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GOP strategist Scott Jennings was brutally mocked on Thursday night after he dropped a profane threat to one of the panelists on CNN's "NewsNight."

The panel discussed President Donald Trump's war in Iran, during which Jennings and Democratic pundit Adam Mockler got into a heated confrontation about whether the war is justified. Mockler claimed that Jennings struggled to defend the war during the debate because it "wasn't going his way," which caused him to explode.

The panel on CNN's "NewsNight" burst out laughing at a GOP pundit's attempt to defend President Donald Trump's war in Iran, which he said was being governed by "bird law."

Peter Meijer, a former Republican Congressman from Michigan, argued that the Trump administration's interpretation of the War Powers Act is irrelevant when talking about the war in Iran because the conflict is really governed by "bird law." His comments were in reference to a discussion of comments Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made during a hearing on Thursday, in which he claimed that the War Powers Act's Congressional notification requirements were null and void because of a ceasefire.

A legal expert was taken aback on Thursday by the dissent filed by a Supreme Court Justice in a recent voting rights case.

Adam Klasfeld, editor in chief of "All Rise News," argued during a new podcast episode that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan had correctly surmised that the court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais had effectively gutted the remaining parts of the Voting Rights Act, which he described as the "crown jewel" of the Civil Rights Era. He noted that Kagan's dissent was "furious" yet sounded "like a dirge" at times.

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Thursday after new reporting revealed that President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security bulldozed a 1,000-year-old cultural site in Arizona.

The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration's expansion of the border wall in southern Arizona damaged a Native American archaeological site featuring a nearly 200-foot-long "intaglio," or an etched image of a fish on the land. The report indicates that crews drove heavy machinery over the intaglio, and satellite imagery showed a "disturbance" in the area as crews worked to build more than three miles of new wall.

A legal expert shredded Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's "acrobatics" from his latest opinion in a major voting rights case during a new interview with Slate.

Janai Nelson, who argued on behalf of Louisiana voters in Louisiana v. Callais, told Slate staff writer Dahlia Lithwick in an interview that the Supreme Court's decision in the case was "catastrophic." The court decided that Louisiana's election map, which had been challenged by a group that described itself as "non-African Americans," constituted a racial gerrymander and paved the way for the court to shrink Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

A group of Republicans sounded off to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday after a Trump administration official hinted that they are considering avoiding Congress on yet another issue.

Under the War Powers Act, the president must notify Congress of a military action within 48 hours and withdraw the troops within 60 days. However, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a recent hearing that the Trump administration believes the clock for both of those countdowns stopped on the day that the administration agreed to a ceasefire with the Iranian regime, the Journal reported.

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement freaked out on Thursday after a high-profile progressive influencer posted a rage-bait photo on social media.

Hasan Piker, a podcaster who has hosted multiple Democrats on recent episodes, posted two photos on X of him riding a train while reading "What is to be Done?" by Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin. While the book was enough to send some MAGA fans into a tailspin, some noticed another detail that really set off the firestorm — Piker was wearing an expensive piece from Cartier.

Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday revealed the "questionable quip" that got him pulled away from Queen Camilla during the recent state visit, according to a new report.

Watters, who co-hosts "The Five," said during Thursday's broadcast that he chatted up the Queen about her visit to Washington, D.C., and made a joke that the royal staff found distasteful enough to pull him away from the Queen, HuffPost reported. Watters is known for making outlandish statements, but the "questionable quip" that he uttered in front of the Queen also seemed to embarrass him, according to the report.

President Donald Trump's family appears to have struck a shady deal with the Department of Defense that has outraged political analysts and observers.

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the Defense Department had agreed to purchase drones from a company backed by the president's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The Trumps acquired the company in March when another company they were involved with, a golf company called Aerus Greenway, agreed to merge with Powerus, with the goal of taking it public.

The Trump Department of Justice's new indictment against one of his political foes revealed the "real story" behind the dark "message" the president is trying to send, according to his niece.

Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued in a new Substack essay on Thursday that President Donald Trump's efforts to indict former FBI Director James Comey are an example of "what happens when a thin-skinned baby is allowed to consolidate power." On Tuesday, the DOJ returned a two-count felony indictment alleging that Comey had threatened to kill Trump when he posted a picture of seashells arranged to read "86 47" on his Instagram page, and interstate communication violations.

Political analysts and observers were aghast on Thursday after a new report suggested President Donald Trump's family had engaged in a dubious deal.

The Financial Times reported that Trump's sons, Don Jr. and Eric, had taken a stake in a Kazakh mining company that had recently been awarded a $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. government. The brothers reportedly bought into the company last August for an undisclosed amount. The report added that there is "no indication" that the Trumps knew the company was in talks with their father's administration, or that they influenced the decision to grant the loan.

A conservative comedian warned on Thursday that President Donald Trump appears to be leading the U.S. toward the country's "greatest military defeat" in its history.

Dave Smith, a libertarian and prominent critic of Trump's foreign policy decisions, argued during a new episode of the "Breaking Points" podcast that Trump is posturing as if he is trying to get out of the war in Iran as fast as possible. While Smith said he agreed with the goal of ending the war, doing so at this point could prove to be disastrous for the United States.