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Following the recent “revolt” of House Republicans against President Donald Trump and his push to extend a mass surveillance program, GOP Senate leaders are “privately fuming” at their House counterparts for “dumping many crises in their laps,” Punchbowl News reported Tuesday.

Beyond House Republicans’ rejection of Trump’s push to extend the mass surveillance program, the House GOP also rejected a plan approved by Senate Republicans to partially fund the Department of Homeland Security amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, another instance that frustrated Senate GOP leadership.

Reacting to reports out of the Beltway that Republican lawmakers are crossing their fingers and hoping either Supreme Court Justices Sam Alito or Clarence Thomas will make a surprise retirement announcement just prior to the midterm election, MS NOW Now’s Jonathan Lemire reported that Democrats have their own opinions about what is transpiring.

Last week it was reported that both of the elderly justices will be returning, which dashed the hopes of some far-right lawmakers who want Donald Trump to pack the court with younger right-wing extremists.

Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” over the weekend to push back against criticism of the U.S. war against Iran and its high number of civilian casualties, but in doing so, inadvertently made a telling admission, writer and analyst William Saletan noted on Monday.

“As you know, some Iranian advocates are urging the United States not to target civilian infrastructure, and you say the United States is okay targeting civilians?” NBC News’ Kristen Welker asked Waltz during his appearance on the network on Sunday.

President Donald Trump's contradictory public statements about Iran negotiations have created confusion within the administration and required repeated staff corrections, particularly regarding whether Vice President JD Vance would attend diplomatic talks in Pakistan.

The Washington Post reported that Trump told journalists from ABC and MSNBC on Sunday morning that Vance would not travel to Pakistan due to security concerns, directly contradicting statements from United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who confirmed Vance's participation.

President Donald Trump lobbed a bizarre jab at the late Steve Jobs on Tuesday in saying that the technology company Apple wouldn’t have performed “near as well” under his leadership if he hadn’t died in 2011, while also congratulating himself for having consulted Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook.

“I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the company instead of Tim, the company would have done well, but nowhere near as well as it has under Tim,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

A House bill written by a Florida Republican designed to allow a stream of immigrants to stay in the work is creating a schism within the party with dueling PACs planning to spend millions backing separate lawmaker group on either side of the debate.

At issue is Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s (R-FL) Dignity Act, which is backed by business groups seeking a reliable source of workers, and has hard-line anti-immigrant Republicans up in arms.

President Donald Trump and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles are "running scared" as multiple Cabinet members face scandals that have derailed the administration's messaging priorities, according to a foreign policy expert.

The Daily Beast's David Rothkopf said Trump's recent nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director signals desperation to contain the damage from his controversial appointments, many of whom have been embroiled in controversy in recent weeks.

CNN's Abby Phillip delivered a brutal fact-check to a pair of GOP pundits during Monday's broadcast of "NewsNight."

The panel discussed a recent claim by Energy Secretary Chris Wright that U.S. gas prices could remain above $3 per gallon until 2027 due to the ongoing war in Iran and the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration sent a delegation to negotiate an end to the war last week, led by Vice President JD Vance, but they returned empty-handed.

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement melted down on Monday night over a video of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) making a passionate speech at a Democratic event.

Booker gave a brief speech at the Michigan Democratic Women's Caucus on Monday, where he spoke about the "storm" brewing in the nation. His remarks came at a time when the Trump administration and the Republican Party have expressed anxieties about the upcoming November midterm election and whether Republicans will be able to retain some power in Congress.

President Donald Trump's history of "playing with fire" when it comes to conspiracy theories appears to be "coming back to bite" after MAGA began questioning one of the president's signature narratives, according to one analyst.

During the 2024 campaign, Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign stop in Butler, Pennsylvania. The event produced images of Trump surrounded by Secret Service agents on stage with a bloodied ear, raising his fist, which have been recycled throughout Trump's second administration. MAGA has since begun to question that as Trump continues to erode trust with his base of supporters.

MS NOW's Rachel Maddow kicked off her weekly show with a political obituary for Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the scandal-plagued Secretary of Labor for the Trump administration, who announced her resignation on Monday following months of explosive scandals.

"Today, another one down," said Maddow, after recounting other Trump administration officials who had to leave in disgrace, like Greg Bovino and Pam Bondi. "And where do you want to start with this one? In January, the New York Post was first to report on a complaint about Trump's Labor Secretary that had been made to the Department's inspector general. And I got to tell you, the New York Post has since done a ton of groundbreaking reporting on this scandal at Trump's Labor Department."

President Donald Trump's "counterproductive" policies regarding immigration and global trade have turbocharged resistance against his administration in rural America, according to a new analysis.

Bob Davis, co-author of a book on Trump's trade policies with China, argued in a new guest essay for The New York Times that Trump's push to deport illegal immigrants and upend trade relations with China has caused severe economic harm to rural cities like Hickory, North Carolina. In turn, local advocates say there is growing resistance to the Trump administration among youth, a demographic that Trump did well with in the 2024 election.

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) had a simple answer when a constituent confronted him about a broken campaign promise at a public forum this month — he ran.

Sullivan was wrapping up a Zoom session at ComFish, Alaska's commercial fishing conference, when someone on the call put him on the spot.