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The U.S. Army shut down an entire network of official social media accounts this week after a post celebrating Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Purple Heart recipient who lost both legs in combat, drew backlash from a pro-Trump veteran online.

The "Soldier for Life" program, which connects veterans and their families to employment, healthcare and retirement resources, posted a tribute to Duckworth's military career as an Army lieutenant colonel and Iraq War veteran. Within 24 hours of a former Army paratrooper criticizing the post on X, it was deleted.

Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele had a withering response to new reports that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department related to the first impeachment of President Donald Trump, related to his efforts to extort the president of Ukraine.

This is part of a broader pattern of trying to bury Trump's criminality, Steele argued, that also extends to the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election that led to his second impeachment — and that Trump can't let go of even today.

A former Fox News host revealed a "scary" truth Wednesday underpinning President Donald Trump's latest shocking social media post during an interview on CNN.

On Sunday, Trump posted and then deleted an artificial intelligence-generated photo of himself appearing as Jesus Christ healing a sick man in bed. The photo also included pictures of military troops, the Statue of Liberty, and the American flag. The post sparked outrage among political analysts and observers, prompting Trump to eventually remove it.

A legal scholar argued Wednesday that the Supreme Court's own constitutional framework — the same one it used to overturn Roe v. Wade — could be used to strike down the military draft, and that President Donald Trump may have just handed activists the perfect moment to try.

Writing in Slate, attorney Steve Kennedy, organizing and network director at the People’s Parity Project, pointed out that while Trump has threatened military operations across Iran, Greenland, Cuba, Venezuela, and beyond, his administration quietly automated draft registration for all men between 18 and 26 under a rule implementing last December's National Defense Authorization Act.

A Fox News reporter was forced to admit to viewers on Wednesday that American enemies are helping Iran target U.S. troops.

Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin told viewers of "Special Report" with host Bret Baier that the station had confirmed exclusive reporting from the Financial Times that showed Iran was receiving spy satellites from China, and the intel from which has been used to attack American military troops in the region. The report adds to a growing account that suggests President Donald Trump may be ignoring the impact adversarial countries like Russia and China are having in the war in Iran.

A Minnesota Republican candidate for a battleground congressional campaign is dropping out — because he has been called up by the Marines to be deployed to the Middle East.

In a statement to X on Tuesday, Tyler Kistner made the announcement of his deployment and the end of his campaign for the 2nd District of Minnesota.

A Democratic senator excoriated her Republican colleagues during an interview on CNN on Wednesday for failing to rein in President Donald Trump.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined CNN's Phil Mattingly on "The Lead" to discuss the war in Iran. Baldwin argued that Trump has broken promises to his voters by starting the war, yet Republicans have been unwilling to hold the president accountable in a meaningful way.

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement flipped out on Wednesday after a lawyer who tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election was officially disbarred.

John Eastman, one of the architects of Trump's strategy to overturn his election loss, was disbarred in California, according to documents from the California Supreme Court. Eastman is the latest lawyer who has been disbarred for their efforts to help Trump. Others include Kenneth Cheesebro, Jenna Ellis, and Rudy Giuliani.

An election clerk in a far-right Michigan county has been purging voter rolls without authorization, Votebeat reported on Tuesday.

According to the report, the Michigan Bureau of Elections "sent a letter to Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop on Tuesday saying it had received information suggesting she had made voter registration changes 'that fall outside the scope of your statutory authority and fail to comply with the law.'"

A former federal prosecutor who spent two years prosecuting the cases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a dark warning about the Trump Department of Justice's latest "horrifying" move.

On Tuesday, the Trump DOJ announced it was moving to vacate the convictions of several high-ranking Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, two paramilitary groups aligned with President Donald Trump's MAGA movement that helped organize and participate in the insurrection. Brendan Ballou, a former federal prosecutor, said on CNN's "The Lead" on Wednesday that the move would lead to more violence in the future.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized to one of her colleagues on Wednesday after she made what she described as "hurtful" comments about his family.

Speaking at the University of Kansas School of Law last week, Sotomayor said Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh "probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour" in response to a question about a recent case concerning immigration law. In the case, Kavanaugh argued that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents should be allowed to conduct what's known as "roving stops" to check someone's immigration status.