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GOP senator says Republicans don't deserve majority: 'Hell, we ain't done anything'

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued that there was a "good chance" of Republicans losing the midterms because they "ain't done nothing" while having control of Congress.

"Everything that goes on up here, Benny, is about, oh, we got to get reelected," Tuberville told MAGA influencer Benny Johnson on Wednesday. "We got to keep the majority. Well, h---, we ain't done anything in the majority. Why should we keep majority?"

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GOP set precedent for removing Trump from office — and it will haunt them: analyst

Legal experts and constitutional scholars are examining the 25th Amendment as a potential mechanism to address what they view as unprecedented threats to national security from President Donald Trump.

Experts believe Trump's unilateral decision to wage war against Iran without congressional authorization is enough reason for the 25th Amendment to be used. The constitutional debate centers on whether Trump's nuclear threats and undeclared war qualify as grounds for invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment, which allows the cabinet to declare the president "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."

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Jesus-obsessed Trump 'has painted his White House into a difficult corner': biographer

Former Donald Trump biographer and current Bloomberg Opinion executive editor Tim O’Brien told an MS NOW host on Wednesday that the president is likely unconcerned with the furor he is creating with his social media obsession with Jesus, but his inner circle is being put on the spot with nowhere to turn.

Appearing with host Anna Cabrera, O’Brien noted that the president’s relationship with Christianity, dating back to his childhood, is tenuous at best and that he may not understand how deeply offensive his likening himself to the son of god is to true believers and those who may not be religious but have an abiding respect for the teachings of Jesus.

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'I was taken aback': Mike Johnson scolds Pope Leo for claiming Jesus opposed war

House Speaker Mike Johnson scolded Pope Leo XIV for preaching against those who wage war.

During a House Republican press conference on Wednesday, Johnson was asked about President Donald Trump's recent attacks on the pope.

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MAGA is 'crashing down' over Trump's 'seriously endangering' move: analysis

Supporters of the Make America Great Again ideology may find it hard to latch onto the movement for much longer, a political analyst has claimed.

The war in Iran has become a central fault line dividing the MAGA movement and exposing deep ideological fractures within Trump's coalition. Analysis from The New Republic's Glen Sargent suggests that some in the MAGA movement, both key speakers and supporters, could feel alienated by Trump's decisions in the Middle East.

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Dem candidates flooded with 'eyepopping' campaign cash hauls: report

Democrats are increasingly encouraged about the midterm elections as they bank tens of millions of dollars in donations, a considerable amount of which will be devoted to retaking the Senate with the House already expected to flip from GOP rule.

According to Politico's Liz Crampton, Democratic candidates are setting fundraising records to be used to win Senate seats in states where the growing unpopularity of Donald Trump is making traditionally red states competitive.

The numbers are staggering, Politico is reporting, while noting that Texas Democrat James Talarico led the pack with an "eye-popping" $27 million raised over the past three months, with his campaign announcing $10 million coming in since winning his March 3 primary.

Other Senate candidates reported similarly strong numbers:

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff: More than $14 million in the first quarter.
North Carolina's Roy Cooper: $13.8 million
Ohio's Sherrod Brown: $12.5 million in his comeback bid to unseat appointed Sen. Jon Husted (R).
Alaska's Mary Peltola: $8.9 million

The fundraising surge reflects Democratic optimism about Senate prospects, Politico is reporting. While Democrats still face disadvantages due to the traditional nature of the conservative states in play, Trump's tanking approval ratings and the unpopularity of the ongoing war in Iran have the party feeling increasingly bullish about their chances.

Democrats facing competitive primaries did not report as strong numbers, as donors split among several candidates. In Michigan, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow raised $3 million, slightly ahead of opponent Abdul El-Sayed's $2.2 million in a contested primary. In Iowa, both state Sen. Josh Turek and state Rep. Zach Wahls each raised $1.1 million in the first quarter.

Off-hand comment by Trump that White House tried to hide derailed GOP plans: report

The Republican congressional leadership that was on the verge of putting together a comprehensive child care package that Democrats found agreeable had the rug pulled out from under them by Donald Trump who accidentally blurted out his private thoughts.

According to the Washington Post, Republican and Democratic congressional leadership had made significant progress on a child care bill designed to address the costs families say are driving up expenses across the country. Lawmakers from both parties had signed on in record numbers requesting funding for early childhood programs.

Then along came Trump in a characteristic unguarded moment.

"We can't take care of day care. We're a big country, we have 50 states. We have all these other people, we're fighting wars. We can't take care of day care," Trump said at an Easter lunch on April 1, according to a video the White House posted online and later took down after it went viral.

The admission contradicted the administration's official position. Trump's domestic spending package had expanded tax credits for working parents and maintained about $20 billion in combined funding for Head Start and the Child Care and Development Block Grant — measures adopting elements of a bipartisan bill from Sens. Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA).

The White House immediately leaped into damage control, claiming Trump was merely referring to allegations of fraudulent payments for child care centers in Minnesota, the Post report noted before adding that a White House official pointed to Vice President JD Vance's fraud task force, saying it would ensure the programs' "viability for the Americans they're meant to serve."

Sen. Tim Kaine isn't buying it.

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Trump says he's 'prepared' to appoint up to 3 new Supreme Court justices

President Donald Trump said he was "prepared" to name up to three additional conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.

During a Wednesday interview, Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo told Trump that there was speculation that Justice Samuel Alito would soon retire.

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Trump tries to explain his major U-turn on spy tool he says was used against him

President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated that he had reversed his stance on a surveillance tool and bill he long complained contributed to the "witch hunt" of him — a major sticking point among MAGA.

Trump appeared to change his mind and said he would set aside his past experiences to urge Republicans to support FISA 702 — or Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — and voiced its importance to American security.

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Trump skewered by onlookers for new AI post of himself with Jesus amid outrage: 'Deranged'

President Donald Trump once again posted a controversial AI-generated, religious themed image of himself on Wednesday — this time an image of Jesus Christ embracing him, with a supporter proclaiming he might be "God's Trump card."

This comes just days after even many of his own supporters called him out for blasphemy over an image of himself as Jesus — which he claimed he didn't realize and thought it depicted himself as a doctor — as well as picking a fight with Pope Leo XIV for criticizing the war in Iran.

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US govt. cites 'safety of Trump' in court plea to keep ballroom construction going

The Trump administration argued that President Donald Trump's safety would be in jeopardy if the court did not allow construction of the White House ballroom to proceed.

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon halted construction of Trump's ballroom without congressional approval. The judge suspended his order for 14 days to give the administration a chance to appeal. A panel of three judges later ruled that Leon must explain how his ruling compromised the president's safety and security.

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Trump's latest Fox interview raises new 'dementia' concerns: 'Nothing but grandpa moments'

President Donald Trump sparked another round of concerns about his cognitive health with a disordered interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo.

The president shrugged off Chinese aggression, touted Republican chances in the midterms, predicted the war with Iran was nearly over, lamented that he did not take over Greenland and made a hash of the timeline for his replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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NY GOP faces a 'challenging year' without key figure raising 'boatloads' of cash: report

Former Republican rising star Elise Stefanik left not only her seat in the House representing New York, but a massive gap in campaign funding that has some of her colleagues scrambling to fill the void.

According to a report from Politico’s Playbook, the former House member who started out as a moderate before becoming one of Donald Trump’s most avid MAGA supporters, was able to use her ties to the president to become a prodigious fundraiser known to share the wealth while representing a safe GOP seat.

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