Trump launches ‘Operation Whirlwind’ probe into potential threats by Democrats against Elon Musk

Donald Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington has launched ‘Operation Whirlwind’.

The move will investigate potentially threatening comments by Democratic lawmakers against public officials including Elon Musk, the Washington Post reported.

Ed Martin, the prosecutor, sent ‘letters of inquiry to Senator Chuck Schumer and California congressman Robert Garcia.

He asked that Garcia ‘clarify’ remarks he made about DOGE chief Musk on CNN.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, will announce on Thursday that he will not be seeking reelection to the Senate according to the Associated Press.

McConnell, the longest-serving GOP Senate leader, has been battling a string of health issues and multiple falls.

He also has earned the ire of Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters after a yearslong feud.

McConnell voted against three of Trump’s top Cabinet picks – Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.

Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter:

Democratic senators spent the morning sounding the alarms ahead of the Senate voting on the confirmation of Kash Patel to be the next FBI director.

The controversial nominee and MAGA favorite has left lawmakers along party lines deeply divided in the Senate.

‘I’m convinced he has neither the experience, the judgement or the temperament to lead the FBI,’ said Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin.

He warned his Republican colleagues are ignoring red flags including Patel’s ‘reoccurring instinct to threaten retribution against his perceived enemies.’

‘This is an extremely dangerous flaw for someone who seeks to lead the nation’s most powerful domestic investigative agency for the next ten years,’ Durbin said.

The ranking member accused Patel of trying to revise history on the attack on January 6 and warned he would be a ‘political and national security disaster’ if confirmed.

Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called him an ‘instrument’ in Trump’s effort to destroy the FBI and Justice Department so he can be above the law.

Democrats accused Patel of lying during his confirmation hearing that he was aware of a purge at the FBI of officials connected to the Trump investigations.

Senator Alex Padilla warned that Patel lacks the independence from Trump but also argued he lacks a lack of preparation.

‘This isn’t just politics,’ he said. ‘There’s a real threat to the safety of Americans in every community across the country,’ Padilla said, warning if he is confirmed the department would be ‘weaponized.’

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

Top senators have revealed to DailyMail.com the one word they would use to describe Donald Trump’s first month in office.

Sauntering around Capitol Hill on a busy day for the Senate, DailyMail.com stopped lawmakers asking them to review the 78-year-old president’s performance during his second term.

Trump has been busy in his first 31 days in office as his administration issues executive orders and reshapes the size and scope of the government alongside DOGE leader and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

The Republican has already played host, too, inviting leaders from across the globe to Washington. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have all had meetings with Trump at the White House in recent weeks.

So the senators were given an option to deliver their verdict and explain why they chose their particular word.

Freshman Republican from Utah Sen. John Curtis described the president’s first month as ‘aggressive.’

Jon Michael Raasch, Political Reporter for DailyMail.com

Vice President JD Vance has addressed an array at topics speaking early Thursday morning at CPAC.

First, Vance gave a quick jab at CNN upon taking the stage, boasting how he believes Donald Trump has more executive orders than the network has viewers.

Eliciting laughs from the crowd, Vance seemed quicky at ease among the friendly crowd.

Mercedes Schlapp, the organizer of the massive conference, then asked the VP about his stance on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Vance pleaded that peace is in all party’s interests, particularly because it would benefit Americans, too, he argued.

He and Trump are working towards being the most peace-loving administration of modern times, Vance said.

‘Wherever war breaks out, [Trump] is going to be the president of peace,’ he said. ‘We’re on the cusp of peace in Europe for the first time in three years.’

The CPAC conference began with a fashion ode to DOGE during the National Anthem Thursday.

The singer, who came out unannounced after the Pledge of Allegiance sported a long white dress. Her walk-on was backed by patriotic video scenes of Arlington National Cemetery and American flags.

Lettering in red blocks running down the outfit said Democrats Officially Getting Exposed. It was a play on the DOGE acronym, which stands for the Department of Government Efficiency and has been implanting inside government agencies amid mass layoffs.

President Donald Trump is now back ‘underwater’ after his first month in office, according to a new CNN / SSRS poll.

The poll has Trump with 47 percent approval, compared to a 52 percent disapproval rating.

The poll follows an extraordinary period where Trump has been signing a series of executive order on issues ranging from procurement to D.E.I. and transgender athletes, while agencies slash federal workers

About half of respondents, 52 percent, said Trump had gone too far using his presidential power.

His approval rating is still far above where it was when Trump left office, and tops ratings throughout his first term. Voters say his biggest single action has dealt with the border and deportations, at 28 percent. Elon Musk and DOGE access to data is next, at 12 percent.

Forty-five percent said Trump has the right priorities, compared to 55 percent who say he hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems.

He is now underwater in the RealClearPolitics average, and has been so in every public poll released this month.