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Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, rejecting the administration's emergency appeal.
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The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived — America has reached a very dangerous moment, as the Supreme Court's indulgence of President Donald Trump's belief in his own untrammeled authority collides with the justices' expectation that he will abide by their decisions.
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Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant — A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador. — The Supreme Court on Thursday instructed the government to take steps …


Breaking: SCOTUS says Trump admin must “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday evening upheld a district court's order that the Trump administration “facilitate and effectuate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man sent to a prison El Salvador illegally …
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US Supreme Court tells Trump administration to facilitate return of Salvadoran man deported in error
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Supreme Court says Trump admin must ‘facilitate’ release of man wrongly deported to El Salvador prison
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The Supreme Court Finally Rules
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The Tariff Madness Isn't Over — When Donald Trump paused many of his awful “Liberation Day” tariffs yesterday, there was some understandable relief. Some even seem to assume the tariff crisis is over. For example, Democratic Senate Leader Charles Schumer, posted on Bluesky that …
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Trump trade advisor says stock market plunge ‘No big deal’: Live updates
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Trump blinked, but the global economy will never be the same
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Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’
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Trade shake-up: Bessent leads on trade as Lutnick plays ‘bad cop’ — and Navarro is sidelined

Trump brags in Oval Office that his billionaire pals made a killing in stocks after he pulled the plug on tariffs
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Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers … Migrants who arrived in New York last year waited for shelter assignments at the Roosevelt Hotel.Todd Heisler/The New York Times — Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively …
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Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown — The tactic is aimed at putting pressure on undocumented immigrants to self-deport from the country. — just now — The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers …
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Slotkin's first bill seeks to prevent data-collecting Chinese cars from entering the U.S. … The bill, titled the Connected Vehicle National Security Review Act, would formally establish a national security review process for imports of internet-connected vehicles and components made by companies …
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The U.S. and China Are Going to Economic War—and Everyone Will Suffer
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China raises tariffs on U.S. goods to 125 percent as trade war deepens
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China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 125% in Retaliation
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The Fiscal and Economic Effects of the Revised April 9 Tariffs
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Donald Trump Is Raising Your Taxes, and Republicans Won't Stop Him
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Deepening Trade Fight With China Poses New Threat to U.S. Farmers
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Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says — A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing all six people aboard in the latest high …
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Pilot, family of 5 from Spain killed after helicopter crashes into Hudson River — Stream New York's #1 news - Accuweather - original content 24/7 — JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) — Six people were killed after a helicopter believed to be carrying a family of tourists from Spain crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon.


Trump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes — A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line. — President Trump's first-term efforts to spur law enforcement officials to pursue …
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Trump moves to legally enforce 2020 election denialism
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U.S. cyber defenders shaken by Trump's attack on their former boss
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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs — Facing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief memo …
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ICE Says It Will Stop ‘Ideas’ From Crossing The Border Illegally
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Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After His Visit — Just days after Vice President JD Vance's March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance's criticism of Denmark …
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Space Force Colonel Removed After Disavowing JD Vance's Comments About Acquiring Greenland
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U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base After Vance Visit
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CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks — All of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, multiple officials tell CBS News, gutting the agency's ability to investigate outbreaks and conduct health inspections on cruise ships.


Government Spending Continues to Climb Even as DOGE Touts Cuts — Musk team's $150 billion in savings barely dents $6.8 trillion in spending largely on autopilot, WSJ analysis finds — Cumulative total spending since Trump's inauguration compared with the same periods in 2023 and 2024
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House passes bill that could make it harder for married women to vote — Voting rights groups warn that the SAVE Act, which requires documentation proving citizenship, adds a burden to people who have changed their last names. — The U.S. House has passed a bill that voting rights groups …
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Hillary Clinton warns women over House GOP voting bill
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Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward — A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government, in a move that could have far …
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In Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE's Savings Goal — Musk said his group was on pace to cut $150 billion from the federal budget in one budget year. That would be a sharp drop from his previous stated goal of $1 trillion. — While stumping for Donald J. Trump during …
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Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report — A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison, according to documents reviewed by USA TODAY.


Trump Administration Wants to Install Federal Oversight of Columbia University — Government is aiming to legally bind the school to changes as they negotiate over federal funding — The Trump administration is planning to pursue a legal arrangement that would put Columbia University …
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