DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced the cancellation of TPS for Venezuelans on Fox and Friends Wednesday morning, claiming the Biden administration’s move to extend protections for Venezuelans meant “they were going to be able to stay here and violate our laws.”

However, TPS holders are in the country legally, have work permits, have been fingerprinted and have been vetted by the federal government.

“Today, we signed an executive order within the Department of Homeland Security and a direction that we are not going to follow through on what he did to tie our hands, that we are going to follow the process evaluate all of these individuals that are in our country, including the Venezuelans that are here and members of TDA,” she said.

Noem claimed that during the New York City enforcement operation that people thanked her for getting the “dirtbags” off the street.

She also said they’re not ruling out using Gitmo for Venezuelans, Cubans, and other migrants whose countries refuse to take them back.

– ABC News’ Armando Garcia

President Donald Trump will sign the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday at 2 pm in the East Room, according to the White House.

This will be the first measure Trump signs into law of his second administration.

The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act earlier this month as the first bill of the new Republican-controlled Congress. Read more about the Laken Riley Act here.

– ABC News’ Hannah Demissie

When asked by ABC News’ Mary Bruce for her response to those who say the federal worker buyout is a way to purge individuals who disagree with the president’s agenda, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said this is “false” and asserted that this is a way to bring people back to the office.

Though the White House has described the federal worker buyout as an effort to bring people in the federal government back to the office, the union that represents federal workers doesn’t see it that way. It said this is not a voluntary buyout.

“We're all here at work, at the office. There are law enforcement officers and teachers and nurses across the country who showed up to the office today. People in this city need to do the same. It's an overwhelmingly popular policy with people outside of Washington, D.C. The president campaigned on this, and his administration's keeping the promise.”

When asked how much it would cost to bring all those workers back and provide them with the office space they need, Leavitt claimed he would “save tens of millions of dollars.”

“I would also add that the order simply directs federal agencies to come up with a return to work plan. And so this isn't a purge, and this isn't forcing every single individual in Washington, DC to return to work only if they are able, and of course, within the law," Leavitt said.

– ABC News’ Hannah Demissie and Ariane Nalty

The Department of Education said the Nation's Report Card reveals a "heartbreaking reality" and that "students who were the most behind and needed the most support have fallen ever further behind."

It said the Trump administration is "committed to reorienting our education system" and will emphasize the need for change.

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, dubbed the Nation's Report Card, America's fourth and eighth grade students' sliding reading scores worsened in 2024.

"The nation's report card is out and the news is not good," National Center for Education Statistics Commissioner Peggy G. Carr said on a call with reporters.

– ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze and Arthur Jones II