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Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) had some harsh words for one GOP senator in particular who voted to pass President Donald Trump's budget bill after securing significant carve-outs for their state.

Dean's comments were directed at Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who secured two significant provisions in the Senate version of the budget bill. For instance, CNN reported that a provision was added that delays a rule for states with high error payment rates to contribute to the cost of food stamp benefits. The bill also includes a provision allowing states like Alaska and Hawaii to waive work requirements for Medicaid benefits because of high unemployment, the outlet reported.

MSNBC anchor Ari Melber highlighted Tuesday afternoon the dangerous ways President Donald Trump has used his political office, campaigns, and prestige as a public figure to enrich himself and his family and circumvent basic ethics laws that safeguard the political system.

"Is there any amount of wealth you can reach where you stop hawking things with your name on it?" asked Melber, rattling off just some of Trump's most famous merchandise. "The sneakers, the watches, the Bibles, the guitars, steaks, gold phones, an educational program that was falsely sold as a university and led to tens of millions of dollars in settlements — that one actually crossed legal lines."

Two former Democratic candidates in Mississippi will be running for office under different affiliations.

Ty Pinkins, a former Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2024, announced recently that he would run as an independent candidate for the U.S Senate in 2026. Shuwaski Young, a former Democratic candidate for Congress and Mississippi secretary of state, announced that he will campaign as a Republican for secretary of state in 2027.

By the thinnest possible margin, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to pass a budget that includes the largest cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance in U.S. history while giving trillions of dollars of tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.

The deciding vote was Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who admitted she didn't like the bill. However, she voted for it regardless after securing relief for her home state from some of its most draconian cuts.

President Donald Trump and his MAGA faithful are acting like television gangsters on shows like "The Sopranos" or "Boardwalk Empire" to pass Trump's budget, according to one analyst.

"Like the Mafia wannabes, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into a plan so incomprehensibly reckless that to describe it is to question its authors’ sanity," political commentator Jonathan Chait wrote in an essay for The Atlantic.

The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to cancel planned shipments of weapons to Ukraine, setting off a wave of fury among national security commentators on social media.

"BREAKING: White House confirms it has halted weapons that Ukraine was scheduled to receive, including PAC3 Patriots, 155mm artillery rounds, GMLRS, Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles," reported PBS Newshour's Nick Schifrin, who added that White House deputy press secretary Anny Kelly explained the move by saying, “This decision was made to put America’s interests first following a DOD review of our nation’s military support and assistance to other countries across the globe. The strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned — just ask Iran.”

The Senate's changes to President Donald Trump's signature spending bill aren't even a day old, but House Republicans are already coming out in force to oppose the legislation.

The New York Times flagged multiple notable House GOP responses to the bill after the divided Senate passed its version of the "One Big Beautiful Bill," including Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), who called it a “dud” that “guts key Trump provisions.”

President Donald Trump issued a stern threat to Hamas on Tuesday to force the political organization to accept the latest terms of a ceasefire agreement.

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said Israel had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire. During that time, all parties involved in the negotiations will work to end the war, Trump added. He also said that the Qataris and Egyptians will deliver the final proposal to Hamas' leadership.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said at a Tuesday forum that the Federal Reserve would likely have lowered interest rates if not for President Donald Trump’s announcement of extreme tariffs.

Mediaite posted a link to the interview, courtesy of CNBC’s coverage of Powell speaking at an economic forum in Portugal. Powell was among a small panel discussing the world economy when he was asked directly if the Fed had been considering lowering interest rates prior to Trump’s tariff announcements in April.

President Donald Trump's previous border czar is unconcerned about the conditions at "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida.

Ken Cuccinelli, who briefly served as the acting Deputy Director of Homeland Security from 2019 to 2021, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday that he has "no concerns" about whether migrants housed at the facility will live in inhumane conditions.

An expert with the libertarian Cato Institute sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to slash taxes on the wealthy and cut over $1 trillion from Medicaid, food stamps, and green energy subsidies, highlighting a lesser-known provision that could codify one of the president's most controversial deportation policies — and turbocharge it into overdrive.

Specifically, posting on X, David J. Bier pointed to a subsection on page 529 of the bill that deals with the increase in funding for immigration enforcement.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk acknowledged Tuesday that criticism of him was "valid" after an individual called him out on his X platform over his obsession with "looking cool."

Musk posted a series of rants Monday about the 2026 budget bill, drawing responses, some of which he answered on Tuesday.