NEWSNATIONNOW (Bobby Oler) - Local TV news needs more leverage over networks to survive: Carr
Carr says a rule preventing a company from owning too many stations is holding journalism back.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - Milwaukee latest city to ban ICE masks: Is it legal?
Courts have yet to define how far the Supremacy Clause limits states' authority over federal officers, experts say.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Teddy Grant) - Amy Duggar says she spoke to girl accusing Joseph Duggar of sexual assault
Joseph Duggar has pleaded not guilty.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Jeff Arnold) - Why ICE won't abandon traffic stops after fatal shootings
A former ICE director says officers are not being as patient amid growing pressure to make more migrant arrests.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Zach Kaplan) - Wildfires from Canada, Minnesota affecting millions of Americans
Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York are among the states that have already issued air quality alerts.
NEWSNATIONNOW (JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press) - Heavy rains drenching South Texas, tornado reported in San Antonio
Warnings of potentially dangerous flash flooding were in effect for some areas as the deluge was forecast to continue.
AXIOS (Herb Scribner) - Vance: "We did" mishandle Epstein files release
Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration "mishandled" last year's release of the Epstein files during an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience." Why it matters: Vance's comments are among the clearest public acknowledgments yet from the Trump administration that the Epstein files release became a major political liability . - Many noted at the time that the Epstein files release was done alongside clumsy messaging and puzzling redactions — fueling sustained political pressure on President Trump and his administration. Driving the news: "If people want to say we mishandled the Epstein release, guilty. We did mishandle it — especially the communications of it," Vance told Rogan on the episode that premiered…
Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration "mishandled" last year's release of the Epstein files during an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience." Why it matters: Vance's comments are among the clearest public acknowledgments yet from the Trump administration that the Epstein files release became a major political liability . - Many noted at the time that the Epstein files release was done alongside clumsy messaging and puzzling redactions — fueling sustained political pressure on President Trump and his administration. Driving the news: "If people want to say we mishandled the Epstein release, guilty. We did mishandle it — especially the communications of it," Vance told Rogan on the episode that premiered…Open
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Maine shooting adds to growing immigration enforcement death toll
Map: Axios Visuals Johan Sebastián Guerrero, who was shot to death in Maine, is the latest in a string of people killed by federal immigration authorities since President Trump launched a nationwide immigration crackdown in his second term. The big picture: Federal officers have been involved in a string of violent encounters with motorists , protestors and bystanders as Trump's harsh immigration tactics collide with public backlash . Driving the news: Guerrero in Maine and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston were killed by federal immigration officers just days apart. - Both men were in their cars when they were killed, as were at least three others killed by federal agents. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero ICE was observing the last…
Map: Axios Visuals Johan Sebastián Guerrero, who was shot to death in Maine, is the latest in a string of people killed by federal immigration authorities since President Trump launched a nationwide immigration crackdown in his second term. The big picture: Federal officers have been involved in a string of violent encounters with motorists , protestors and bystanders as Trump's harsh immigration tactics collide with public backlash . Driving the news: Guerrero in Maine and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston were killed by federal immigration officers just days apart. - Both men were in their cars when they were killed, as were at least three others killed by federal agents. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero ICE was observing the last…Open
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Blanche sidesteps questions on federal agents at election sites
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to explicitly rule out deploying federal agents to polling places, saying only that he would "follow the law." Why it matters: Lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's use of federal agents near polling places are setting up a legal fight over whether those deployments violate federal protections against voter intimidation . What they're saying: When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked whether Blanche would "commit to following clear federal law" by not deploying armed federal agents to polling places, Blanche replied that he would "commit to following the law … no matter what it includes." - Klobuchar also asked if he understood why federal agents are a concern to voters,…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to explicitly rule out deploying federal agents to polling places, saying only that he would "follow the law." Why it matters: Lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's use of federal agents near polling places are setting up a legal fight over whether those deployments violate federal protections against voter intimidation . What they're saying: When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked whether Blanche would "commit to following clear federal law" by not deploying armed federal agents to polling places, Blanche replied that he would "commit to following the law … no matter what it includes." - Klobuchar also asked if he understood why federal agents are a concern to voters,…Open
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Measure to cut Israel aid fails in bipartisan House vote
A measure to prevent any State Department funding from going to Israel failed by a decisive margin in a House vote on Wednesday. Why it matters: The vote exposed deep divisions among House Democrats, with even the party's top two leaders taking divergent positions. - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and 97 other Democrats voted against the amendment, along with 215 Republicans. - But Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) — along with 102 other Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the measure's sponsor — voted for it. By the numbers: The amendment to the State Department funding bill ultimately failed in a 104-314 vote, with 10 members voting "present." Catch up quick: At issue for many Democrats was that the…
A measure to prevent any State Department funding from going to Israel failed by a decisive margin in a House vote on Wednesday. Why it matters: The vote exposed deep divisions among House Democrats, with even the party's top two leaders taking divergent positions. - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and 97 other Democrats voted against the amendment, along with 215 Republicans. - But Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) — along with 102 other Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the measure's sponsor — voted for it. By the numbers: The amendment to the State Department funding bill ultimately failed in a 104-314 vote, with 10 members voting "present." Catch up quick: At issue for many Democrats was that the…Open