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Key Highlights

• This is an incident that could expose members of our armed services to legal consequences,” the Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, said in a floor speech on Wednesday.
• “And yet the American public and the Congress are still not hearing basic facts.”Hegseth, who is in hot water after a report by the Pentagon’s inspector general concluded that he had violated departmental policies when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat in March, has sought to downplay his own involvement in the strike.
• Democratic senator Mark Warner has called for his resignation and Republican senator Lisa Murkowski said that Hegseth does not have her support. The briefing comes as The New York Times filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon, accusing the defense department of violating the first amendment with its new reporting restrictions. In other developments: The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown continues as federal agents descended upon New Orleans on Wednesday, sending fear through the region’s Latino community and prompting businesses to close.
• Gregory Bovino, the border patrol chief who has become the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, was spotted leading a group of masked agents through the historic French quarter as one woman heckled the agents.
• The operation in New Orleans came as Donald Trump continued his xenophobic attacks on Somali immigrants, telling reporters on Wednesday that “those Somalians should be out of here.