Senate begins debate on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old member of Elon Musk's DOGE team, has left the Trump administration, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.

Coristine, who gained notoriety for his age and going by the online nickname "Big Balls," handed in his resignation this week, becoming the latest high-profile departure from DOGE after Musk left the administration earlier this month.

During his time at DOGE, Coristine was a key player on Musk's team and worked across multiple top agencies, including General Services Administration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of Education, and Health and Human Services.

ABC News previously reported that other senior DOGE officials were leaving the Trump administration, including James Burnham, DOGE’s top attorney, and Steve Davis, a longtime Musk lieutenant at his private companies. Katie Miller, a special government employee who had served as a senior adviser and spokesperson for DOGE, is also leaving the administration and will work with Musk, sources said.

Wired was first to report the news.

-ABC News’ Will Steakin

At least 34 people were arrested Wednesday in the Russell Senate Office Building while protesting Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's "Beautiful Big Bill," Capitol Police said.

They were charged with "Crowding, Obstructing and Incommoding," Capitol Police said.

An additional person "was arrested for crossing a police line outside where we are processing the arrests," according to police.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson

A Dutch reporter brought up President Donald Trump's campaign vow that he would end the war between Russia and Ukraine within 24 hours of returning to office, but later claimed that was "sarcasm."

"Of course it was sarcastic," Trump said.

The president added that the situation is "more difficult than people would have any idea," claiming both leaders were difficult. Trump then pivoted to other foreign conflicts including the Indian-Pakistan conflict which he took responsibility for resolving.

President Donald Trump, speaking at a news conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands, celebrated allies boosting defense spending -- something he's long pushed for.

"This week, the NATO allies committed to dramatically increase the defense spending to that 5% of GDP, something that no one really thought possible," Trump said.

He said the agreement will be known as "The Hague Defense Commitment" and once reached will add more than $1 trillion a year toward common defense.

"It's a monumental win for the United States because we were carrying much more than our fair share," Trump said. "But this is a big win for Europe and for actually western civilization."