The Latest: Indiana GOP rejects redrawn congressional map despite pressure from Trump

Indiana's Republican-led Senate has decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump and delivering a stark setback to the White House ahead of next year's midterm elections.

The vote on Thursday was overwhelmingly against the proposed redistricting, with more Republicans opposing than supporting the measure, signaling the limits of Trump's influence even in one of the country's most conservative states.

Trump has been urging Republicans nationwide to redraw their congressional maps in an unusual campaign to help the party maintain its thin majority in the House of Representatives. Although Texas, Missouri, Ohio and North Carolina went along, Indiana did not — despite cajoling and insults from the president and the possibility of primary challenges.

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Thai and Cambodian leaders agree to renew a ceasefire after days of deadly clashes

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes had threatened to undo a ceasefire the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year.

Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting on Friday following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.

Administration says sign language services ‘intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image

Department of Justice attorneys make that argument in responding to a lawsuit against the White House by the National Association for the Deaf.

Government lawyers haven't elaborated on how doing so might hamper the portrayal Trump seeks to present to the public. But overturning policies encompassing diversity, equity and inclusion have become a hallmark of his second administration.

The association sued the White House in May, saying not using American Sign Language interpretation at press briefings or when Trump gives remarks prohibits ''meaningful access to the White House's real-time communications'' to the Deaf community and hard of hearing.

A White House spokesperson did not immediately comment Friday.

President Donald Trump's administration is ending the temporary status that has allowed more than 4,500 Ethiopians to live and work in the United States for more than three years.

The decision announced Friday by the Department of Homeland Security comes as the White House moves to put more immigrants in the U.S. eligible for deportation. Ethiopia is the latest in a string of countries to lose Temporary Protection Status.

DHS said that conditions in Ethiopia have improved and no longer pose a serious threat to the safety of returning Ethiopian nationals.

Ethiopians in the U.S. with no other lawful status have 60 days to voluntarily leave the country, said DHS. After February 13, 2026, DHS may arrest and deport Ethiopians whose TPS has been terminated.

During the Biden administration, the number of people protected by TPS grew significantly. Nearly 1 million Venezuelans and Haitians were protected. President Trump has already ended TPS for Venezuelans, Hondurans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, Ukrainians, and thousands of people from Syria, Afghanistan, Nepal and Cameroon.

Trump successfully harnessed voter anxiety over the economy, immigration and crime last year to retake the White House — and lift plenty of other Republicans into office with him. But as the party tries to keep its grip on complete control in Washington, that strategy may be harder to replicate.

Republicans have lost a series of elections over the past month, some resoundingly. The latest setbacks came this week when a Democrat won the Miami mayor's race for the first time in three decades. Democrats also won a special election in a historically Republican district in Georgia.

There are also signs that Trump's influence over his party has its limits, and he failed Thursday to persuade Indiana state senators to approve a new congressional map that could have helped Republicans pick up two more seats.

Perhaps most concerning for Republicans, Trump is losing ground on the very issues that powered his comeback victory last year, potentially undermining his utility as a surrogate for the party's candidates in the midterm elections. Only 31% of U.S. adults now approve of how he's handling the economy, down from 40% in March, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Trump sued by preservationists over White House ballroom project

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking a federal court to stop Trump's White House ballroom project until it goes through comprehensive design reviews and public comments and wins approval from Congress.

The National Trust argues that Trump, by fast-tracking the project, has committed multiple violations of the Administrative Procedures Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, while also exceeding his constitutional authority by not seeking congressional approval for a project of this scale.

Trump, a Republican, already has bypassed the federal government's usual building practices and historical reviews when he razed the East Wing of the White House. He has more recently fired the initial architects for a ballroom that itself would be nearly twice the size of the White House before East Wing's demolition.

House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate

House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew.

The photos released Friday were separate from the case files that the Department of Justice is now compelled to release.

The photos were released without captions or context and included a black-and-white image of Trump alongside six women whose faces were blacked out. The committee did not say why their faces were blacked out.

Trump signs executive order to block state AI regulations

Trump has signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy.

Members of Congress from both parties, as well as civil liberties and consumer rights groups, have pushed for more regulations on AI, saying there is not enough oversight for the powerful technology.

Congress members call for nursing to be considered ‘professional'

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered ''professional,'' adding to public outcry after nurses were omitted from a new agency definition.

The Trump administration's list of professional programs includes medicine, law and theology but leaves out nursing and some other fields that industry groups had asked to be included. The ''professional'' label would allow students to borrow larger amounts of federal loans to pursue graduate degrees in those fields.

Trump to honor 1980 ''Miracle on Ice'' Olympic hockey team

The president will sign a bill awarding Congressional Gold Medals to members of the U.S. men's ice hockey team who defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union team during the Cold War.