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WASHINGTON (AP) — The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump'smass deportation agendawill testify in Congress Tuesday and face questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities.

Trump's immigration campaign has been heavily scrutinized in recent weeks, after the shooting deaths in Minneapolisof two protestersat the hands of Homeland Security officers. The agencies have also faced criticism for a wave of policies that critics say trample on the rights of both immigrants facing arrest and Americans protesting the enforcement actions.

Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,Rodney Scott, who headsU.S. Customs and Border Protection, andJoseph Edlow, who is the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, will speak in front of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

The officials will speak at a time offalling public supportfor how their agencies are carrying out Trump's immigration vision but as they are flush with cash from a spending bill passed last year that has helped broaden immigration enforcement activities across the country.

The administration says that activists and protesters opposed to its operations are the ones ratcheting up attacks on their officers, not the other way around, and that their immigration enforcement operations are making the country safer by finding and removing people who've committed crimes or pose a threat to the country.

Under Lyons' leadership, ICE has undergone amassive hiring boom fundedby Congress last summer and immigration officers have deployed in beefed-up enforcement operations in cities across the country designed to increase arrests and deportations. The appearance in Congress comes as lawmakers are locked in a battle overwhether DHS should be fundedwithout restraints placed over its officers' conduct.

Lyons is likely to face questioning overa memo he signedlast year telling ICE officers that they didn't need a judge's warrant to forcibly enter a house to arrest a deportee, a memo that went against years of ICE practice and Fourth Amendment protections against illegal searches.

During Scott's tenure, his agency has taken on a significant role in arresting and removing illegal immigrants from inside the country. That increased activity has become a flashpoint for controversy and marks a break from the agency's traditional job of protecting borders and controlling who and what enters the country.

Under the leadership of commander Gregory Bovino, a group of Border Patrol agents hopscotched around the country to operations in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte and New Orleans where they were often accused of indiscriminately questioning and arresting people they suspected were in the country illegally. Bovino says his targets are legitimate and identified through intelligence and says that if his officers use force to make an arrest, it's because it's warranted.

A Border Patrol agent and Customs and Border Protection officer both opened fire during theshooting death of Alex Pretti,one of two protesters killed in Minneapolis in January. The other protester, Renee Good, was shot and killed by an ICE officer.

After the Pretti shooting, Bovino was reassigned andTrump sent his border czarTom Homan to Minneapolis to assume control.

USCIS has also faced criticism for steps it has taken includingsubjecting refugees already admittedto the U.S. to another round of vetting and pausing decisions on all asylum cases.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world's oldest democracy can be sustained.

Cultural institutions,sporting events, evencommunitiesare polarized. If there is any place the bitter partisanship is set aside, even temporarily, it is in the rotunda of the National Archives. This is home to the nation's founding documents, including the one that will becommemorated this year, the Declaration of Independence.

The room is filled with a silent sense of reverence as visitors gaze down at the light brown parchment, secured under bullet-proof glass, that helped create the foundation of a government that has been a beacon of inspiration for people around the world for more than two centuries.

Its significance was not lost on those who filtered in on a recent day, braving a deep freeze in the nation's capital to ensure they would not miss this stop on their Washington tour. Even as the crowd grew, the room was filled with a sense that people knew they were in the presence of something momentous.

Their visits coincided with a national reckoning over President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement actions, which had led to theshooting deathsof two U.S. citizens on the streets of Minneapolis andgrave concernsaboutattacks on constitutional rights. The Associated Press interviewed visitors after they had viewed the Declaration of Independence, along with the Constitution and Bill of Rights, for their thoughts on the state of America and its future as it approached its semiquincentennial moment.

They acknowledged the country's ideological divides but were reluctant to assign blame, in many cases expressing hope the nation would be able to repair itself, as it has done many times over its history. With the Rotunda's bus-sized oil on canvas paintings of the Founding Fathers as a backdrop, they gave complicated responses when asked whether America was living up to the ideals of its founding documents and where it might be headed.

Despite divides, the nation has found ways to come together

Ryan O'Neil, visiting from West Bloomfield, Michigan, said that while the country is split politically — what he called "very tribal" — he finds hope in the documents he viewed at the National Archives because they have guided the country for 250 years.

"We've not yet lived up to everything that we had hoped to, but we are continuing to progress and get closer to that," he said.

The Archives has a special exhibit marking the 250th anniversary, "The American Story," that highlights that complex history, mixing the country's astonishing accomplishments and advances with images showing its darker moments.

O'Neil, 42, said the U.S. has been in similar divisive situations throughout its history and always managed to regroup. The one constant, he said is that the country's political pendulum is always swinging.

"Despite many tests over the years, going back to its founding, throughout the last 250 years it has withstood challenges, has withstood complaints, has withstood protests," he said, "and continues to evolve to what we have today."

How would the founders approach this moment?

Kevin Sullivan had traveled to Washington from Milwaukee with his wife to visit their children and attend the confirmation of their oldest grandson.

He acknowledged the country was in a divisive moment, but said it wasn't the only one the country had faced, and that gave him hope for the future.

"So I have some faith that we'll put some of the uglier partisan disputes behind us," he said.

Sullivan, 69, said he supported at least a few of Trump's goals, including securing the southern border, but was conflicted about the president's approach.

He opposed Democratic threats to shut off funding for the Department of Homeland Securitywithout drastic reformsto U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement agencies, but he also said he didn't like themass deportationpolicy.

His advice to lawmakers and the president would be to get away from the cameras and hold meaningful discussions to find solutions. Looking at the oil paintings with images of the founders, he said having an equivalent of today's media trying to report on the writing of the Declaration probably "would not have been a positive development for the decisions and the discussions that were going on at Independence Hall."

The view from outside the US: 'some confusion'

The Rev. Michael Stokes, a priest with the Church of England, was visiting friends in the Washington area. Before heading to the rotunda, he saw the Magna Carta, the English document signed in 1215 that set up a series of rights for the people and served as a model for America's system of government.

Stokes, 30, said others look at the diversity of people, religions and industry that all come together "for this one common purpose of America." It's a vision that has inspired the world, he said, but also is one that appears to be waning.

"I think this is the time in history where it's been challenged the most with the actions of the current administration. I think that the rest of the world is looking and seeing how this thing, this Constitution, which is held with such pride, the Bill of Rights, which is held with pride, how can that also be held in tension with a popularly elected government that seems to disregard so much of it," Stokes said. "And I think the rest of the world is looking at that with some confusion."

Life, liberty and a pursuit still in progress

Morgan Whitman, an executive assistant, was in Washington on business from Miami and was seeing the documents for the first time.

She said reading them created a mix of emotions. The ideals were lofty, she said, but "there's also of course the feelings of hypocrisy" because Thomas Jefferson had argued for a passage opposing slavery that was not included.

"So I think we have this document that fought for independence and life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness," she said. "My only wish was that it was for everybody at the time."

Whitman, 25, said she is grateful for being granted rights that many others around the world do not have, but also said she is afraid some of those are under threat. She cited the killing by federal agents of Veterans Affairs ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

"Take immigration out of it. These are American citizens that are being harmed now," she said. "That's unacceptable."

The spirit of 1776. Is it alive today?

Jerry Curl was visiting the capital with his wife, Bobbi, from their home in Diamond, Illinois. A Trump supporter, he said the president's second term has so far "lived up to my beliefs."

But he also said he has stepped away from news coverage recently because it is too negative. When asked about the administration's immigration enforcement, he wanted to see more discussions where people could share their views and do so respectfully.

He said trying to understand one another is crucial to maintaining American democracy.

"We owe it to our future generations that we never meet to uphold this," he said of the founding documents.

Curl, 62, said the signers of the Declaration undoubtedly disagreed and had different beliefs, but they were able to find common ground as they took the first step to creating a new nation. He wonders whether the same spirit is alive today.

"Where we can now find common grounds to keep this one great nation on track is hard for me to fathom," he said.

Associated Press video journalist River Zhang in Washington contributed to this report.

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Backlash to Trump emboldens Democrats on DHS and ICE

Americans are souring on the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, complicating an already messy dynamic on Capitol Hill as Democrats are more emboldened to draw a hard line against another short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

Days before funding runs out on Friday, key members of the Senate Democratic Caucus say they won't support another continuing resolution to prevent a DHS shutdown. This includes members who voted with Republicans to reopen the government last fall. "What ICE is doing is unconscionable, and it's got to be reined in. I can't, in good conscience, vote for it," said Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats.

King said the situation is different now because most of the government is already funded. "So if DHS isn't funded, you're talking about ICE and TSA and the Coast Guard and FEMA" being shut down, he said. "It's not the same as it was in the fall, where you were talking about food stamps, support for research and development, medical care, all of those things."

AQuinnipiac University poll, conducted from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, found 38% of registered voters approve of President Donald Trump's handling of immigration issues, compared with 59% who disapprove. In addition, 63% said they disapprove of ICE.

How Democrats plan to use their leverage this week.

More politics news:

• Members of Congress are fleeing the job, with the highest number of retirements this century.

• The Department of Justice moved to dismiss its long-running criminal case against Steve Bannon. The longtime Trump ally had previously appealed his 2022 conviction to the Supreme Court.

• Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions from the House Oversight Committee yesterday, but her attorney said she would speak "fully" if Trump grants her clemency.

• More than a year after Attorney General Pam Bondi created a "Weaponization Working Group" meant to root out "abuses" by federal law enforcement officers in their investigations of Trump, the DOJ is still scrambling to produce a report.

• Vice President JD Vance landed in Armenia — a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before — as the Trump administration offered economic opportunities while it works to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan.

Olympics recap: What you missed and what to watch

Skier Lindsey Vonn said she'll need multiple operations on her leg after crashing during competition when her arm hooked inside one of the gates. She added that her earlier ACL tear"had nothing to do"with her fall. Her father, a former skier, said he believes her latest crash marks"the end of her career."

After Trumpcriticized Olympic snowboarder Hunter Hessfor expressing mixed feelings about representing the U.S. during a period of immigration crackdown, snowboarder Chloe Kimexpressed support for her teammatewhen asked about the incident.

"We are allowed to voice our opinions on what's going on, and I think that we need to lead with love and compassion, and I would love to see some more of that," she said.

Afterwinning gold in the team event, "Quad God" Ilia Malinin will begin his men's short program today as the man to beat. And the U.S. and Canadian women's ice hockey teams will face off in the group stage in one of the Games' biggest rivalries.

Today's medal events include a gold medal curling game between the U.S. and Sweden, and the women's team combined alpine skiing, which pairsdownhill champ Breezy Johnsonand two-time winner Mikaela Shiffrin for the new Olympic event. Today's winners might want to take particular care of their medals, however. Some athletes have said theirsfell apart during celebrations.

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Savannah Guthrie made an appeal to the public for help in the search for her mother Nancy, who has been missing for more than a week, in what she described as the family's "hour of desperation."

In an Instagram video yesterday, the "TODAY" co-host thanked people for their prayers and said, "We believe our mom is still out there."

FBI officials said that they are not aware of any continued communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers and have not identified a suspect or person of interest.

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Staff Pick: Meet the youngest member of Team USA at the Milan Cortina Olympics

How were you spending the winter you turned 15? Chances are, notcompeting at the Olympics like Abby Winterbergerof Truckee, California.

The freestyle skier is the youngest member of Team USA at the Milan Cortina Olympics, and the second youngest American to ever qualify in her event. I wanted to meet her because making it this far not only constitutes a sports story, but also one of dedication and sacrifice — Winterberger doesn't go to high school with her friends because she travels nearly year-round, for instance.

Winterberger was so low-key during our interview that I marked how unaffected she seemed. That's just because it has not fully hit her yet she was an Olympian, she said, calling the experience "definitely really cool."

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Cameron Brinkstunned fans with a gorgeous new look amid all the buzz around her recent confession about the possibility of a Playboy magazine photoshoot. On Monday, February 9, the professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks posted a carousel of photos of her gorgeous self on Instagram. Some of the stills showed the WNBA star donning a satin minidress featuring a string holding up the dress.

Cameron Brink wears a minidress that's held up by a string after Playboy confession

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After her Playboy photoshoot confession,Cameron Brinkcontinues to mesmerize fans with her eye-catching looks. In the caption of her new Instagram post, the basketball star simply wrote, "Off day files." Some of the photos in the carousel showcased the Los Angeles Sparks player slaying a chic satin minidress. It was in tones of light yellow and red.

The dress displayed a string around the neck, which held up the dress. As for makeup, the basketball player went for a glamorous look featuring a red lip. She was also holding a stylish gold handbag in the photographs.

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Hollywood starRobert Wagnerhas had a remarkable seven-decade journey in the industry.

The actor, who celebrates his 96th birthday on Feb. 10, 2026, has been acting since the '50s, and he has starred in shows and franchises such as the mystery seriesHart to Hartas well as theAustin Powersfilms. Through his television career, he has earned fiveGolden Globenominations and oneEmmynomination.

Away from the screen, Wagner is most known for his marriage toNatalie Wood, whotragically drownedat age 43 while out on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with costarChristopher Walkenand their longtime skipper, Dennis Davern. After his wife's death, the actor became the legal guardian of Wood's daughterNatasha Gregson, whom he raised alongside his two daughters Katie and Courtney.

Wagner later married Jill St. John in 1990 and the two have been together since.

As he turns 96, look back at Wagner's life and career in photos.

Robert Wagner as a Child

Robert John Wagner Jr. was born on Feb. 10, 1930, in Detroit to former telephone operator Thelma Alvera and traveling salesman Robert Wagner Sr.

Robert Wagner and His Sister

Inan excerpt from his memoir,Pieces of My Heart, Wagner recalled his close relationship with his sister, who was four years older: "Mary Lou was the valedictorian of her class, but she wanted a quiet, domestic life, and she got it. She's a wonderful woman, with a totally different life than mine. She's had five children and numerous grandchildren. She's lived in the same house in Claremont for decades and doesn't venture out that much."

Mary died on March 4, 2023, at age 96.

Robert Wagner's Early Career

The star's family moved to California when he was young, and he broke into acting in his late teens with an uncredited role in 1950'sThe Happy Years.By 1955, when this photo was taken, he embraced his teen heartthrob status. "I was a bobby-sox idol at that time," he told PEOPLE in 2008. "I had it made. I've always carried a little anxiety about my next step, but I was pretty secure then."

Robert Wagner's First Marriage to Natalie Wood

In his memoirs, the actor says he dated many of Hollywood's most famous women (includingElizabeth TaylorandJoan Collins). He tied the knot with a teenage Natalie Wood in Scottsdale in 1956. "We were kids," he recalled to PEOPLE. "She was the first big love of my life."

The newlyweds looked like Hollywood royalty at theAcademy Awardsin 1957, just months after they had wed.

Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood's Divorce

The couple (pictured in 1959) called it quits in 1961 and were officially divorced in 1962.

Robert Wagner in 'The Pink Panther'

The actor (on set in Rome with costars Claudia Cardinale, David Niven and Peter Sellers) had a starring role in the popular 1963 action comedy.

Robert Wagner's Second Wife

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After his divorce, Wagner and actress Marion Marshall dated for several years before marrying in 1963. They had one daughter, Katie, and were together for about a decade before divorcing in 1971.

Robert Wagner in 'It Takes a Thief'

"My hair — that was the look in the early '70s," the actor recalled to PEOPLE of the shellacked look he sported in this late-'60s television series. "I lovedBette [Davis]dearly."

Robert Wagner's Remarriage to Natalie Wood

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After his engagement to Tina Sinatra ended, Wagner and Wood reconnected and were married again in 1972 on a boat off the coast of Malibu. They had a daughter together, Courtney, and he raised Natasha, Wood's daughter from a previous relationship, after her death by drowning in 1981.

Wood's death was ruled an accident, but decades later, the investigation was reopened andWagner was named a "person of interest."Natasha told PEOPLE the allegations were "outrageous"and painful for her family: "I know that if my mom had been in any kind of distress he would have given his life for her. I know that as well as I know my name."

Robert Wagner Marries Jill St. John

In 1982, the actor began dating an old friend and fellow actor,Jill St. John(pictured here with him in a 1967 publicity still forHow I Spent My Summer Vacation).They dated for eight years before tying the knot in 1990.

Robert Wagner in 'Hart to Hart'

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The star had a massive TV hit inHart to Hartwith Stefanie Powers, in which they played a glamorous married couple who often found themselves solving crimes. The writers "always wanted us to fight, but we resisted it," he recalled to PEOPLE.

Robert Wagner and His Family

In 1983, he, Jill and his daughters Katie, Courtney and Natasha — whom he became the legal guardian of after Woods' death — attended aHart to Hartcharity softball game.

Robert Wagner in 'Austin Powers'

The actor enjoyed a career resurgence in the late 1990s with his role as Number 2 in theAustin Powersfilms. "One of the biggest breaks I ever got," he recalled to PEOPLE of his casting in the film alongsideMike Myers. "I was on [Saturday Night Live] with Mike, and he wrote the part for me."

Robert Wagner on 'Two and a Half Men'

HisTwo and a Half Mencharacter (seen withCharlie Sheen) died in bed withJenny McCarthy's character, but "what a way to go!" he told PEOPLE.

Robert Wagner and His Family

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For his 90th birthday in 2020,the star's children arranged a family portrait. Pictured alongside Wagner and St. John are Natasha Gregson Wagner and her daughter, Clover; Katie Wagner and her son, Riley; and Courtney Wagner.

Robert Wagner and Jill St. John's Love Story

The couple (pictured in 2017) were each other's fourth and longest marriage, and have acted together in six films and a theatrical production ofLove Letters.

Robert Wagner as a Grandfather

Wagner and St. John live most of the year in Aspen, and enjoy working and spending time with their family. "Happy Father's Day to Me. I am blessed to be a dad and grandfather to these incredible people,"Wagner captioned this photo in 2020.

Robert Wagner Today

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Though he has mostly stepped away from acting, the actorhas written several memoirsand shares many memories and glimpses into his personal lifeon his Instagram.

For his93rd birthday, Wagner shared a message to his fans via Instagram, thanking them for making his day "extra special."

"I'm here in Aspen, at my home, and I have all my girls with me and my son-in-law and my granddaughter…" he said. "It's been a wonderful birthday for me and you all have made it extra special, and I appreciate it so much. You're thinking of me in such a special way."

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Margot Robbieis recalling advice from a fellow actor that was as offensive as it was unsolicited.

In a lively video interview withWuthering HeightsmusicianCharli xcxforComplex, the Australian actress-producer answered a prompt for the worst gift she'd ever received.

"Very, very early in my career, an actor I worked with, a male actor, gave me a book calledWhy French Women Don't Get Fat, and it was essentially a book telling you to eat less," said Robbie, 35. The lifestyle guide from Mireille Guiliano was published in 2007.

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Robbie's reaction at the time, she added, was simple: "I was like, 'Whoa, f--- you, dude.' "

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The unnamed actor in question gifted the book "really back in the day," continued theBarbiestar. "I have no idea where he would even be now."

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Turning to the camera, Charli quipped, "Your career's over, babe."

"He essentially gave me a book to let me know that I should lose weight," said Robbie. "I was like, 'Wow.' "

The Oscar nominee leadsWuthering Heights(in theaters Friday, Feb. 13), writer-directorEmerald Fennell's adaptation of the classic Emily Brontë novel. Providing original music for the new film is Charli, 33.

"I received once a small jar of one of my fan's mother's ashes," the British pop star told Robbie of the worst gift she'd received. "It was a jar on a necklace. I just didn't quite know what to do with it ... I don't know where it is now."

The duo also announced their choices for the greatest Hollywood heartthrobs of all time, with Charli pickingJack Nicholsonand Robbie picking the lateMontgomery Clift.

Wuthering Heights, costarringJacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell, is in theaters Friday, Feb. 13.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to increase medical school admissions by more than 3,340 students from 2027 to 2031 to address concerns about physician shortages in one of the fastest-aging countries in the world, the government said Tuesday.

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The plan was announced months after officials defused a prolongeddoctors' strikeby backing away from a more ambitious increase pursued by Seoul's former conservative government. The discussions about a scaled-down hike had nonetheless drawn criticism from doctors' groups, which threatened renewed walkouts ahead of Tuesday's announcement.

Kwak Soon-hun, a senior Health Ministry official, said that the president of the Korean Medical Association attended the health care policy meeting but left early to boycott the vote confirming the size of the admission increases. The doctors' group didn't immediately comment on the plan.

Health Minister Jeong Eun Kyeong said the annual medical school admissions cap will increase from the current 3,058 to 3,548 in 2027, with further hikes planned in subsequent years to reach 3,871 by 2031. This represents an average increase of 668 students per year over the five-year period, far smaller than the 2,000-per-year hike initially proposed by the government of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, which sparked themonthslong strike by thousands of doctors.

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Jeong said all of the additional students will be trained through regional physician programs, which aim to increase the number of doctors in small towns and rural areas that have been hit hardest by demographic pressures. The specific admissions quota for each medical school will be finalized in April.

"We all remember the difficulties experienced by both the public and medical workers because of conflicts over the scale of physician training," Jeong said. She said the government will work with experts to "develop and responsibly implement a range of measures for strengthening regional, essential and public health care."

The country experienced modest disruptions in services after thousands of trainee doctors walked out of hospitals in 2024 in protest of the Yoon government's plans to increase the yearly medical school admissions cap by 2,000, which aimed to add up to 10,000 doctors by 2035. Doctors' groups warned that medical schools were ill-equipped to handle such a steep increase in students and that the quality of services could suffer. Critics accused the groups of prioritizing concerns over future incomes while ignoring the country's looming physician shortages.

Faced with prolonged strikes, Yoon's government eventuallyslowed the planned increasesin medical school admissions, allowing 1,500 additional students to enroll in 2025. But the conflict remained largely unresolved until Yoon was impeached in December 2024 over his brief declaration of martial law earlier that month, which ultimately led to his removal from power in April 2025.

The current government of liberal President Lee Jae Myung restored the annual admission cap to 3,058 for 2026, accommodating medical schools' demands and encouraging remaining trainee doctors to return.