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 …

Stony silence from Moscow after Trump turns on Russia, says talks with Putin 'don't go anywhere' … There was a stony silence from Moscow a day after the U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and slapped punishing sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies.

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.

Republicans struggle to explain shutdown of the House  —  Speaker Mike Johnson's initial strategy to jam the Senate has not worked, but he refuses to change tactics.  —  Just now  —  This week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) faced a tough-love complaint from a usually loyal soldier among rank-and-file Republicans.

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 …

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 …

Trump Administration in Talks to Take Equity Stakes in Quantum-Computing Firms  —  Discussions signal Washington's wider involvement in key parts of the economy  —  WASHINGTON—Several quantum-computing companies are in talks to give the Commerce Department equity stakes in exchange for federal funding …

Senator Merkley Rings ‘the Alarm Bells’ on Authoritarianism in Nearly 23-Hour Speech  —  The Oregon Democrat achieved a goal of topping the previous longest speech by a senator from his state.  —  Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a marathon speech on the Senate floor Wednesday evening …

4 US citizens arrested during ICE crackdown on NYC's Canal Street, congressman says  —  Nine undocumented immigrants were also arrested at Canal Street, DHS said.  —  Federal agents conduct an immigration sweep on Canal Street in Chinatown as protestors gather, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York.

Exclusive: Congress needs to hear more about Venezuela operation, GOP senator says  —  Congress has been left in the dark about the U.S. military strikes off the coast of Venezuela, Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) said on Wednesday at Axios' Future of Defense Summit.

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.

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts  —  A progressive U.S. Senate candidate in Maine, who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic and racially insensitive remarks and said he did not realize that a tattoo …

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.

The Christians mounting a moral counter to Trump's immigration agenda  —  A diverse coalition of moderate and progressive Christians has opted to jump off the pulpit and challenge President Trump around immigration, civil rights and poverty. … - But “faith isn't owned by the Right,” the Rev. Eddie Anderson tells Axios.

Abandoned NASA nominee may find new life … The NASA job has taken on new urgency under Trump, who has made an expansion of human spaceflight a key element of his agenda — including a return trip to the moon by the end of Trump's term.  The agency also controls billions of dollars …

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 …

An Emboldened Kim Nudges Trump for a Sitdown  —  Trump has repeatedly touted his “very good relationship” with the North Korean leader. … As the world's attention turns to a looming showdown between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in South Korea, across the demarcation line …

The Secretive Office Approving Trump's Boat Strikes  —  Since early September, U.S. forces have carried out eight strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, killing at least 34 people.  President Trump says the strikes are legal, and that the boats were trafficking drugs, but he has not offered evidence to substantiate the claim.

Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks  —  Last week, the United States Department of Homeland Security—last seen brutalizing journalists, children, and clergy in the streets of Chicago—joined the Bluesky social internet platform and began …

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.