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President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Mike Lindell for Minnesota governor early Wednesday morning.

"Mike Lindell, the “Pillow Man,” and one of America’s greatest and most hard working Patriots, is running to be GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA,' Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth mandated testosterone screening for all active-duty service members 30 years and older as part of their annual health assessments.

In a video posted on social media, Hegseth explained the initiative is essential to keeping troops on the "leading edge of lethality."

Walter "Jay" Clayton III, President Donald Trump's pick for Director of National Intelligence, faced intense questioning during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, repeatedly refusing to answer direct questions from Democrats.

When Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) asked Clayton who won the 2020 election, Clayton refused to engage, saying, "I'm not gonna do this with you."

Mary "Tracy" Morrison, owner of The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain in Arkansas, orchestrated a disturbing assault on a 13-year-old student during an April 2025 "circle time" session, ProPublica reported.

Morrison berated the boy, struck him repeatedly with a plastic cylinder, and instructed classmates to choke, slap, punch, and pinch him for nearly 40 minutes while three staff members watched without intervening.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett testified before Congress about the need for increased security funding for the Court, citing years of threats and violence against judges.

Her testimony prompted fierce backlash from MAGA activists, who called for her resignation and alleged her security concerns influenced her judicial decisions against President Donald Trump, according to The Daily Beast.

Conservative attorney-turned-anti-Trump activist George Conway criticized President Donald Trump on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" for his ongoing six-year campaign to delegitimize the 2020 election.

His criticism extended to President Donald Trump's plans to declare Georgia Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff illegitimate based on unfounded fraud and foreign interference claims, powers the president does not possess.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), who is running for re-election, avoided a traffic citation after identifying himself to a Las Vegas police sergeant, according to body camera footage obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

On May 15, the officer pulled over Lombardo's Ford pickup near Mandalay Bay for a suspected red light violation. The Governor's wife, Donna, was in the car as well, according to The Las Vegas Review Journal.

Hours before ICE agents received orders to halt vehicle stops , a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, official called for an immediate operational reset, warning agents are stressed and face unsustainable pressure.

The order came after ICE agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, in Texas and an unidentified 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine.

Katie Miller, podcaster and wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, lashed out at CNN after a producer.

The incident came after DJ Judd, a White House producer for CNN, spotted a stick of Krazy Glue on President Donald Trump's Resolute Desk during a Monday evening Oval Office appearance, reports The Daily Beast.

Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules W. Hurst III faced scrutiny at his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing over $3.2 billion in federal defense contracts awarded to President Donald Trump's sons.

Since the president's second term began, the Washington Post found Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr have gained $3.2 billion in federal contracts, with $3.1 billion more in potential future contracts. Additionally, Trump Jr. is a partner at 1789 Capital, a "patriotic capitalism" venture firm backing over a dozen defense tech companies.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has largely suspended traffic stops following two fatal shootings by ICE agents this week.

This marks a significant policy reversal, according to CNN immigration correspondent Priscilla Alvarez.

President Donald Trump drained the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, claiming vandals had created a 300-yard gash in its lining.

However, reporters and on-the-ground observers saw no such damage.

President Donald Trump is planning to make an announcement this upcoming Thursday night, and the Washington Reporter claims the announcement is related to the 2026 midterm elections, according to conservative reporter Matthew Foldi.

"Georgia's two senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, are illegitimate because of fraud, a well-placed source in Georgia tells us," the report read.