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President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate Miles Taylor, a member of his first administration who wrote a New York Times op-ed under the pseudonym "Anonymous" claiming to be a member of the so-called resistance.

"What this presidential memorandum is going to do, one, it's going to strip any active clearance that he has in light of his past activities involving classified information," White House staff secretary Will Scharf explained as he handed the executive order to the president. "It's also going to order the Department of Justice to investigate his activities to see what else might come up in that context, given his egregious behavior during your previous administration."

For his part, Trump accused Taylor of saying "terrible things."

"And I think it's like a traitor. It's like spying. He walks into the office. He's supposed to be sitting here," he explained. "And he wrote a book, Anonymous, and I always thought it was terrible. And now we have a chance to find out whether or not it was terrible."

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"And if it was a Democrat president, I'd say that's a terrible thing," the president claimed. "And it's time to find out whether or not somebody can do that. Can they write a book about very confidential meetings? Because I happen to be one of a lot of people in a room, and they go out and write a book. And worse than that, call it anonymous, like it's a big deal."

"And I think he's guilty of treason, if you want to know the truth. But we'll find out. And I assume we're recommending this to the Department of Justice."

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House Republicans have reportedly inserted language into a procedural measure that would effectively prevent the chamber from voting on resolutions to curtail U.S. President Donald Trump's authority to impose tariffs unilaterally, a move that Democratic lawmakers condemned as spineless.

"This is cowardice of a kind our predecessors in this body frankly could not have imagined, and it is a gross betrayal of their constituents," Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) said in a statement ahead of the planned vote, which is expected to take place late Wednesday afternoon.

The vote will come after Trump announced on his social media platform that he is pausing for 90 days the higher "reciprocal tariffs" he announced last week, while leaving in place the 10% universal tariffs on imports. One exception to the 90-day pause is China, which Trump said will face a 125% tariff "effective immediately."

Trump's decision to pause some of his tariffs came amid mounting backlash within the U.S. and abroad, including from Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

On Tuesday, a group of House Democrats led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) introduced a privileged resolution that, if passed, would terminate the national emergency Trump declared on April 2 in order to impose his sweeping tariffs, which are unpopular with the American public.

Privileged resolutions in the House typically must receive floor consideration within two legislative days. But the language that House Republicans included in the procedural measure would "turn off privilege for any resolution dealing with the April 2 trade emergency," Punchbowl's Jake Sherman reported Wednesday.

The provision states that each day between April 9 and September 30 of this year "shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the president on April 2, 2025."

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has vocally criticized Trump's tariff scheme, ripped House Republicans for shielding the president by declaring that "days don't exist anymore."

"They have passed a rule saying that, you know, not that day is night, but the days don't exist at all, that we aren't going to have any calendar days, because miraculously, by rule, we have decreed there are no days," said Paul, who earlier this week joined a group of Senate Democrats in introducing a privileged resolution that would end Trump's emergency declaration.

Beyer said Wednesday that a vote for the House GOP rule "is a vote for Trump's tariffs."

"Anyone who claims to want to retake congressional authority over trade and tariffs must vote against this rule," he added.

The rule vote, if successful, would pave the way for consideration of the House GOP's budget resolution, which would advance the party's plan to slash taxes for the rich while cutting Medicaid and other key federal assistance programs.

During a fundraising event on Tuesday, Trump instructed House Republicans to blindly support his policy agenda.

"Close your eyes and get there," the president said, a message directed at the handful of Republicans who have wavered on supporting the budget resolution.

The wild market fluctuations caused by President Donald Trump's tariff announcements raised questions Wednesday afternoon about the potential for insider trading.

Financial markets continued to free-fall Wednesday morning over Trump's tariffs for U.S. trading partners at an average rate of 29 percent. Trump posted on Truth Social, "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT"

After Trump announced that afternoon that he was issuing a 90-day reprieve on all tariffs except for those leveled against China, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 2,500 points, while the Nasdaq surged 10%.

This series of events led some, including Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), to wonder aloud who made money on the week-long financial roller-coaster ride.

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"Trump is creating giant market fluctuations with his on-again, off-again tariffs," Schiff posted to X. "These constant gyrations in policy provide dangerous opportunities for insider trading."

Schiff asked, "Who in the administration knew about Trump's latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense? I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know."

One woman whose bio dubbed her a conservative, agreed with Schiff, posting, "There needs to be an investigation. The market was up $35, when the news broke and within minutes it went to $1K than to over $2.5K. It was plain for all to see."

Market watcher, @unusual_whales, with 2.2 million followers on X, posted, "Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand. You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those calls are up 2100% in one hour. You can see all volume was literally opened TODAY!!!!!!!!!! (That little green arrow). You can see all volume is new opening volume (not only on the Zero days, but also on the weekly $QQQ and $TQQQ calls).

They continued, "This is especially odd given IVR on these was around 82 this morning, with IV through the roof. The traders really wanted to trade directionally... In fact, using Unusual Whales' net premium, you can see people have been loading calls trading for a reversal, following these opening calls. Very clear example here. Insane, someone knew."