Closing summary
This ends our live coverage of the second Trump administration for Wednesday, but we will be back at it on Thursday. Here are the latest developments:
The Texas house approved a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts, passing a new map on Wednesday by a vote of 88-52 that fulfills Donald Trump’s desire to tilt the US House map in his favor before the 2026 midterm elections. The measure is expected to be approved by the Republican-dominated state senate and signed into law by the state’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott.
The vice-president, JD Vance, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, staged a photo op with National Guard troops at Union Station in the nation’s capital. They were roundly booed and jeered on their way in and out of the station.
A federal judge denied the justice department’s bid to unseal records from the grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein in 2019. US district judge Richard Berman said the small number of documents seen by the court pale in comparison with the 100,000 records the government already has on Epstein and that disclosing them could harm victims.
Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor Trump has called on to immediately resign over an accusation that she falsely declared a property she obtained a mortgage on was her primary residence, responded on Wednesday that she has “no intention of being bullied to step down”.
Trump has bought at least $100m of bonds since he returned to office in January, according to a CNBC analysis of new filings from the president with the US Office of Government Ethics.
A young American citizen who was violently arrested by federal immigration officers in Los Angeles county in June, after he objected to the arrest of an older man in a Walmart parking lot, was charged with conspiracy to impede a federal officer.
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White House video erases jeers and boos for Vance at Union Station
A White House social media video of the vice-president, JD Vance, visiting National Guard troops at Union Station in Washington DC on Wednesday covers up the jeers and boos with which he was greeted by protesters with stirring music and audio of his remarks.
At one moment shown in the video, when Vance shook hands with soldiers, video broadcast earlier in the day by C-SPAN shows that protesters could be heard chanting “Free DC!” In the White House edit, the same moment is covered by Vance’s remarks and music.
At another moment shown in the edit, as Vance is seen crossing through the station flanked by Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, and Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, video recorded in the station by bystanders shows that protesters were jeering the men.
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