Republican Tells Tlaib She's Getting 'A Little Emotional' After He Links Her To HezbollahA battle of words ensued on the House floor Wednesday during a debate about the Lebanon war powers resolution after Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) lobbed a misogynistic insult at his colleague, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).The squabble began when Miller said Tlaib, who is Muslim, "likes to hang out with" the "butchers" in Hezbollah.When Tlaib interrupted him, Miller fired back: "Oh, I'm sorry, are we getting a little emotional?"“You advocate for terrorism on a daily basis,” he continued as Tlaib yelled. “You advocate for a terrorist regime every single day.”“That is a direct attack on my character," Tlaib said. "I, please, request … to strike the words down.”Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.), who was presiding over the hearing, ruled that Miller's language was inappropriate and struck the comments from the record. Miller was also banned from speaking on the House floor for the rest of the day.Latest Live UpdatesGOP Lawmaker Busted By Video After Claiming She Was 'Smacked' By ActivistRep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) accused Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the activist group CODEPINK, of assaulting her outside the Capitol on Wednesday. But video of the incident painted a very different picture. “After I questioned Secretary Rubio on Code Pink and their ties to the CCP, their organization followed me out, berated me, and then their head person here in DC smacked me. I will be filing charges,” Luna wrote on X following the incident. Read more here: Breaking UpdateTrump Says He's Nominating Todd Blanche To Serve As Attorney GeneralPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role.Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide.Read more from The Associated Press:Trump Tells Aides He Would Consider Ending Ceasefire If U.S. Troops Are Killed: WSJPresident Donald Trump has told aides he would consider ending a ceasefire with Iran if U.S. troops are killed, sources familiar with the discussions told The Wall Street Journal. The report comes amid repeated strikes from Iran, which have upped pressure on Trump to respond.Earlier Wednesday, Trump indicated the ceasefire was holding strong, telling reporters: "In that part of the world, ceasefire is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner."Read more in The Wall Street Journal: Key MomentIsrael And Lebanon Agree To Implement Ceasefire, Trump Admin SaysIsrael and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, the Trump administration said on Wednesday, in a boost to hopes for a broader deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.Tehran, which had conditioned any deal with the U.S. in part on an end to fighting between Israel and Lebanon, earlier struck Kuwait, damaging its airport and injuring dozens while the U.S. military carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz.Read more from Reuters:After 6 Months Of Silence, NASA Says Mars Maven Spacecraft Is DeadAfter six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead.The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations.Read more from The Associated Press:Trump Talks Up The Slush Fund His Administration Said Isn't Happening Anymore: 'I Love It'At an executive order signing Wednesday, President Donald Trump continued to talk up his $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," just 24 hours after his acting attorney general said the controversial fund was now off the table.“I love it,” Trump said of the fund. “I think it’s so important."When reporters asked him to clarify the fund's status, Trump replied, "I’d have to ask the lawyers." "The weaponization fund, as far as I’m concerned, was a beautiful thing," he continued.Democrats are pressuring the administration to confirm in writing the slush fund's demise. The president's continued touting of the payouts is evidence of why that's necessary, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) noted."In case you're wondering why I won't stop until 'no slush fund' is in law," Van Hollen wrote on social media, pointing to Trump's comments during the executive order signing. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche bristled Tuesday when asked about putting the change on paper.“I’m not committing to putting anything in writing," he said when Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) asked him about doing so during a hearing.“I don’t know what the purpose of putting something in writing. I’m telling you what we’re doing,” he continued.Voters In California City Become First In Nation To Ban Data CentersResidents near the Los Angeles area became the first in the U.S. to successfully ban the controversial data centers popping up across the country.As of Wednesday evening, about 86% of voters in Monterey Park had elected to support Measure NDC, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. The proposition said it will ban the facilities "to protect air quality, drinking water resources and public health" and to "prevent impacts to electricity and water rates."Communities across the U.S. have been voicing their growing anger over the financial and environmental concerns that stem from Big Tech's development of loud, massive AI data centers near their homes. The results of the Monterey Park vote signal to the San Gabriel Valley, California and the rest of the U.S. that residents can beat back tech billionaires at the ballot box."The vote is a testament to the people power of our region," San Gabriel Valley Progressive Action co-founder Amy Wong told the Los Angeles Times. "Our region is worth protecting, and we won't let data centers determine our future."Breaking UpdateFor The First Time, House Votes To End The Iran War In Rebuke To TrumpThe House voted Wednesday to end the war in Iran, passing a war powers resolution requiring President Donald Trump to get congressional approval before carrying out any more military operations in the region.The final vote was 215 to 208, with four Republicans joining Democrats in passing the measure. Those four GOP members were Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Tom Barrett (Mich.) and Warren Davidson (Ohio).Read more:Democratic Nominee In Montana Says She Won't Drop Out Of Race To Clear Path For IndependentAlani Bankhead, an Air Force veteran who won the Democratic Senate nomination in Montana on Tuesday night, said Wednesday she would not drop out of the race to clear a path for Seth Bodnar, an independent candidate many party leaders believe has a far better chance at prying the seat out of Republican hands."We said it over and over again: I will not drop out of this race," she wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "No one approached myself or anyone on staff to bend the knee to anyone."Bodnar, a former Green Beret and University of Montana president, has raised substantially more money than Bankhead and has the backing of former Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.). Democrats think he has a shot at defeating the GOP nominee, former U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme, but not if he splits the vote with another candidate in bright-red Montana.SpaceX IPO Set To Be Biggest Ever And Could Make Elon Musk A TrillionaireSpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world’s first trillionaire.The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said Wednesday it will sell 555.6 million shares at $135 a piece. The offering would give SpaceX a market value of $1.77 trillion. Only six companies in the S&P 500 are currently worth more, with Nvidia tops at $5.2 trillion.Read more from The Associated Press:See All Updates