Firing Squad

THE LATEST

JD Vance told reporters he’s “not going to be watching” any livestreamed execution of the Fort Hood shooter — and cast doubt on whether the government will actually broadcast it.

• “I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen,” he said. “Let’s sort of, see — I think it’s going to happen in December, when he’s executed.”

Scoop: Religious freedom groups say soldiers are preemptively attempting to opt out of participating in the firing squad, with one telling an advocate: “I do not want my children or my family watching me pull a trigger.”

Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia has been offered the position of White House press secretary, Donald Trump announced today.

THE ADMINISTRATION

Federal immigration agents who shot a man with his 5-year-old son in the car were wearing body cameras that were turned on, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said today.

• A federal judge blocked the administration from deporting the man, who is from the Dominican Republic.

Trump announced he has reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to boost global diesel supplies, seeking to bring down soaring fuel prices.

Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency used subterfuge and decoy planes to conceal Trump’s whereabouts before the secret operation that allowed him to leave Turkey this summer amid reported Iranian threats.

Trump’s latest effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook includes establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that she made false statements on mortgage applications.

As the war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen escalates, the Trump administration is resisting requests to enter the fighting directly, even as Washington provides military assistance to the Saudis.

The FBI wants to hire the UFC to train its special agents under a one-year deal that would bypass the competitive bidding process typically used for federal contracts.

THE HILL

Exclusive: Moderate Democrats are introducing a bill to end pocket rescissions and wrest back congressional control over government spending from the president.

The House published Maine Republican Paul LePage’s financial disclosure, dated Tuesday, three days after The Sun reported he had missed the deadline. The disclosure document is consistent with LePage’s filing from last year.

THE COURTS

Wisconsin Democrats are suing the Trump administration over the president’s campaign-style broadcast ads.

LOVING HIM WAS RED

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