislative wins. He also helped rehabilitate Trump's image following the Jan. 6 insurrection.