Natalie Kitroeff

The president is calling into question their American-ness and really calling into question whether your ability as an immigrant or a child of immigrants to call yourself an American depends on where you're from.

And I'd imagine whether their American-ness could be called into question any time a single or a few members of their community make a mistake.

And Ernesto, what about the reckoning that you described happening in Minnesota around the original scandal that prompted all of this, the fraud?

I mean, you had said that the state was really starting to have a conversation about how this fear of being perceived as racist or called racist, the fear of a backlash, had led to this very well-intentioned system being totally corrupted.

Where does that conversation stand now?

Well, Ernesto, thanks so much.

We'll be right back.

On Wednesday, President Trump announced a plan to weaken fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new cars and light trucks, calling them a scam.

It was his latest move to gut fuel restrictions put in place by the Biden administration to help address climate change.

Trump said the efficiency requirements made cars too costly for automakers to build and too expensive for Americans to buy.

The administration claimed the new rules would shave $1,000 off the cost of a new car.

And in a report that's scheduled to be released on Thursday, the Pentagon's acting inspector general said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brist endangering American troops earlier this year when he used a private messaging app to discuss military plans.

The Pentagon's internal inquiry centered on Hegseth's role in a group chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, where he discussed imminent strikes in Yemen with other senior Trump officials.

The chat became public because a journalist was added to the group by mistake.

Today's episode was produced by Diana Nguyen, Nina Feldman, and Stella Tan.

It was edited by M.J.

Davis-Lynn and Michael Benoit, contains music by Alisha E. Toop and Marion Lozano, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley.

That's it for The Daily.

I'm Natalie Kitchoeth.

See you tomorrow.