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President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate Miles Taylor, a member of his first administration who wrote a New York Times op-ed under the pseudonym "Anonymous" claiming to be a member of the so-called resistance.

"What this presidential memorandum is going to do, one, it's going to strip any active clearance that he has in light of his past activities involving classified information," White House staff secretary Will Scharf explained as he handed the executive order to the president. "It's also going to order the Department of Justice to investigate his activities to see what else might come up in that context, given his egregious behavior during your previous administration."

House Republicans have reportedly inserted language into a procedural measure that would effectively prevent the chamber from voting on resolutions to curtail U.S. President Donald Trump's authority to impose tariffs unilaterally, a move that Democratic lawmakers condemned as spineless.

"This is cowardice of a kind our predecessors in this body frankly could not have imagined, and it is a gross betrayal of their constituents," Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) said in a statement ahead of the planned vote, which is expected to take place late Wednesday afternoon.

An expert in economics wasn't impressed Wednesday with President Donald Trump's economic approach.

Speaking to MSNBC on Wednesday, University of Michigan economics and public policy professor Justin Wolfers responded to the radical 180-degree turn Trump made on his trade war.

While President Donald Trump at least temporarily sent markets surging after announcing that he was backing off some of his tariffs against foreign nations, two economists warned that the American economy is still in significant danger of falling into a recession.

Economist Larry Summers wrote on X that while he was glad to see Trump back off his most extreme actions, his erratic behavior has still shaken confidence in the United States government.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), after months of irritation that other countries won't follow President Donald Trump's order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," has introduced congressional legislation that would formalize the change and require other countries use the name as well.

But at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing marking up her bill, Democrats ridiculed the situation by forcing votes on amendment after amendment on a raft of possible odd names for the gulf, Politico reported on Wednesday.

State lawmakers have placed thousands of appropriations in the respective House and Senate proposed budgets this year in Tallahassee — so how to get some attention for one particular project?

Bring penguins.

Minnesota Rep. Drew Roach, R-Farmington, and Sen. Bill Lieske, R-Lonsdale, called the Jan. 6 insurrection a “hoax” and repeated a false conspiracy theory that the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol were “actors,” during a video podcast posted Monday on YouTube and the popular right wing platform Rumble.

Lieske and Roach host a show called “Minnesota Liberty Network.” On Monday, the two discussed the state Senate floor vote on a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s blanket pardon of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6. insurrection. Lieske was absent for the vote, and all 22 of the Republicans present voted against the resolution.

Kash Patel was not only appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation but also the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). However, he hasn't been seen at his second gig.

NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian posted on X that Patel has lost the job after he ghosted the bureau.

After President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform he would be reducing the "reciprocal tariffs" on all countries except China to 10 percent for 90 days, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took to X to proclaim this walkback was in fact a massive victory for the administration.

"[Treasury Secretary] Scott Bessent and I sat with the President while he wrote one of the most extraordinary Truth posts of his Presidency," wrote Lutnick. "The world is ready to work with President Trump to fix global trade, and China has chosen the opposite direction."

President Donald Trump was overheard bragging about a surge in the markets after he ordered a 90-day pause in tariffs that caused a stock selloff over the past week.

During a photo op with racing champions on Wednesday, microphones caught someone praising the president.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer spent his second day on Capitol Hill Wednesday, testifying before the House as President Donald Trump made a significant announcement about his trade war.

On Truth Social, Trump announced that he would suspend many of his tariffs again for 90 days while negotiations occur, while at the same time raising tariffs on China.