Supreme Court Issues Unusual Order in Alien Enemies Act Deportation Case The order temporarily blocks AEA deportations. It likely also reflects the Court's growing frustration with the Trump Administration. Reason · Apr 19, 2025
US supreme court orders temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelan men Order is latest example of the courts challenging the Trump administration’s overhaul of the immigration system The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2025
The grassroots fight for Abrego Garcia "We have not lost faith in any way that he will be returned," Maryland activist Cathryn Jackson told Salon Salon · Apr 19, 2025
Hafta 533: Murshidabad violence, National Herald case, Trump targets Harvard This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior journalist Nirmalya Mukherjee and NewsX editorial director Priya Sahgal. Newslaundry · Apr 19, 2025
Judges pauses Trump policy restricting transgender passport choices, finding it’s rooted in ‘irrational prejudice’ Judge found that group of nonbinary and transgender plaintiffs were likely to succeed on argument that Trump administration violated constitutional guarantees of equal protection The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025
Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025
Kilmar Ábrego García ‘traumatized’ by threats in prison, Maryland senator says Chris Van Hollen describes meeting with constituent held in Salvadorian prison against supreme court order The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2025
Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025
Trump Admin Bombarded With Demands for Epstein Files After Releasing RFK Assassination Files: 'Promises Made, Promises Broken' Social media users are accusing the Trump administration of not keeping its promise to release all of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Latin Times · Apr 18, 2025
Federal judge pausing Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB A federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ruled that the agency can’t go forward immediately with plans to mass fire hundreds of employees The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025
‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court Legal battles between the Trump administration and advocates for deportees flown to prison in El Salvador have turned into conflicts between the government and the judges overseeing those cases. One federal judge, James Boasberg, accused Trump administration lawyers of the “willful disregard” of his order in March to halt those… The Conversation · Apr 18, 2025
Nintendo confirms the Switch 2 price is staying at $450 in the US despite tariff turmoil, with preorders starting April 24 Accessories will be more pricey "due to changes in market conditions," however. PC Gamer · Apr 18, 2025
Ignoring SCOTUS Plus: A deep dive into the likelihood of China invading Taiwan, a weak dollar, Kasparov sounds constitutional crisis alarms, and more... Reason · Apr 18, 2025
US revokes nearly 1,700 student visas: Who are the targets? Hundreds of students have had their visas cancelled and find themselves in limbo. Some have been arrested. Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025 First Thing: IRS reportedly weighs revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status Probably illegal move is latest Trump attack on higher education. Plus: the rancher’s dog who led a two-year-old to safety
The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2025 US senator says margaritas in photo with wrongly deported man planted by El Salvador – as it happened Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says drinks placed on table created hoax and neither he nor Kilmar Ábrego García touched them
Euronews · Apr 18, 2025 Rubio suggests US will drop Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress made in days After weeks of efforts by the Trump administration to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine have failed to bring an end to the fighting, Rubio said the US administration wants to decide 'in a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks.'
Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2025 Trump faces contempt risk: What happens if president violates court orders? Judge James Boasberg has ruled that probable cause exists to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt.
Reason · Apr 17, 2025 Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration's Attempt To Block Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia "This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson warned.
Reason · Apr 17, 2025 The Trump Administration Wages War on Meta Mark Zuckerberg's donations haven't stopped the Federal Trade Commission from going after his company.
Latin Times · Apr 17, 2025 Department of Homeland Security Is Now Demanding Harvard University To Share 'Detailed Records' Of Student Visa Holders The Department of Homeland Security is demanding "detailed records" on Harvard's student visa holders as the feud between the institution and the Trump administration escalates
The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025 Kilmar Ábrego García’s wife rejects Trump officials’ depictions of him as ‘violent’ Jennifer Vasquez Sura criticizes DHS’s attempt to smear her wrongly deported husband over 2021 civil protective order
Reason · Apr 17, 2025 The Trump Administration's Increasing Hostility to Basic Due Process Vice President J.D. Vance is only the latest to indicate he sees due process, as guaranteed in the Constitution, as an unnecessary impediment to the administration's goals.
Fortune · Apr 17, 2025 The Trump administration defied the courts twice in one day, and experts say it could hurt America’s sterling reputation as an attractive place to invest Experts say a diminished legal system could scare off investors.
Reason · Apr 17, 2025 How Far Will the Trump Administration Go Against Mexican Drug Cartels? Using the military to wage the drug war in Mexico raises practical and constitutional issues.