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Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House a significant victory that will let immigration officials rely …
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140. The Disturbing Myopia of Trump v. J.G.G. — In normal times, it might be possible to defend the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling on Monday vacating a pair of temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act case. But these aren't normal times. — Welcome back to “One First,” an …
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The Supreme Court's New 5-4 Bailout for Trump Couldn't Be More Ominous — The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major victory on Monday night, lifting a restraining order that had prevented the mass deportation of migrants to an El Salvador prison under an 18th century wartime law.


Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court's Block on Venezuelan Deportations — The Trump administration asked the justices to weigh in after a federal judge paused the president's use of a wartime powers law to deport Venezuelans it accused of being gang members.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block judge's order requiring US to bring back man who was wrongly deported — The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia's deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.” — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court …


Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States.
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Turns Out Trump Lied About Those Deportations to El Salvador
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Supreme Court gives boost to Trump administration's deportation plans under Alien Enemies Act
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Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
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Rights and Wrongs of the Supreme Court's Ruling in the Alien Enemies Act Case
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US Supreme Court lets Trump pursue deportations under 1798 law, with limits
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Chief Justice Pauses Order to Return Wrongfully Deported Man
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Donald Trump's tariffs will fix a broken system — Next we must tackle the barrage of non-tariff weapons used to strangle American exports — The writer is President Trump's senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing — The international trade system is broken — and Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff doctrine will fix it.
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Musk made direct appeals to Trump to reverse sweeping new tariffs — The world's richest person, a key Trump adviser and political donor, was ultimately unsuccessful. — Just now — Over the weekend, as Elon Musk launched into a barrage of social media posts criticizing …
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Bessent flew to Florida to lobby Trump on tariff message — Bessent flew to Florida on Sunday to encourage Trump to start putting more emphasis on talking about his endgame. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew to Florida Sunday to encourage President Donald Trump to focus his message …


Lutnick's Strategy Flummoxes Business Leaders and White House Aides
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Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?
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How actual ‘fake news’ caused a market whiplash — New York CNN — An errant post on X may have just shaken the stock market, showing how influential — and unreliable — the social media platform can be. — Unsourced “headlines” about a potential “90-day pause in tariffs” …
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The False Tariff Headline That Sent Stocks on a $2 Trillion Ride — Misinformation on a White House official's remarks triggers a short-lived rally — A wild stock-market swing based on false information added $2.4 trillion in value and erased it almost as quickly Monday morning.
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How a false X post about pausing tariffs led to multi-trillion-dollar market swings
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Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family — Dearborn attorney Amir Makled was detained and questioned at Detroit Metro Airport about his clients and asked to surrender his cellphone. — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated …


US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-lawyer over congressional testimony, letter shows — The U.S. Justice Department sent armed U.S. Marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney about testifying to congressional Democrats, her lawyer said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Fired Justice Department pardon attorney accuses the agency of ‘ongoing corruption,’ abuse of power
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DOJ accused of ‘abuse of power’ after sending armed US Marshals to whistleblower's home
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MTA, feds reach agreement that could keep NYC congestion pricing tolls in place into the fall — The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement that could keep New York City congestion pricing in place into the fall. — Once the agreed-to timeline expires …
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1 big thing: 🥵 Scoop: New donor plea — Republicans admit President Trump's tariffs are spiking their blood pressure. Their Wall Street donors are feeling it too, with some giving top GOP lawmakers an earful this weekend. — Why it matters: Trump is making it clear he won't tolerate …
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The Case of Wrongful Migrant Deportation — The Trump Administration fights to keep a man falsely expelled in a Salvadoran hellhole. — Click for Sound — The Trump Administration's never-back-down style is becoming a governance problem with overtones of cruelty.
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Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Order Requiring Return of Wrongly Deported Migrant
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RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water — The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water was long considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. — / Source: The Associated Press
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RFK Jr. Plans to Tell CDC to Stop Recommending Fluoride, AP Says
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Caught off-guard, California colleges scramble to determine scope of student visa cancellations — Confusion and concern have ratcheted up at California colleges as campus officials indicated they were caught unaware by the Trump administration's cancellation late last week of dozens of international student visas.
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RFK's Anti-Vax Flock Turns on Him — RFK's biggest fans turn on him — For vaccine opponents, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as secretary of health and human services represented something close to nirvana. It was a chance, finally, to take on Big Pharma and to bring …
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Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters
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Elon Musk's Secret Weapon: the US Marshals Service — “The risk to people's civil rights is enormous.” — As if Elon Musk didn't already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service.
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DOGE Goons Cause Major Crash to Social Security Site — TECH SUPPORT NEEDED — Elon Musk's crew of young goons have caused a massive cyber disruption. — Elon Musk's DOGE goons crashed the Social Security Administration website Monday when an apparent “anti-fraud upgrade” went badly wrong.
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Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention — A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention. — The Trump administration is seeking …
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Stephen A. Smith No Longer Ruling Out Possibility of Running for President in 2028 — “I've decided that I'm no longer going to close that door. I'm gonna keep my options open. I'm going to entertain the possibility.” — After some polls had shown him as one of the top candidates …
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7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump's trade authority — Seven Republican senators, including Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the Senate's president pro tempore, and Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), the former Senate Republican leader, have signed on to a bipartisan bill that would require Congress …
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