Trump admin updates: EU will buy $750 billion worth of U.S. energy under deal

Plans for a military strike in Yemen shared on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account came from a classified email marked “SECRET/NOFORN,” according to a person familiar with the matter.

The marking, first reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by ABC News, undercuts Hegseth’s insistence that he never shared classified information on the commercial app.

The Pentagon’s Office of the Inspector General is looking into whether Hegseth personally wrote the text messages, which included such operational details as when U.S. fighters planned to take off and when bombs were scheduled to hit their targets.

Sources say Gen. Erik Kurilla, head of U.S. Central Command, relayed the strike plans using a secure government system. Hegseth was with his acting chief of staff, Ricky Buria, at his personal residence at Fort McNair when the details were then relayed to others on Hegseth’s Signal account, according to two people familiar with details of the investigation.

Hegseth’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, said the Defense Department stands behind its insistence that no classified information was shared on Signal.

“As we've said repeatedly, nobody was texting war plans and the success of the Department's recent operations -- from Operation Rough Rider to Operation Midnight Hammer -- are proof that our operational security and discipline are top notch,” Parnell wrote.

The Pentagon has not responded to repeated questions about its policy regarding Signal.

Under the Biden administration, government officials were told they could use the commercial app to communicate so long as the information was not sensitive and that they took steps to preserve any work-related information.

-ABC News’ Anne Flaherty

House Republicans moved forward on Wednesday with a long-delayed effort to establish a select subcommittee to investigate the events of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

“The resolution introduced today will establish this Select Subcommittee so we can continue our efforts to uncover the full truth that is owed to the American people. House Republicans remain intent on delivering the answers that House Democrats skipped over,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement Wednesday.

The House will vote to make this official after its August recess. Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk will lead the select subcommittee that is under the Judiciary panel.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

The Supreme Court allowed Trump to fire three Democratic-appointed members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission without cause, lifting a lower court order that the commissioners be reinstated during the litigation.

Wednesday's decision is the latest in a string of rulings affirming Trump's broad power to determine staffing of the executive branch, even where Congress may have tried to insulate agencies from political interference.

In a short, unsigned order, the court invoked an earlier decision -- also in Trump's favor -- allowing termination of members of the NLRB and MSPB, saying the equities were in the administration's favor.

In that case, the court concluded "our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty."

On Wednesday, the court said: "The same is true on the facts presented here, where the Consumer Product Safety Commission exercises executive power in a similar manner as the National Labor
Relations Board."

In a dissent for the liberal justices, Justice Elena Kagan accused the conservative majority of again "destroying the independence of an independent agency, established by Congress."

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

The State Department is opening an investigation into Harvard's eligibility as a sponsor for its Exchange Visitor Program, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday morning.

"To maintain their privilege to sponsor exchange visitors, sponsors must comply with all regulations, including conducting their programs in a manner that does not undermine the foreign policy objectives or compromise the national security interests of the United States," the statement read. "The American people have the right to expect their universities to uphold national security, comply with the law, and provide safe environments for all students. The investigation will ensure that State Department programs do not run contrary to our nation’s interests."

The Exchange Visitor Program offers visas for a range of educational or cultural programs, including for students, researchers, interns and au pairs.

-ABC News' Shannon Kingston