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Speaker Mike Johnson cut a deal with House Republicans to allow a conversation about stopping President Donald Trump's tariffs, which he previously refused to do, reported Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman on X.

Johnson was forced to scramble after trying to change the rules to force a vote related to Trump's crime crackdown in Washington, D.C. The bill sets up new rules allowing Congress to craft new crime laws for the nation's capital, which will mandate that any child over 14 be considered an "adult" if they commit a crime.

With multiple experts agreeing that Donald Trump is using every page out of the authoritarian playbook to seize more and more power, a professor who specializes in the rise and rule of dictators suggested there is every reason to believe he may not live long enough to finish the job.

In a column for The Bulwark, Lee Morgenbesser of the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University in Australia, claimed the 79-year-old American president, who increasingly shows signs of mental and physical decline, wavers back and forth from fully being aware of what he’s doing and occasional signs of dementia.

President Donald Trump promised an off-year Republican National Convention event as his poll numbers and those of Congress continue to fall.

Trump, who is flying to the United Kingdom for a state visit, posted on Truth Social, "The Republicans are going to do a Midterm Convention in order to show the great things we have done since the Presidential Election of 2024. Time and place to be determined. Stay tuned, it will be quite the Event, and very exciting! President DJT"

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are “cautiously optimistic” that they will be able to stick a knife in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s base renaming binge and force the Pentagon to erase some of the changes he has already made.

According to a report from the Washington Post, the National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by the Republican majority House last week, contains an amendment that, if not excised by the Senate, would halt him from renaming bases after members of the Confederacy who fought to maintain slavery.

FBI Director Kash Patel flatly denied that Jeffrey Epstein had trafficked young women to anyone besides himself, in direct contradiction of the conspiracy theories he had once promoted himself.

The embattled law enforcement official appeared Tuesday morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he faced questions about his leadership tenure so far. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) asked him about the case against the late sex offender, who died in August 2019 in jail while awaiting trial on additional sex trafficking charges.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) triggered FBI Director Kash Patel into a rage during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday when he pointed out that key agents working on important task forces involving terrorism and even child trafficking have been diverted to work instead on immigration matters.

Booker said that Patel has made the U.S. "less safe" — which sent Patel into a fury.

U.S. law limits media ownership by non-U.S. citizens, which has caused complications for the Chinese app TikTok's operations in the U.S. Now President Donald Trump is being accused of rolling over for the Chinese government in an effort to solve the company's problems.

The tech company Oracle, which is owned by a close ally of President Donald Trump, will play a key role in a reported deal between Trump and China, CBS News reported Tuesday. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's son, David Ellison, runs the company Skydance Media, which recently purchased Paramount Global, which runs networks like CBS and Comedy Central, where shows have been critical of Trump.

With Donald Trump’s administration emphasizing immigration enforcement above all other priorities, investigations of online extremists who recruit teens to their movements and sexual predators who prey on those even younger are being put on the back-burner, according to a report Tuesday.

MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian reported Trump came into office promising the “largest deportation program in American history,” and Attorney General Pam Bondi and embattled FBI Director Kash Patel are making good on that promise by diverting investigators away from their previous duties.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) won a notable concession Tuesday from FBI Director Kash Patel, who committed during a Senate hearing to urge President Donald Trump to rein in his divisive rhetoric after recent incidents of political violence.

Klobuchar’s plea came in the wake of the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, an incident that was immediately followed by explosive rhetoric from Trump who blamed the killing on the “radical left.” Trump and his allies have since vowed to crackdown on progressive groups in response.

President Donald Trump directly threatened a reporter with prosecution when he asked about similar comments made Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The attorney general has promised to crack down on what she calls "hate speech" against conservatives following the assassination of right-wing influence Charlie Kirk, and the president reacted ominously when veteran ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl asked about Bondi's threats.

FBI Director Kash Patel shifted all blame for the Trump administration’s botched handling of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein onto a former Trump official during his testimony Tuesday in front of a Senate committee, blaming that official for having committed “the original sin.”

“I know that there's a lot of talk about Epstein, and I'm here to testify that the original sin in the Epstein case was the way it was initially brought by Mr. [Alexander] Acosta back in 2006,” Patel said, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

New York Times journalist Michael S. Schmidt took to X on Tuesday to defy President Donald Trump, following the announcement of the president's $15 billion lawsuit against the newspaper.

Trump's lawsuit, which names The Times, Penguin Random House, Schmidt, and his fellow reporters Peter Baker, Russ Buettner, and Susanne Craig, claim that the paper published defamatory stories and books about him in the 2024 election to undermine his reputation, including reporting on how Trump had set a record for wrongdoing accusations, and a deep dive into how producers of Trump's reality show "The Apprentice" helped fuel his political rise.