Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) is calling for more diversity within the Democratic Party leadership and is considering challenging lame-duck House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for the speakership, Cleveland.com reported.

On the heels of Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) threats — that he would not vote to approve any more conservative judges until Robert Mueller is protected — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said called Flake’s ultimatum was unnecessary.

Despite issuing a scathing statement of disapproval and effectively ousting Mira Ricardel — a deputy national security adviser — first lady Melania Trump never met her, but was in talks with Chief of Staff John Kelly about her departure for some time, The Washington Post reported. 

President Donald Trump on Wednesday told the Daily Caller that embattled Broward County, Florida election supervisor Brenda Snipes should be fired, following an onslaught of unsubstantiated allegations from Republicans that Snipes committed voter fraud in the recount of the Senate race for Sen. Bill Nelson (D) and Gov. Rick Scott (R).

President Donald Trump will make a decision on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s future “shortly.”

Over the course of three hours of “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday morning, a new Trump-themed Lego knockoff set was highlighted three times, as hosts dissected whether the toy could be a gift for “kids or the Trump voter.”

Tom Homan, a former acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and current Fox News contributor, responded to a Politico report — that President Trump is mulling tapping him to replace Kirstjen Nielsen as his Department of Homeland Security secretary — with Trump’s favorite deflection.

For a first lady who keeps to herself and avoids publicly acknowledging the palace intrigue associated with her husband’s drama-laced White House, the statement that came out of Melania Trump’s office on Tuesday afternoon — bashing a national security staffer — was befuddling to many.

But the tension between Trump and Mira Ricardel, a deputy national security adviser, has been brewing for more than a month, The New York Times reported.

Lame-duck House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is pulling out all the stops to win over support from the newly elected House Democrats for her speakership bid, secretly showing up to meetings and hosting private dinners for her soon-to-be colleagues, Politico reported.

President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to get rid of his Department of Homeland Security secretary as early as this week and is mulling replacing her with Thomas Homan, a former acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, because he likes his tough-talk on immigration, Politico reported.