PRICE PUSH: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told NEWSMAX Tuesday that President Trump is exploring every option to drive down prices and ease the financial burden on Americans. MORE: https://bit.ly/4hKirpr

MORNING MISSION: War Secretary Pete Hegseth joined Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing for an early-morning PT session at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on Wednesday.

MENDING FENCES: Geraldo Rivera told NEWSMAX that he still loves President Donald Trump despite their political falling-out and hopes the two longtime friends can eventually reconcile after Trump leaves the White House. https://bit.ly/4zdUdea

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism from across the political spectrum over a statement marking the third anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, with critics saying he devoted too much of his message to condemning Israel rather than commemorating the Israeli victims of the attack. MORE: https://bit.ly/4rYxIYw

TONIGHT: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee joins “Rob Schmitt Tonight” to reflect on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel and discuss the Trump administration’s next steps to end the war in Iran — 7 PM ET on NEWSMAX. MORE: https://www.newsmaxtv.com/robschmitt

WELCOME HOME: Carl Higbie visits Naval Air Station North Island in California as the USS Abraham Lincoln returns after its historic Middle East deployment. Don't miss "Frontline," Thursday at 6 PM ET, only on NEWSMAX.

RUBIO WARNS EUROPE: Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Trump’s America First foreign policy and urged Europe to “wake up” because the West risks “atrophy, servitude, and decline” if it fails to maintain its global influence. https://bit.ly/4B0KOIM

KENNEDY OFFERS ASSISTANCE: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered New York Gov. Kathy Hochul federal support in battling the state’s measles outbreak. https://bit.ly/4jutlSP

Democrats have "peaked early" heading into the November elections, Rep. Andy Harris told NEWSMAX, predicting voters will favor Republicans as they weigh competing approaches to affordability, taxes, and border security. https://bit.ly/4yJZGtC

The Department of Transportation is proposing to boost grants for major transit projects by 10% in areas that have above-average marriage and birth rates and impose strict deadlines to ensure projects remain on schedule. https://bit.ly/3VooAAd

LINCOLN COMES HOME: The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego on Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea. https://bit.ly/4zrKwsR

President Donald Trump said that U.S. officials do not believe a Russian lab worker’s death was linked to a bioweapon. “We’re going to find out soon enough, but we don’t think so,” Trump told reporters. https://bit.ly/4zrcEfL

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of helping push the Trump administration into the war with Iran. https://bit.ly/4rW22CW

‘MEAN GIRLS PERSONIFIED’: A columnist argued the Indiana Fever should move on from Sophie Cunningham over her “turbulent” takes. “The Right Squad” fires back, calling the criticism personal and arguing that Cunningham brings positive attention to the WNBA.

https://youtu.be/QSal5Gt3FaM

LAKE CALLS FOR CRACKDOWN: Kari Lake warned on NEWSMAX that violent demonstrations in France could foreshadow unrest in the U.S., calling for the denaturalization and deportation of people who lied on their citizenship applications. https://bit.ly/4jbJ5Ki

RAPPER’S RAP SHEET GROWS: More than 30 cases in 13 years, yet rapper Big Ivy is back on the streets after her latest run-in with the law. Critics say judges are “rolling the dice with public safety.” NEWSMAX Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera has more on “Wake Up America.”

https://youtu.be/jFuJJStnxWE

WELCOME HOME: Carl Higbie visits Naval Air Station North Island in California as the USS Abraham Lincoln returns after its historic Middle East deployment. Don't miss "Frontline," TONIGHT at 6 PM ET, only on NEWSMAX. MORE: https://bit.ly/4zrKwsR

TRUMP TO HONOR MUSK: President Donald Trump is expected to award SpaceX CEO Elon Musk the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor for scientists and engineers, according to a report. https://bit.ly/4jgrsJj

“It's one of the most disgusting things I have ever heard out of the mouth of a public official.”

— U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee slammed NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his comments regarding Israel and the Oct. 7 anniversary

https://youtu.be/S1543OnbeLc

BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance announces that Microsoft’s access to the PERM program has been suspended amid an ongoing investigation, accusing the company of laying off American workers while benefiting from thousands of H-1B visas and green cards.

https://youtu.be/RFdvHMpM_4M