Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton requested that IRS Commissioner Billy Long launch an investigation into the nonprofit status of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' alleged ties to terrorist organizations.
Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, just days before President Trump's deadline for the Kremlin to end its war with Ukraine or face harsh penalties.
President Trump slapped India with increased tariffs Wednesday over the country's purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs to 50% in a new display of punishment for Moscow's war in Ukraine.
President Trump on Wednesday is expected to celebrate at the White House a commitment by Apple to increase its U.S. investments by an additional $100 billion over the next four years.
The Supreme Court of Texas has ordered the top Democrat in the Texas state legislature to respond to a lawsuit filed by Gov. Greg Abbott that seeks to remove him from office.
The Trump administration expanded its war on Mexico's cartels Wednesday by freezing the assets of leaders of Cartel del Noreste and "narco-rapper" El Makabelico, whom U.S. authorities said uses his concerts to launder money for the designated foreign terrorist organization.
President Trump has been berated by critics who fear he will defy the courts, but in recent weeks, federal judges have tested the boundaries of the law, with a series of rulings that seem to challenge Supreme Court pronouncements.