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 …

Hogg declines to run again for DNC vice chair after new election is called  —  The 25-year-old activist said he will devote his efforts to Leaders We Deserve.  —  David Hogg will not run again for his Democratic National Committee vice chairman position, he announced on Tuesday …

National Guard troops have temporarily detained civilians in LA protests, commander says  —  National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids, the commander in charge said Wednesday, but they quickly turned them over to law enforcement.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Donald Trump responds to Elon Musk's late-night apology after ugly public feud  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is feeling good about Elon Musk's apology after the former “first buddy” admitted late Tuesday he had gone “too far” in his personal attacks on the commander-in-chief.

House GOP to Senate: “Touch very lightly” on Trump budget bill  —  House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain has a stern warning for her Senate colleagues on the House-passed Trump budget bill: “Touch very lightly” and don't force a conference process.  —  Why it matters …

New China Trade ‘Deal’ Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started  —  If a handshake agreement holds, it would merely undo some of the damage from the trade war that President Trump started.  —  After two days of tense negotiations, the United States and China appear to have walked back from the brink …

Kennedy's new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation  —  U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week.

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.

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 …

Kosovo will accept up to 50 deported migrants from America.  —  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.

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.

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 …

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.

ICE agents ram car to take man into custody in Boyle Heights  —  Federal agents arrested a man in Boyle Heights after a crash.  The chaotic scene was captured by surveillance video.  —  BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. (KABC) — A Wednesday morning crash in Boyle Heights was being investigated …

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.

Trump plans to attend ‘Les Misérables’ at the Kennedy Center after taking over the institution  —  President Donald Trump is set to take a seat at Wednesday's opening night of the award-winning musical “Les Misérables” at the Kennedy Center, where he replaced the previous leadership …

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.