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After months of controversy, Democratic National Committee officers have voted to remove two vice chairs from their positions, including a 25-year-old youth activist who has formed the basis of months of controversy, Politico reported on Wednesday evening.

This decision by party insiders "offers a potential reset for a party that’s dealt with a series of Hogg-related controversies in recent weeks," noted the report. "In April, Hogg announced the group that he co-founded, Leaders We Deserve, planned to drop $20 million on safe-seat Democratic primaries, hoping to oust 'asleep-at-the-wheel' Democrats. The move triggered a wave of anger from elected officials and DNC members alike, who vented that Hogg’s role as a party leader conflicted with the decision to take on incumbents."

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has been an increasing thorn in President Donald Trump's side as he speaks out against the sustainability of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" now under consideration in the Senate.

The bill extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts and slashes over $1 trillion from Medicaid, food stamps, and green energy subsidies. However, the cuts do not fully offset the outlays, and Paul is adamant that the bill should not increase deficit spending to such an extent.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening he's wholly unconcerned that actors of the popular "Les Misérables" play were boycotting their performance due to his appearance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which he recently MAGAfied.

A reporter asked the president about reports that some actors may be boycotting the performance.

Voting rights advocate Marc Elias went off on Republicans during a Wednesday afternoon appearance on MSNBC, in which he slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for echoing President Donald Trump's violent rhetoric and the party in general over its complicity in enabling such language.

Elias appeared on "Deadline: White House" with host Nicolle Wallace, who noted that Elias recently warned that President Donald Trump is "increasingly using the Justice Department against his political enemies." That includes arresting a liberal state judge, a Democratic member of Congress, and a prominent pro-Democratic labor leader. Earlier this week, Trump also suggested that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) should be arrested.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace ridiculed President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during her Wednesday show while talking about the trade deals the administration promised would happen in 90 days.

Ahead of a commercial break, Wallace spoke to economist Justin Wolfers about Trump's so-called "deal" with China.

President Donald Trump's controversial speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in which he led the audience in boos against his perceived political enemies turns out to have been tightly choreographed, reported Military.com, with officials screening out soldiers who don't agree with Trump's agenda — and even soldiers who were overweight.

"Internal 82nd Airborne Division communications reviewed by Military.com reveal a tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics of Trump's recent visit, including handpicking soldiers for the audience based on political leanings and physical appearance," said the report.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, testifying before Congress, offered his rationale for stripping the USNS Harvey Milk of its name and for the administration’s decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military.

The USNS Harvey Milk is named for the assassinated veteran and LGBTQ rights advocate. Milk was gunned down in 1978 at the age of 48 while serving as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was the first openly gay man elected in California.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot detain or deport a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination that his presence compromised the nation's foreign policy interests, according to Politico's Kyle Cheney.

U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz of the District of New Jersey on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from detaining or deporting Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, over Rubio's reasoning.

University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers humorously mocked a new "breakthrough" from President Donald Trump's administration on the potential deal with China on the ongoing trade war. As it turns out, the deal is to go back to the way things were before Trump jacked up the tariffs, he explained.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday, "what they're saying and what the reality is, is totally different. Nicolle, it's a very funny world."

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said the felony charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) carried a prison term that was "a little excessive" after she protested at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

On Wednesday, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced the charges against McIver in a post on X.

President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, had to get corrected multiple times on his fuzzy math about the economy during a heated hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.

The hearing was at many points a mess, with Bessent, a former hedge fund manager, admitting Trump would "likely" cave on tariff deadlines yet again, and having to be told to stop interrupting lawmakers.

Just after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the Serbian government decided that a bombed-out former government building was no longer a "culturally protected asset." But when members of the state-run Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments cried foul, one leader got an ominous threat.

The building was "an icon to Serbians’ suffering during a 1999 conflict," the New York Times described. But the Trump family wanted it for a project.