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A witness who was called to testify before the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday scathed the senators who were present for trying to "distort the record" about judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump.

Trump has repeatedly threatened judges during his second administration and called for those who rule against him to be impeached. Some of those threats have inspired Trump-supporters to also threaten judges, according to reports.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper did not hold back when he fact-checked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for putting out false information about a lethal shooting where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed a U.S. citizen on Wednesday.

ICE agents shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in southern Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was attempting to drive away from a raid. Videos circulated online show the woman trying to wave at agents in an unmarked vehicle before they stopped, exited the vehicle, and approached her. Agents pulled their weapons as the woman attempted to drive away and shot her at least three times.

President Donald Trump has proposed a 50% increase in the United States' military budget.

In a Wednesday announcement on Truth Social, Trump concluded that the Pentagon's budget should be increased from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion.

A self-described "right-leaning" witness to the deadly shooting in Minneapolis on Tuesday was left aghast by what he saw out of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

An ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was turning her car around after driving up on an immigration raid, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Video posted online shows the driver trying to wave a couple of unmarked ICE vehicles by before agents approached the car with weapons drawn. The woman tried to drive away and was shot three or four times from a close distance, according to the report. The woman, who is a U.S. citizen, died in the vehicle.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested that the U.S. would invade Venezuela with troops unless the country allowed between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil to be brought to the U.S.

During a Wednesday interview on the Charlie Kirk show, host Blake Neff asked Hegseth what would prompt President Donald Trump to put "boots on the ground" in Venezuela.

The Supreme Court could finally be preparing to challenge Donald Trump's presidential power grab this year, according to legal analysts tracking the high court's trajectory.

Matt Ford, staff writer at The New Republic, wrote Wednesday that while the conservative majority has largely rubber-stamped Trump's agenda in his second term, recent decisions suggest the justices may be ready to draw some lines. A telling sign came just before Christmas when the court blocked Trump from deploying the National Guard to Chicago for immigration enforcement. The ruling forced the president to withdraw National Guard units from multiple cities.

President Donald Trump said he was slashing the salaries of defense contractor CEOs until they speed up equipment production.

In a Wednesday post on Truth Social, the president seemed to express an insatiable demand for military equipment. The post came just hours after immigration agents in his administration shot a woman to death in Minnesota.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey reacted to the shooting of a woman by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Wednesday by revealing that officials had "dreaded" the moment.

"What we do know is that a 37-year-old woman is dead and that she was shot by ICE," Frey said at a press conference after the shooting. "We've dreaded this moment since the early stages of this ice presence in Minneapolis. Not only is this a concern that we've had internally, we've been talking about it."