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Vice President JD Vance stumbled into an awkward silence during his speech in Iowa on Tuesday.

Vance spoke at a manufacturing facility in the key election state during a rally for Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA), who PBS News reported is facing a "competitive" race to retain his seat this November. During the speech, Vance claimed that the Trump administration is working to lower costs for farmers and help them sell more ethanol, a popular biofuel made from corn. However, Vance stumbled when he went to acknowledge some of the local people the Trump administration is working with on the policy.

A federal judge sparred with lawyers from President Donald Trump's Department of Justice on Tuesday over their reliance on the Supreme Court's shadow docket to argue a case, according to a new report.

The Washington Examiner reported that DOJ lawyer Michael Velchik told a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit that a shadow docket decision from last year requires the court to toss a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to prevent its policy restricting a passport holder's gender to their biological sex. The 6-3 decision said the policy was stating a "historical fact," according to the report.

A late-night comedian escalated his feud with first lady Melania Trump on Monday night with a stinging rebuke.

The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday that Jimmy Kimmel blasted the first lady, who has previously called Kimmel a "coward" and advocated for his firing, during a new episode of his show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" He described Melania Trump as a "buzzkill," in reference to previous comments her husband made about her disdain for his dancing.

Republican candidates in the California governor's race appear to be following President Donald Trump's lead on a path toward another party wipeout, according to a new analysis.

Candidates like Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host whom Trump endorsed in April, and Sheriff Chad Bianco have adopted an anti-immigration policy position that is similar to Trump and the MAGA movement's policies. A new analysis from Spanish newspaper El País suggests that this move may be their undoing.

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general has come under scrutiny for allegations he lied on Fox News while discussing the administration's criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center — but his attorneys have reportedly offered up an excuse to a federal judge in Alabama.

As part of Blanche's Fox News interview on "The Ingraham Angle," he claimed that he didn't have any information to support that the SPLC shared the information it got from informants with law enforcement — a statement that SPLC told the court is contradicted by documentation they passed on to federal prosecutors.

A masked prowler was caught on video near Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson, Arizona, nearly three months after she vanished, according to reports.

News 4 Tucson reported that a masked person was caught on a Ring Camera stealing cacti from one of Guthrie's neighbors' homes. The report indicated that the video "surprised" Guthrie's neighbors, who said law enforcement presence in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood "remained heightened."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio showed an impressive command of the issues when going to bat for the Trump administration at his press conference on Tuesday, former George W. Bush strategist Mark McKinnon told MS NOW's Katy Tur on Tuesday, but it won't be enough to salvage the administration's credibility.

During the speech, Rubio — who in recent months has been eyed more intensely for another presidential run — did his best to justify the president's decisions in the Iran war, and insist that the United States was on track for a strategic victory.

Cole Thomas Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents Association dinner, reportedly had 100 rounds of ammunition on him at the time of the incident.

On Tuesday, a four-count indictment charged Allen with attempting to assassinate the president, assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon, illegally transporting a firearm across state lines, and using a firearm during a violent crime.