Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing  —  Where Things Stand  — White House demolition: President Trump's plan to add an expansive ballroom to the White House will mean the demolition of the entire East Wing …

U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side  —  The U.S. struck another alleged drug vessel Tuesday night, this time on the Pacific side of South America, according to two U.S. officials.  —  In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two to three individuals aboard the vessel were killed.

Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout  —  A new crop of conservative media and influencers — including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse — signed an agreement with the Defense Department.

Trump pollster: ObamaCare subsidy extension key for GOP ahead of midterms  —  New findings from a Trump-aligned pollster released Wednesday show a majority of voters want Congress to extend enhanced ObamaCare tax credits and would be less likely to vote for a candidate who lets those tax credits expire.

Most Americans say U.S. on wrong track on economy, immigration and more: poll  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction, fueled by dissatisfaction with President Trump's impact on the economy, immigration, race relations and the nation's global standing …

Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires  —  Reporting on the world can be heartbreaking.  We journalists cover wars, earthquakes and massacres, and for all the emotional armor of our professionalism we are haunted by memories of children's corpses.

Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area  —  The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source familiar with the operation.

ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike  —  HOW MUCH?  —  Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump's first nine months.  —  The number of weapons bought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

Jasmine Crockett “strongly” considering U.S. Senate bid  —  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Wednesday she “will strongly be considering” a run for U.S. Senate, citing polling that suggests she would be a frontrunner in the Democratic primary. … - The second-term lawmaker is known …

Exclusive: Government shutdown signals weakness to foes, ex-Defense Secretary says  —  Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Democrats, Republicans and President Trump are “failing to govern” amid the ongoing government shutdown. … - “Pure and simple, it sends a message of weakness …

Give me candidacy or give me death: GOP nominee holds firm in NYC mayoral race … “If all of a sudden the executioner would have stopped, and I was on that gurney, and [he] said, ‘Hey, you can work for Mayor Andrew Cuomo,’ I would say: ‘Finish the job.  Impale me.’ That will never happen …

Some new ICE recruits have showed up to training without full vetting  —  The recruits have had criminal backgrounds, failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency's rush to hire immigration officers, sources told NBC News.

Trump's Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse  —  Donald Trump is rapidly transforming the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.  For convenience's sake, let's refer to this going forward as Trump's presidential “BDS.”  —  This is underscored by the jarring news …

University of Virginia Makes Deal With White House to Halt Investigations  —  The Justice Department had been scrutinizing one of the nation's premier public universities over accusations of civil rights violations.  —  The University of Virginia, facing immense pressure from the White House …

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Maine Senate candidate Platner says tattoo recognized as Nazi symbol has been covered  —  Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo …

U.S. Lifts Key Restriction on Ukraine's Use of Western Long-Range Missiles  —  The move coincides with a Trump push to pressure Moscow into talks on ending the war and to withhold U.S. Tomahawk missiles from Kyiv  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has lifted a key restriction …

As Johnson Delays, Grijalva Sues to Be Seated in the House  —  Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, along with the state's attorney general, argued that the speaker had no authority to delay swearing her into office.  —  Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva …

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time - regardless of language or territory  —  An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC  —  New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union …

The Justice Department Announces Agreement with University of Virginia  —  For Immediate Release  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an agreement with the University of Virginia ("UVA") that will protect UVA's students, faculty, and employees from violations …

Boycott the White House vandals!  —  The resistance is growing.  —  As many as 7 million Americans took to the streets in small towns and big cities alike on Saturday, which would be an approximately 40 percent increase over the 5 million Americans that organizers said attended the last No Kings events in June.

Head Start programs flash red lights ahead of November funding cliff  —  More than 130 programs, serving nearly 59,000 preschoolers around the nation, will be without federal funds if the government doesn't reopen by Nov. 1  —  Head Start locations across the country are warning that their programs …

The longer the shutdown lasts, the harder it is to mask … The looming consequences of continued inaction could prove problematic for Republicans as they seek to shift responsibility for the shutdown to Democrats.  Polls already show that Republicans are shouldering more of the blame than Democrats.

GOP leaders eye a spending punt into 2026  —  Republican congressional leaders are making plans for a new spending punt as the shutdown drags on, and any new version is likely to postpone the next deadline until 2026.  House and Senate GOP leaders are debating a wide range of options …