Overview

• The White House scheduled a Wednesday afternoon listening session where the president will give remarks before hearing from invited participants.
• Cabinet and senior officials slated to speak include Attorney General Pam Bondi, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, policy adviser Stephen Miller, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
• Independent journalists expected to participate include Nick Sortor, Cam Higby, Jonathan Choe, Andy Ngo, Katie Daviscourt, James Klug, Savanah Hernandez, Nick Shirley, Brandi Kruse, and Julio Rojas.
• The event follows a September executive order that designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and outlined the administration’s rationale centered on alleged political violence.
• A federal judge temporarily blocked the administration’s plan to deploy troops to Oregon, and the White House is publicly praising independent reporters while criticizing mainstream coverage.