Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance  —  It was supposed to be a routine appearance, a visit from the commander in chief to rally the troops, boost morale and celebrate the Army's 250th-birthday week …

Trump's Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness  —  With President Donald Trump sending more troops into Los Angeles amid protests there, a remarkable image has gone viral on social media.  It shows members of the National Guard crowded into a sterile-looking office …

Majority Of Voters Oppose GOP Budget Bill, With Just 67% Of Republicans In Support, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Job Approval: 38%, His Handling Of Russia - Ukraine War Lowest Among List Of Issues  — mail_outline  —  As the Senate debates the GOP tax …

Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference  —  The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.  —  The dozen board members of the prestigious Fulbright program …

Trump Administration Live Updates: Musk Spoke With Trump Before Posting Message of Regret  —  Here's the latest  — Musk's regrets: Elon Musk phoned President Trump before publicly expressing regret for attacks that he said “went too far” during a public feud between the men last week, according to people familiar with the matter.

David Hogg to Exit D.N.C. After Backlash to His Primary Plan  —  Mr. Hogg said he would not run again for vice chair after the party voted for a new election.  Democrats have been furious at his plan to challenge the party's sitting lawmakers in primary races.

Capitol agenda: The GOP's latest megabill casualties  —  House Republicans will vote to make difficult changes to the GOP megabill Wednesday in an attempt to keep the bill on track in the Senate.  The House Rules Committee teed up a provision Tuesday night that would scrub the House-passed bill …

US prepares to order departure of all nonessential staff from Baghdad embassy, officials say  —  The State Department is preparing to order the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad due to the potential for regional unrest, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82  —  Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems …

EPA moves to repeal limits on greenhouse gas emissions by power plants  —  The EPA announced proposals to significantly loosen Biden-era regulations on pollution from power plants, including mercury and carbon dioxide.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday a proposal …

Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race  —  The former governor has topped every voter survey since entering the race, but the democratic socialist is gaining on him.  —  NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani, the young democratic socialist who has been rising …

GOP Senators Freak Out When Asked About Trump's Military Parade Costing $45 Million  —  Some ducked into elevators.  Some stared into space.  “I answered the question I wanted to answer!”  Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) snapped.  —  WASHINGTON - They snapped.  They stared off into space.

CDC backtracks on layoffs, rehires more than 400 people  —  Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reinstating more than 400 people who had received layoff notices …

CDC purges career officials from oversight of vaccine committee  —  Career officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for overseeing the agency's committee of outside vaccine experts have been removed from their role in the process, multiple CDC officials tell CBS News.

Where are the people the Trump administration has deported?  —  The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally.  What has happened to the people at the center of the cases?  —  In its first 150 days, the second Trump administration …

U.S. Image Declines in Many Nations Amid Low Confidence in Trump  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of the United States and President Donald Trump in 24 countries across North America, Europe, the Middle East …

Head of FEMA's storm response center leaving agency amid leadership exodus  —  The head of FEMA's National Response Coordination Center — a position responsible for the government's response to storms — submitted his resignation letter Wednesday and will formally depart the agency in two weeks.

The secret police descending on Small Town, U.S.A.  —  Masked immigration officials are storming towns and arresting people.  —  GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Maybe they really were immigration officers, just as they claimed.  Or maybe they were a ragtag vigilante group, arbitrarily snatching brown-looking people off the street.

ICE Arrests Illegal Alien for Molotov Cocktail Attack on Law Enforcement Caught on Video  —  This illegal alien has been charged with attempted murder  —  WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Emiliano Garduno-Galvez …

Judge Opens Door to Releasing Mahmoud Khalil as Soon as This Week  —  Mr. Khalil, a legal permanent resident, has been held in Louisiana for more than three months.  The judge suggested he could be released as early as Friday unless the government successfully appeals.

Dozens Of Journalists Targeted, Shot, Detained While Covering LA Protests, Press Org Says  —  “I never thought for one moment that I'd actually have to be fearful of law enforcement during a public protest,” said one photojournalist hospitalized after getting shot in the leg.

Naval Academy history chair resigns over ordered removal of symposium paper  —  The chair of the Naval Academy History Department resigned after reportedly being ordered by the academy's superintendent to remove a previously approved paper from the list of those to be presented at an upcoming symposium.

CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE  —  Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has confirmed it is flying Predator drones above the Los Angeles protests, and specifically in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a CBP statement sent to 404 Media.