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President Donald Trump's efforts to deport immigrants have created a "frightening" possibility, according to a former GOP lawmaker.

Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican representative from Illinois, joined CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" on Wednesday to discuss how the public has responded to Trump's deportation operations. Kinzinger said the negative reviews that the operations have received appear to have had no impact on the conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Former U.S. Naval War College professor Tom Nichols penned a column for The Atlantic after President Donald Trump's speech to top military leaders, noting that it's clear he is "not okay."

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace pointed to Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA), who made the same comment to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that "the president is not well." The exchange was captured on video ahead of Dean's conversation with Wallace on Tuesday, and Johnson replied that he didn't watch Trump's speech.

A former federal prosecutor is sounding the alarm over President Donald Trump's speech to the military's top brass, which he called "depraved and demeaning."

Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke on Tuesday at a hastily organized meeting of America's top military leaders. Trump called on America's military to use force to quell domestic disturbances and to treat American cities like "training grounds." Hegseth gave a performative speech, which a Fox News host said looked like something that would be seen in China or North Korea.

President Donald Trump announced that he would make significant cuts to counterterrorism in some of the largest terrorist targets in the United States. It's a move that several national security experts are calling Trump's way of "defunding police."

The New York Times reported Tuesday that Trump announced he would shift millions in counterterrorism funds from New York to North Carolina, Indiana and Tennessee.

FBI Director Kash Patel announced he had cut the agency's ties with the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an international Jewish organization that linked slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to extremism.

In a Wednesday post on X, Patel suggested that the FBI would no longer work with the ADL because former Director James Comey had initiated the cooperation.

Scott Brown grows soybeans in Arkansas and has sounded the alarm for months about costs incurred by President Donald Trump's administration, which have affected him and others.

Instead of the "America First" policies promised by Trump in 2024, Brown said he woke up to see the United States was sending $20 billion to bail out Argentina, which is in direct competition with U.S. soybean farmers.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) revealed President Donald Trump's plans for the government shutdown on Wednesday during a new episode of his podcast, "Verdict."

The federal government shut down on Wednesday after Republicans and Democrats failed to strike a deal on a bill to fund the government through the end of the year. Republicans have blamed Democrats for the shutdown, arguing that Democrats proposed giving "free healthcare" to immigrants. Democrats have said Republicans refused to negotiate their bill, which some Democrats have said is highly partisan.

A lesser-noticed part of President Donald Trump's controversial, rambling speech to a crowd of generals at Quantico this week got a brutal fact-check on Wednesday, as he made several incorrect claims about a district court ruling that went against him, but that he claimed was in fact a win.

The case stemmed from his exclusion of The Associated Press from White House events due to their refusal to abide by his executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden blocked this ruling, calling it a "brazen" violation of the First Amendment — but that isn't how Trump described what happened in his speech.

President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth didn't mention it in their speeches before the generals, but thousands of military personnel will soon be required to take random polygraphs.

The Washington Post cited two sources in a Wednesday report saying the Pentagon "plans to impose strict nondisclosure agreements and random polygraph testing for scores of people in its headquarters, including many top officials."

U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan has granted a restraining order preventing the Trump administration from withholding counterterrorism funds from New York City's Subway system.

In a ruling on Wednesday, Kaplan sided with New York Attorney General Letitia James, noting that "3,000 people died within sight of this courthouse" during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

The White House budget chief said he would cancel funding for green energy projects in 16 blue states in an apparent response to the government shutdown.

"Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled," Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought revealed in a Wednesday afternoon post on X.

President Donald Trump's administration announced the halt of two massive projects in New York City on Wednesday, cutting billions of dollars for the hometown of the Democratic Party's leaders just hours after a government shutdown.

But the move just killed the Republican Party's dreams of winning the governorship in neighboring New Jersey, Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said.