What to Know

• During a tense Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Trump played clips he claimed showed support in South Africa for targeting white farmers. Ramaphosa emphasized that such remarks in the videos did not represent his government's policies.
• Members of the House Freedom Caucus met with Trump amid ongoing negotiations over the big budget bill to support the president's agenda.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a gifted Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said today.
• After a deportation flight with eight migrants reportedly intended for South Sudan left from Texas this week, a federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration had violated a previous order.
• Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has died at the age of 75 after announcing last month that he would retire from Congress next year because his esophageal cancer had returned.