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 …

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.

Israel is poised to launch operation on Iran, sources say  —  U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources told CBS News.  —  The U.S. anticipates Iran could retaliate on certain American sites in neighboring Iraq.

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 …

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.

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding  —  The National Institutes of Health is responsible for more than 80% of the world's grant investment in biomedical research.  Its funding has sparked countless medical breakthroughs — on cancer, diabetes, strokes …

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 …

Fulbright board resigns over alleged Trump administration interference  —  The 12-person board that oversees the Fulbright Program accused the White House of denying a “substantial” number of scholarship recipients.  —  The entire 12-person board tasked with overseeing the State Department's …

Trump is frustrated by his own success on immigration  —  The very bad reason why the president has escalated his crackdown on the undocumented. … In recent days, mass protests in Los Angeles have dominated the headlines.  Images of demonstrators facing off with National Guard members and flaming cars have filled the news.

“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”  — Investigation Impeded: Despite Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's crime fighter reputation, his top aides blocked extraditions of MS-13 leaders to the U.S., officials say.  — Money Laundering Inquiry: U.S. agents drew up a request to examine whether Bukele …

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 …

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 …

Police officers file civil lawsuit seeking court order to hang Jan. 6 plaque at U.S. Capitol  —  Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack filed a federal civil lawsuit, asking a judge to order the hanging of a plaque to honor police heroes who protected the Capitol, lawmakers and staff from rioters.

Florida's literary inquisition  —  In a chilling meeting of the Florida State Board of Education last week, a school district superintendent was publicly browbeaten and repeatedly threatened with criminal prosecution.  The members of the State Board were incensed that Van Ayres …

Where are the people the Trump administration has deported?  —  In its first 150 days, the second Trump administration has used immigration authorities to aggressively deport people — including by sending them to foreign prisons and to countries where they had no prior connection.

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.

Democratic strategist David Plouffe to become Coinbase's newest adviser  —  The former aide to Kamala Harris and Barack Obama is jumping into an industry tightly embraced by Donald Trump.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — David Plouffe, the veteran Democratic strategist who in recent years has worked extensively …

Crypto Now Accounts For Most Of Donald Trump's Net Worth  —  By, Dan Alexander, Forbes Staff.  Dan Alexander is a senior editor at Forbes covering Trump's business.  —  SaveComment  —  Over nearly 50 years, Donald Trump expanded his father's real-estate empire into a $2.5 billion fortune.

Big Tech stumbles into a big brawl over C-SPAN's streaming future  —  A bipartisan Senate coalition is asking YouTube TV and Hulu to add Congress's favorite station to their lineups.  —  Sen. Todd Young doesn't like to acknowledge how many years have passed since he started watching C-SPAN at odd hours.

Leavitt Storms Out of Press Briefing Over Free Speech Grilling  —  OUTTA HERE!  —  Trump has long claimed to be a defender of the First Amendment.  —  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt abruptly ended a news conference after facing tough questions over free speech.

Democratic governors face contentious hearing on sanctuary cities  —  A trio of high-profile Democratic governors is set to take center stage on Capitol Hill in what is likely to be a contentious hearing on sanctuary states on Thursday.  —  Republicans on the House Oversight …

Republicans are trying to sell a bizarre fantasy on the economy  —  Would you believe we're on the cusp of a miraculous eruption of prosperity unlike anything Americans have experienced before? … 👇  —  Even Donald Trump's most ardent supporters take it with a grain of salt …

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.