MAGA Republicans are bitterly divided over U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. President Donald Trump is vigorously defending Bondi, urging Republicans to move on from Epstein and accusing them of being "duped" by a Democratic "hoax.

A Republican congressman has praised First Lady Melania Trump for making her husband realize he’d been played by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he was “glad” to see President Donald Trump shift course on pressuring Russia over its war in Ukraine in an interview on NewsNation’s The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt,

The Texas GOP knows the risk. In the 2010s, the Republican-controlled Legislature drew political lines that helped pad the GOP’s House majority. That lasted until 2018, when a backlash against Trump in his first term led Democrats to flip two seats in Texas that Republicans had thought safe.

The White House just spent six months jamming a massive legislative package through Congress with almost no margin for error. Now comes the real challenge.

While there is interest in a third party, political experts weigh in on the viability of Elon Musk's new America Party and where the tech mogul should direct his efforts.

Sen. Jon Husted has a Trump endorsement and no primary rumblings in Ohio. And in Florida, Sen. Ashley Moody appears likely to cruise without a serious Republican challenger.

It all fits with Trump’s practice of blaming his predecessors for the nation’s ills. But the strategy also carries risks.

This story was originally reported by , Marissa Martinez and Jennifer Gerson of The 19th. A key office charged by Congress with coordinating the federal government’s work against human trafficking was gutted last Friday,

Trump tells Republicans to “take a bow” after passing his “big, beautiful bill,” claiming 90–95% GOP support. But a new CBS poll shows his overall approval slipping as Epstein backlash and immigration policy sow division in the MAGA base.