New Mexico legislators opened debate Wednesday on proposals to shore up safety net spending in response to President Donald Trump's recent cuts in a state with one of the highest rates of Medicaid and federal food assistance enrollment.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi met with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in Memphis on Wednesday, shortly after a task force of federal law enforcement agencies ordered by President Donald Trump began operating in the city.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer cast doubt on the prospect of running for president in 2028 while speaking in Toronto on Wednesday.

Some Americans were already feeling the pain, or at least disappointment, from the first day of the government shutdown on Wednesday.

The Department of Homeland Security's name-and-shame list for sanctuary jurisdictions appears to have landed on the scrap heap.

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Congress will continue to receive paychecks while the government is shut down, but others won't be paid until it's over.