Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States …

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump's Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention  —  One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government's main hub for combating violent extremism.

Stephen Miller Erupts in Fury over Low Arrests—and Hands Dems a Weapon  —  The potential deportation of people like Carol Hui, which has shocked locals in the Missouri town where she's lived for 20 years, has inspired a searching debate: What did people think they were voting for when they chose Donald Trump?

Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, pens book about ‘broken’ White House  —  Former press secretary's tome will publish in October, and its title is a nod to her recently announced departure from the Democratic Party to become an independent.  —  Weeks after the release …

Trump Is Losing Patience With Musk's Outbursts Over Megabill  —  Billionaire's attacks on Trump's tax bill are fraying his relationship with the president  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is losing patience with Elon Musk after the billionaire attacked Republicans' sprawling tax-and-spending bill.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restricts Foreign Student Visas at Harvard University  —  RESTRICTING FOREIGN STUDENT VISAS AT HARVARD: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation to safeguard national security by suspending the entry of foreign nationals seeking to study …

Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says  —  The U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that Columbia University had violated federal anti-discrimination laws by its alleged failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.

Dems eye a villain-to-ally arc for Musk  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.

Trump orders investigation into Biden's actions as president, ratcheting up targeting of predecessor  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his administration to investigate Joe Biden's actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor's “cognitive decline” …

Scoop: Trump admired Ukraine's “badass” attack, but worries what's next  —  President Trump thought Ukraine's surprise drone attack over the weekend was “strong” and “badass,” sources who discussed it with him tell Axios, but he's also concerned it will make his ceasefire mission even harder.

Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats  —  Public opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up  —  A group of center-left Democratic strategists, politicians, and commentators met at “WelcomeFest” in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to figure …

ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids  —  A requirement that ICE agents ensure courthouse arrests don't clash with state and local laws has been rescinded by the agency.  ICE declined to explain what that means for future enforcement.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

Feds sue Texas over long-standing law allowing undocumented students to receive in-state tuition  —  The lawsuit comes just days after the Legislature adjourned without repealing the first-in-the-nation law, which passed in 2001.  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Texas …

Yes.  People Will Die.  —  Joni Ernst's cringey videos were wrong.  They also reveal a lot about the GOP's desperately dishonest sales job.  —  BY NOW, YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN or heard about the clips of Senator Joni Ernst trying to defend proposed health care cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill” Republicans are rushing through Congress.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Zohran Mamdani as Top Choice for Mayor  —  The New York City congresswoman said she would list Adrienne Adams second on her Democratic primary ballot and urged the left to unite to defeat Andrew Cuomo.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work  —  The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.  —  President Donald Trump's latest attempt to assert control over an elite American cultural institution …

Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return  —  A Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there was flown back to the United States on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return, his lawyer said.

Trump's Administration Has Asked Ally Serbia to Accept Deportees  —  President Donald Trump's administration is pushing Serbia and other Balkan nations to take in migrants deported from the US, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  The requests to countries in the region are ongoing …

US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza  —  A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto - blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.

Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations  —  Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.  —  A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the Centers …