January 27, 2026 at 6:05 PM EST
'These people are amateurs': GOP senator slams top Trump officials

One Republican member of the U.S. Senate recently launched into a rant about what he viewed as "amateurish" leadership of senior-level officials in President Donald Trump's administration. On Tuesday, journalist Jamie Dupree posted a video of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) speaking to reporters about Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and other top officials within the DHS. Tillis - who is not running for a third term in the Senate -- argued that Noem's handling of DHS operations in Minnesota "should be disqualifying."

January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM EST
CNN's Scott Jennings won't say Minneapolis shooting was 'wrong' in tense confrontation

Conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings was recently on the ropes in his defense of how President Donald Trump's administration is responding to the fatal shooting of 37 year-old U.S. citizen Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In a Tuesday segment, Jennings - who once spoke alongside Trump at a campaign rally -- said Trump was "in a little bit of a strange situation" regarding last weekend's shooting, but celebrated his call for a thorough investigation. He also said he wasn't sure of what Trump meant when he said he was going to de-escalate in Minnesota.

January 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM EST
'Completely out of her depth': Republicans say Kristi Noem 'needs to go'

MS NOW reporter Jake Sherman said Republicans in Washington, DC. appear to be sharpening their knives for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. "It depends how hard the administration fights for her. I've talked to Republicans over the last couple days who think she's completely out of her depth, and she needs to go, and she's emblematic of the problem," Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman said in a Tuesday segment. "An impeachment resolution has privilege in the House of Representatives, meaning [minority party] Democrats can bring it up. This is not something that needs to go through [Speaker] Mike Johnson. Democrats can bring up an impeachment resolution without the Republican leadership so they could force this vote effectively without Republican cooperation."

January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM EST
Hardline Republicans push reluctant Trump to escalate tactics in Minneapolis

The most hardline conservative bloc of House Republicans is calling on President Donald Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota if he deems it necessary, days after federal agents in Minneapolis shot and killed a second U.S. citizen in a matter of weeks -- and just hours after the president, referring to protesters, declared, "you can't have guns." In an unsigned letter to Trump, the House Freedom Caucus said it was encouraging the president to use "all tools necessary -- including the Insurrection Act," to "maintain order in the face of unlawful obstructions and assemblages that prevent the enforcement of laws by the United States."

January 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM EST
'This is personal': George Will says Trump's Greenland push about his own 'hurt feelings'

Conservative columnist George Will is asserting that President Donald Trump's obsession with claiming Greenland for the United States was never about national security, but about the president's ego. In a Tuesday video for the Washington Post, Will argued that the Trump administration's claims about the Danish-owned island territory should be viewed from the perspective of the president "throwing his weight around" for the sake of a "prestige infusion." And he opined that there is little reason for Trump to bully Denmark, which he called a "very close ally " due to having its own soldiers die alongside Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq.

January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM EST
Iconic composer boycotting Kennedy Center as Trump fuels sharp decline in ticket sales

On Tuesday morning, January 27, composer/pianist Philip Glass made a major announcement: He is boycotting the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Glass' announcement comes at a time when President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from a long list of musicians for renaming the Kennedy Center after himself.

January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST
'She did not read anything Trump had to say': The View mocks White House 'damage control'

"The View's" co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Tuesday morning slammed President Donald Trump and his administration. After spending weeks calling protesters "domestic terrorists" for "obstructing" law enforcement, the administration "went dancing," Goldberg said.

January 27, 2026 at 11:52 AM EST
Republican exodus continues as another prominent GOP congressman retires

The Republican exodus from the U.S. House of Representatives is continuing, with longtime Congressman Vern Buchanan of Florida announcing he will be retiring. Twenty-nine House Republicans have now exited or announced their intention to leave their positions this term already. Buchanan, who serves as the Vice Chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, was first elected in 2006. Some of the other prominent Republicans leaving the House include U.S. Reps. Chip Roy (TX), Andy Biggs (AZ), Byron Donalds (FL), Nancy Mace (SC), and Elise Stefanik (NY).

January 27, 2026 at 11:07 AM EST
Fox News host corners Trump official to her face over DHS smears against shooting victim

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is responding to the fatal Saturday, January 24 shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti in much the same way she responded to the fatal shooting of another Minneapolis resident, Renee Nicole Good, earlier in the month: by labeling him a domestic terrorist. Critics of Noem, however, are countering that videos taken the day of his death show that he posed no threat to the Border Patrol agents who killed him -- and that even though Pretti was legally carrying a concealed weapon, he remained nonviolent, never pointed it at them, and was disarmed and on the ground before he was shot.

January 27, 2026 at 10:58 AM EST
New video of shooting by federal agent gets 'worse and worse and worse for the White House'

A new video showing the shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti is making things "worse" for the White House, a CNN reporter said on Tuesday. The new angle of the shooting shows a group of agents beating Alex Jeffrey Pretti -- this time filmed by a person who walked across the street to a maroon car parked in front of the incident.

January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM EST
Trump's hand 'looks like rhino hide' and bruise has 'taken over': reporter

New York Magazine reporter Ben Terris recently sat down with President Donald Trump for nearly an hour to discuss his health. Now, he's saying the unsightly bruise on the back of Trump's hand is apparently getting worse -- and that the president is "very self-conscious" about it. In a Monday interview with The Bulwark's Tim Miller, Terris went into detail about his encounter with Trump in the Oval Office. He told Miller that while he hadn't expected White House physicians to be present during his conversation with the president, he decided to focus the bulk of his questions on Trump's health -- which the president and his staffers welcomed.

January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM EST
Trump handed another loss in court

President Donald Trump was recently dealt another unfavorable ruling by a federal judge, who struck down his attempt to obtain sensitive information about voters. On Monday, Politico legal correspondent Josh Gerstein reported that U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai - an appointee of former President Joe Biden -- dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain Oregon's database of registered voters. Kasubhai also reportedly asked the Trump administration about Attorney General Pam Bondi's letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) asking for Minnesota's voter database.