• Top House Democrats called Wednesday for an investigation of President Donald Trump's national security adviser over his ties to a Russian propaganda outlet. They want the Pentagon to investigate whether Michael Flynn violated the Constitution by accepting payments from a government-controlled TV station in Russia. Flynn is a retired Army lieutenant general and intelligence officer. Flynn traveled in 2015 to Moscow, where he joined Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials in a celebration of the RT network. Flynn later explained he had been paid for taking part in the event, but brushed aside concerns that he was aiding a Russian propaganda effort.

• Judge Neil Gorsuch earned warm praise from Senate Republicans as he visited Capitol Hill Wednesday a day after President Donald Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court. Democratic divisions were on display as the Senate minority struggled for a strategy to oppose the conservative judge.

Accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Gorsuch met first with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who called him an “outstanding appointment” and declared: “We're all thrilled and looking forward to getting the confirmation process started.”

A handful of Democrats immediately announced their opposition to the choice, insisting that Gorsuch, the Ivy League-educated son of a former Reagan Cabinet official, is outside the mainstream. Democrats are still furious with the way Republicans treated former President Barack Obama’s nominee for the open seat last year; the GOP refused to even grant a hearing or a vote to Judge Merrick Garland in Obama’s final year in office.

• Thousands of angry liberals packed the icy sidewalk outside Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer's Brooklyn apartment. They mocked him with signs like "Grow a spine, Chuck!" and "Chuck's a chicken." And they chanted, "Filibuster everything!"

Such is the bind Schumer finds himself in as he emerges as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance on Capitol Hill.

The Senate minority leader is not only ridiculed and insulted by President Donald Trump but is also under fire from many of his own constituents, who complain that he is not fighting hard enough against the president.

"He has to champion the resistance or he has to get out of the way!" shouted 39-year-old Hae-Lin Choi, one of the leaders of the protest Tuesday night.

• Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder is working to divest his assets from his fast food empire so he can be confirmed to the Cabinet post that enforces protections for American workers, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Puzder is CEO of fast food empire CKE Restaurants Inc., and his spokesman George Thompson said divesting assets is a "complex process" since the company is privately held. It was the first time that Puzder has acknowledged he is trying to avoid conflicts of interest by fully separating himself from CKE Restaurants Inc., which owns such fast food chains as Hardee's and Carl's Jr. CKE has said that Puzder would step down as CEO once confirmed.

• President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop "bad hombres down there" unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained Associated Press.

"You have a bunch of bad hombres down there," Trump told Pena Nieto, according to the excerpt. "You aren't doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it."

• Assuming the somber duties of commander in chief, Trump made an unannounced trip Wednesday to honor the returning remains of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in a weekend raid in Yemen.

Chief Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Owens, a 36-year-old from Peoria, Illinois, was the first known U.S. combat casualty since Trump took office less than two weeks ago. More than half a dozen militant suspects were also killed in the raid on an al-Qaida compound and three other U.S. service members were wounded. Trump's trip to Delaware's Dover Air Base was shrouded in secrecy. The president and his daughter, Ivanka, departed the White House in the presidential helicopter with their destination unannounced. A small group of journalists traveled with Trump on the condition that the visit was not reported until his arrival. After returning to the White House, Trump commented on the trip at the swearing-in of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state.

"I just returned from an amazing visit with a great, great family at Dover," Trump said.