Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) mocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his wheelchair in remarks that circulated online Tuesday, drawing sharp condemnation from Republicans, Politico reports.

Said Crockett: “Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot ass mess, honey.”

Minnesota Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) resigned Thursday ahead of a possible expulsion vote related to an arrest and federal charge over attempted solicitation of a minor, Minnesota Public Radio reports.

Eichorn, who has a wife and four children, faces a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence on the federal charge.

Minnesota Star Tribune: Five things to know about the Minnesota senator accused of soliciting a teen for sex.

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) suggested Chuck Schumer step down as top Democrat in the Senate over his handling of government funding, becoming the first Democratic member of Congress to come out and say so publicly, the HuffPost reports.

Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) was arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex, the Minnesota Reformer reports.

At least one Republican legislator — Rep. Elliot Engen (R) — has already called on Eichorn to resign: “Resign in disgrace. Prosecute to the fullest. Throw away the key.”

“Gov. Gavin Newsom is making sure California’s business elite can call him, maybe,” Politico reports.

“Roughly 100 leaders of state-headquartered companies have received a curious package in recent months: a prepaid, inexpensive cell phone (commonly known as a burner, for those of you who haven’t seen ‘The Wire’ or ‘Better Call Saul’), programmed with Newsom’s digits and accompanied by notes from the governor himself.”

Said one note to a prominent tech CEO: “If you ever need anything, I’m a phone call away.”

“Clamoring to capitalize on the MAGA base’s excitement over Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, Republican officials in more than a dozen states have moved to start their own versions,” the New York Times reports.

“But they want everyone to know they’ve already spent years cutting costs.”

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) has moved for the state’s restaurants and groceries to change the name of the “New York strip” steak cut to the “Texas strip” in what he evidently hopes is a blow to liberals, The Guardian reports.

“Over the protests of hundreds of Iowans chanting ‘no hate in our state,’ Iowa’s Republican-dominated Legislature voted Thursday to pass a bill removing gender identity as a protected class in the state’s civil rights act,” the Des Moines Register reports.

“Democrats warned history wouldn’t look kindly upon lawmakers for inviting oppression of transgender Iowans.”

“The bill, which Gov. Kim Reynolds was expected to sign as soon as Thursday evening, ends 18 years of state law protection for transgender Iowans.”

“House Republicans hunting for ways to pay for President Trump’s tax cuts have called for cutting the federal government’s share of Medicaid spending, including a proposal that would effectively gut the Affordable Care Act’s 2014 expansion of the program,” the New York Times reports.

“Cutting Medicaid spending, which is central to the budget bill that House Republicans may bring to a vote on Tuesday, could result in millions of Americans across the country losing health coverage unless states decide to play a bigger role in its funding.”

A legislative town hall hosted by Idaho Republicans “turned volatile after some attendees voiced their concerns over the possible repeal of Medicaid expansion and other bills working their way through the Idaho Legislature,” the Couer d’Alene/Post Falls Press reports.

After making remarks from the audience to several legislative members on stage, one woman was asked to leave. 

After refusing, she was pulled from her seat, wrestled to the ground and dragged out of the high school auditorium by three unidentified people.

Mississippi Lt. Gov Delbert Hosemann (R) collapsed while presiding over the State Senate.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is suing the Trump administration over a federal funding freeze that’s denying state agencies $2.1 billion, USA Today reports.

“What security clearance?”

— New York Attorney General Leticia James, quoted by the New York Times, when told President Trump revoked her security clearances.

“Gov. Gavin Newsom of California met Wednesday for more than an hour with President Trump as he made his case for federal aid to help residents recover from the worst natural disaster the Los Angeles region has ever endured,” the New York Times reports.

“It’s a scene few would have predicted even two months ago: a Democrat who served as a reliable attack dog in 2024 sitting down with a Republican president who has enraged liberals since taking office last month. In doing so, Mr. Newsom is believed to have become the first Democratic elected official to meet with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office this term.”

“The meeting illustrated just how much the governor’s public stance has changed since the election.”

“Republican governors and state lawmakers are rushing to explicitly align themselves with or mimic some of the most prominent actions President Donald Trump has taken since he was sworn in,” NBC News reports.

“As state legislatures have convened across the country in recent weeks, elected GOP officials have sought to advance bills designed to help facilitate Trump’s mass deportation plans — some of which are named after or specifically reference the president. And governors and lawmakers in at least 11 states have attempted to create their own version of the Department of Government Efficiency, the outside advisory commission that Trump put tech billionaire Elon Musk in charge of to find ways to cut federal spending.”

“The moves, largely centered in solidly red states, at the outset of Trump’s second term underscore the political grip he has on the GOP base and the desire of elected officials in the party to be seen as nothing less than loyal to him.”

Politico: “President Donald Trump’s home state is caught up in a never-before-seen power struggle between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature. It’s led to insults, promises of political payback and a mounting media offensive by the governor.”

“The scene is unlike any since Republicans gained control of state government nearly three decades ago. While past dustups between a GOP governor and Republican legislators have been fought over policies such as medical malpractice insurance or government subsidies for businesses, the current fight hits a top-tier issue crucial to Republican voters: illegal immigration.”

“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is blocking those who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in state jobs, ignoring President Donald Trump’s attempt to offer them a clean slate last week in a sweeping set of pardons and commutations,” NBC News reports.

“Late Thursday, Pritzker directed the state’s Department of Central Management Services, the state’s primary hiring authority, to restrict hiring of those who took part in the attack on the Capitol by declaring they had taken part in ‘infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State.'”