Republican Texas State Rep. Dade Phelan says he was “speechless” when he saw Ramaswamy’s attack ad: “This was a Hail Mary that landed in the end zone and may have been returned for a touchdown for the other team.”

“Invasion”: Trump voters in deep-red Kentucky tell @Donie they’re furious over Trump’s stance on A.I. data centers.

Ukraine’s top diplomat tells @ErinBurnett that Starlink service still has not been restored on the battlefield: “We’ve been waiting for a week… this technology is very important.”

Ukraine’s top diplomat in the U.S. Denys Sienik rejects Witkoff calling Putin a “humanitarian”: “As I speak, Ukraine is under aerial attack.”

Can Dems pull off a Mississippi miracle? Senate candidate Scott Colom says he’s seeing momentum in Trump territory as a top Dem super pac pours money into his race: “There's more corruption than ever… Mississippians are ready for somebody who's gonna fight for them.”

Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves says he thinks Ramaswamy will lose his race over the backlash to his ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother: “This is probably the final nail in the coffin in the Ohio governor’s race.”

President Obama is about to campaign with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan as Republican Mike Rogers is making inroads with black voters. @JeffZeleny reports.

Our panel answers viewer questions: “How fast do you think Republicans who are in the new Congress will turn on Trump?”

Former GOP Gov. Mark Sanford says the Republicans trying to reignite outrage over transgender issues are “off topic”: “Folks that I talk to in and around South Carolina are worried about the economy… it’s a way of changing the subject.”

Top political forecaster details the “unforced error” by a Republican candidate that caused his team to shift a race in deep red Mississippi toward Democrats.

GOP Texas State Rep. Dade Phelan says he will not vote for fellow Republican Ken Paxton: “He does not align with my morals and integrity… I’m a team player, but at some point, I got to draw the line.”

Republican Senator Thom Tillis says he’s looking into Zelensky’s claim that the Trump Admin. is holding up transfers of critical patriot missiles: “Whoever that person is… has the blood on their hands every bit as much as Vladimir Putin.”

Republican Senator Thom Tillis unloads on Trump for attacking Zelensky while easing up on Russia: “Putin is playing President Trump like a fiddle.”

Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves doubts Trump’s rally in Kansas will help Roger Marshall: “Going to a Trump rally is kind of like going to the freak show at the carnival… what’s he going to say? What’s he going to do? It’s always very entertaining, but whether or not it translates into increased voter turnout… hard to be believed.”

Top election forecaster moves 11 more House races toward Democrats: “This has gone from bad to potentially catastrophic for Republicans.”

CNN finds a Russian girl who was forced to flee the country over her drawing about Putin’s war against Ukraine: “How many decades before Russia becomes a democratic and free country?”

In epic rant, former Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb blasts Trump after the sudden fall of his “obsessively loyal” pick for WH press secretary Katie Zacharia: “He owns it.”

Seth Jones says the so-called “Mother of All Bombs” probably could not take out Pickaxe Mountain as CNN learns the U.S. military is developing strike plans: “You could hit the tunnel complexes that go in the entrances, yes, but actually going deep down inside, it's a big question mark right now.”

Growing questions about Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia. She now appears to admit she never passed the bar, but @KFILE uncovered she repeatedly shared posts that identified her as an attorney.