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President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the entire Commission of Fine Arts, a six-member independent agency that was expected to review the president's plans to build a Trump arch in Washington, D.C., according to a new report.

The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that the commission is a mix of urban planners and architects who were selected by President Joe Biden. Several of the members' terms extended beyond 2028, according to the report.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) clashed with CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday over looming cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, otherwise known as food stamps.

Funding for SNAP is set to expire Nov. 1 if Congressional lawmakers are unable to reach a deal to reopen the federal government. Allowing the funding to expire could put more than 40 million Americans at risk of facing food insecurity, according to estimates.

Legal observers and analysts mocked a lawsuit filed by one of President Donald Trump's most controversial nominees on Monday, which alleges that Politico defamed him by publishing statements from anonymous sources about interactions between the nominee and some of his female colleagues.

Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his name from contention to lead the Office of Special Counsel, was accused of sexually harassing a female colleague while working as a White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, Politico reported Oct. 9. Ingrassia's lawyers contend that the article contains multiple defamatory statements, a claim that legal analysts took issue with.

Former New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba was brutally needled in a Substack post on Tuesday by a former deputy chief at the U.S. attorney's office in New York.

Habba lost her bid to keep her job before a district court and appealed, but her track record of winning has never been strong, legal expert Kristy Greenberg said.

An embattled nominee of President Donald Trump, who recently withdrew his name to lead the Office of Special Counsel, claimed on Monday that he filed a $150 million defamation lawsuit against Politico over a story the outlet ran on Oct. 9 that detailed accusations of sexual harassment against him.

Paul Ingrassia, a right-wing provocateur and podcaster, and his lawyer, Edward Andrew Paltzik of Taylor Dykema PLLC, claimed in the lawsuit that Ingrassia did not sexually harass female colleagues while he worked as a White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, as the Politico story alleges.

President Donald Trump spoke on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Japan on Tuesday, and his comments were so overly political and partisan that one retired four-star general was left disgusted.

Speaking in Japan, Trump teased the possibility of more wars, despite his 2024 election pledge to get the United States out of international wars and consider "America First" policies.

A group of former Republican lawmakers and a few Democrats sent a letter of support for former FBI Director James Comey's case, alleging that prosecutor Lindsey Halligan is an illegitimate U.S. attorney without the power to properly indict.

"Amici respectfully submit that the Administration’s appointment of Lindsey Halligan as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia violates the letter and the spirit of the Appointments Clause and the statutes that implement it," the group wrote, citing the relevant statutes.

U.S. District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie has requested documents related to interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, in an effort to determine if an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James is invalid.

In an order on Tuesday, Currie said she found it necessary to determine Halligan's involvement in the grand jury proceedings after James asked for the indictment to be dismissed, alleging that the interim U.S. attorney had been improperly appointed.

The Trump administration's bid to lay off thousands of workers during the lengthy government shutdown was dealt a blow Tuesday afternoon when it was hit with a temporary block from a federal judge in California.

Judge Susan Illston extended her own temporary block that was ordered earlier this month and said she'd issue a written order shortly, The New York Times reported.

Republicans are drawing a line that Amer Ghalib should not be the ambassador to Kuwait after some of his previous comments came to light.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that despite his 2024 election support in Michigan, Ghalib's comments about Israel and support for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein were a no-go.