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. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
US judge says ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt White House says it will appeal ruling that administration flouted court order on deportation flights. Al Jazeera · Apr 17, 2025
El Salvador president vows to double size of prison holding US deportees Donald Trump urged that the prison, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates, be expanded after he threatened to send American citizens who have broken the law The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025
Federal Judge in Deportation Case Finds Probable Cause To Hold the Trump Administration in Contempt U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the evidence indicates that the government "willfully disobeyed" his order blocking removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than 100 immigrants to a prison in El Salvador intensified on April 16, 2025. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg released an opinion saying that he had “probable cause” to hold members of the administration in… The Conversation · Apr 16, 2025
White House enlists grieving Maryland mother in effort to blunt criticism for defying court order on mistaken deportation Rachel Morin’s mother appeared in the White House briefing room to give an emotional account of her daughter’s brutal murder, as the Trump administration tries to change the narrative surrounding its deportation policies The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025
What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order A federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration appears to have willfully violated his order to turn around planes of migrants headed for El Salvador increases the prospect of officials being held in criminal contempt of court and potentially facing possible prosecution The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025
Trump Officials Face Criminal Contempt for 'Willful Disobedience' After Judge Orders Flights to El Salvador Halted The Trump administration has until April 23 to reveal how many undocumented Americans were deported to El Salvador, when they were transferred out of U.S. custody, and whether they were all deported pursuant to the Proclamation. Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025
Trump Admin Rules Allow Deportation Of Migrants With No Criminal Record To Guantanamo: Report The Trump administration initially promised to take "the worst" criminals to Guantanamo Bay, but a memo shows broad discretion to decide who to send there Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025
El Salvadoran VP Reveals Trump Is 'Paying' to Keep Abrego Garcia at CECOT, Senator Says Sen. Van Hollen revealed that El Salvador's VP claimed the Trump administration is paying to keep a wrongly deported Maryland resident imprisoned. Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025
Justice Department Hits 'La Nueva Familia Michoacana' Cartel with Indictments and Sanctions in Major Crackdown The Justice Department has unsealed indictments against the co-leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican drug cartel designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025
The Special Counsel Is Dead. Long Live The Special Counsel. Judge Boasberg will likely anoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Trump Administration, bring us back to Muellergate. Reason · Apr 16, 2025
US senator says El Salvador denied request to meet Kilmar Ábrego García Chris Van Hollen condemns ‘unjust situation’ and says vice-president blocked access to wrongly deported man The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025
Who is Kilmar Ábrego García, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador? Illegal deportation of Maryland man has become a flashpoint as Trump tests limits of his executive power The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025
Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025 Judge Says If Trump Admin Doesn't Remedy Contempt For Ignoring Order On Deportation Flights, He'll Appoint a Prosecutor Who Will Judge James Boasberg said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt of court for defying its order to turn planes around as they were carrying deportees to El Salvador
The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025 Trump official threatens Harvard foreign student admissions as more universities rally in support Kristi Noem demands university’s records on foreign students’ ‘illegal’ activities while president threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 Burning coal leaves dangerous waste. Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for handling it Waste from coal plants was one of the Trump administration's recent deregulatory targets
Fortune · Apr 16, 2025 Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim demand investigation into DOGE cuts at CFPB Warren, who conceived of and oversaw the creation of the financial watchdog agency after the financial crisis, is now trying to defend it.
International Business Times UK · Apr 16, 2025 Why Harvard Just Said No to Trump — And What It Means for Other American Universities Harvard's resistance towards Trump's attempt to control the education system is already influencing how other elite universities respond to his administration's demands.
Salon · Apr 16, 2025 Anyone could be sent to El Salvador next Legal experts say that the refusal to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home is a troubling harbinger of what's to come
Al Jazeera · Apr 16, 2025 Trump v US courts: Where do challenges to executive orders stand? Trump’s 2025 executive orders face legal pushback. But is the US headed towards a constitutional crisis?
Reason · Apr 16, 2025 Trump Takes Dangerous Steps Towards Defying Court Orders in Garcia Abrego Case The Supreme Court ruled they administration must "facilitate" the return of an illegally deported migrant imprisoned in El Salvador at its behest. They have responded by doing virtually nothing to comply.
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 US and Philippine joint combat drills show Trump is not scaling back on South China Sea region A senior Philippine military official said U.S. and Filipino forces will undertake battle-readiness exercises, including live-fire drills, in a largescale deployment that shows the Trump administration is not scaling back its commitment to help deter aggression in the region
Latin Times · Apr 15, 2025 White House Insists They Have Been 'Complying With All Court Orders' as Trump Admin Refuses to Return Wrongfully Deported Man The White House stated that the Trump administration was complying with all court orders directed to them despite refusing to return a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported last month.
Reason · Apr 15, 2025 The Latest In Associated Press v. Budowich (Updated) The Trump Administration changed the name of the body of water between Florida and Texas to the Gulf of America.… The post The Latest In Associated Press v. Budowich (Updated) appeared first on Reason.com.