There's Been A Major Spike In ICE Arrests In The Last Week: NYTThere’s been a massive surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in the last five days, according to a New York Times report, which found that more than 10,000 people had been detained during that period. The Trump administration has quietly ramped up arrests after its heavy-handed deployments of federal agents garnered significant public backlash. Read more in The Times: Latest Live UpdatesTrump Admin Sues California, Virginia Over New Gun LawsThe Trump administration sued California and Virginia on Wednesday over new laws in both states that restrict the sale of semiautomatic firearms.The two separate lawsuits filed by the Justice Department in federal court say the laws violate the Second Amendment.Read more from The Associated Press: Colorado Gov Fires Officials Who Opposed Clemency For Election Denier: ReportColorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) has fired two members of his clemency board after they publicly opposed his decision to commute the sentence of election denier Tina Peters, The New York Times reported. Board members Hannah Seigel Proff and Azra Taslimi were reportedly sacked after they revealed that the clemency board had voted twice not to grant Peters clemency. In a letter to Proff and Taslimi, Polis wrote: "You breached the required duty of confidentiality by publicly divulging board members’ votes,” the Times reported.Read more:Navy Crewmember Missing After Helicopter Conducts Emergency Landing In Arabian SeaOne crewmember is missing after a naval helicopter conducted an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said in a social media statement.“There is no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action,” the U.S. Navy said. “Three of the helicopter’s four crew members have been recovered and are in stable condition aboard George H. W. Bush. U.S. Navy assets in the region are currently searching for other aircrewman still missing.”Read more from The Washington Post: North Carolina Man Charged In Shooting Death Of Postal WorkerA North Carolina man has been charged in the death of 35-year-old postal service worker Brandi Reynolds, who was killed along her rural mail route last Friday, police said. William Craig Durham was arrested in connection with Reynolds' death and is being held without bond. Reynolds' husband was killed just months earlier after being involved in a car crash in December 2025. She is survived by two daughters, described as "her whole world" in an online obituary. Judge Blocks U.S. Postal Service's Proposed Restrictions On Mail-In VotingA federal judge on Wednesday blocked the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed restrictions on mail-in voting, finding that they violated a settlement with a leading civil rights group that required expedited mail-in ballot handling.The decision by Washington-based U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan marked the second defeat in the courts in as many weeks for U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to severely restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, with his Republican Party locked in a tight battle to maintain control of both houses of Congress.Read more from Reuters:Trump Shows Off $400 Million Jumbo Jet He Solicited From Qatari Royal FamilyPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday took his first flight on a new Air Force One ― a $400 million jumbo jet he solicited from the Qatari royal family that required hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded upgrades and which Trump plans to take with him when he leaves office.“I’m excited about the first flight. It’s something ― nobody’s ever seen anything like it,” he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland as he prepared to climb aboard.Read more:Active Duty Air Force Major Arrested After Calling For Trump's ImpeachmentAn active duty Air Force major was arrested Wednesday after he publicly called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance outside the nation's Capitol building."When the President of the United States orders military action against foreign countries, absent an emergency scenario, where American interests are under imminent, dire threat -- as was done with Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran -- that’s an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’ authority, and a violation of the War Powers Clause," Air Force Major Jason Watson said in part. "These violations resulted in the deaths of 13 service members, and injuries of hundreds more.""For this, the president and vice president must be impeached, convicted, and removed," Watson added.Watson later stood on the Capitol steps holding a sign that said "Impeach. Convict. Remove." Video shows him being arrested by Capitol Police.He was arrested in an area that is open to the public, but where protesting is prohibited.Russia’s Total Military Casualties Hit 1.4 Million, More Than Double Ukraine’s, Disturbing War Study FindsRussia’s military has suffered approximately 1.4 million battlefield casualties, including as many as 450,000 deaths, since the start of its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to a study published Wednesday.The total number of deaths is approximately three times the number experienced by Ukraine’s military, which has suffered between 525,000 and 625,000 casualties and between 125,000 and 150,000 fatalities, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington."Russian fatalities in Ukraine are more than four times greater than all U.S. fatalities in all wars combined since World War II, and more than nine times greater than all Soviet and Russian fatalities in all wars combined since World War II,” the report states.Russia’s monthly casualty rates, of more than 30,000 per month so far this year, also likely exceeds the military’s recruitment rates of roughly 27,000 new recruits per months, the study adds.“The number of Russian casualties and fatalities are astonishing,” it concludes. “Since World War II, no major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities in any war, leaving Russia with a grim and unparalleled recent historical record.”Trump Says He Won't Lose Country To 'This Group Of Losers'President Donald Trump attacked Democrats in a rambling speech Wednesday during the Theodore Roosevelt Museum dedication in North Dakota."And we’re not gonna lose it to this group of losers. Can you imagine?" Trump said of the U.S. and of Democrats. "Have you seen these people? The press is just building them up. They’re losers, OK? They’re nasty people, but they’re losers."Trump then promised to "teach them.""We’ll teach them," he continued. "We’re gonna teach them. They’re not gonna hurt our country."McConnell's Office Declines To Elaborate On His Health Scare Amid New ReportsSen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) office declined to elaborate when asked about a Wednesday report from Punchbowl News that he was found unconscious in his home last month when first responders arrived to take him to the hospital, according to audio from a 911 call.When reached for comment, McConnell's office did not offer any additional details but shared a statement from last week: "Senator McConnell is still working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery. However, he will not be voting this week," his office said.Independent journalist Desirée Townsend also posted a clip of the 911 call from June 14, the day McConnell was admitted to the hospital, in which the dispatcher said someone was unconscious. Neither McConnell nor his office have stated the cause for his hospitalization.See All Updates