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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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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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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 …
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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 Third-Worlding of America — How to destroy 80 years of credibility in less than 3 months — Oops, they're doing it again. — Major news media organizations sanewashed Donald Trump all through the 2024 campaign, cleaning up his incoherence and downplaying his extreme policy positions.
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Trump trade advisor says stock market plunge ‘No big deal’: Live updates … WATCH NOW … CNBC's reporters are covering the tariffs and their effects, live on air and online from our bureaus in Washington; London; Singapore; San Francisco; and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. — 16 MIN AGO
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The Tariff Madness Isn't Over — When Donald Trump paused many of his awful “Liberation Day” …
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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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See why Trump's reversal actually increased tariff rates
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The Fiscal and Economic Effects of the Revised April 9 Tariffs
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China raises tariffs on U.S. goods to 125 percent as trade war deepens
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Donald Trump Is Raising Your Taxes, and Republicans Won't Stop Him
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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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How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives — One of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency lieutenants working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing dubious claims about noncitizens voting, apparently using access to data …
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US fires Greenland military base chief for ‘undermining’ Vance — The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark. — The US military's Space Operations Command …
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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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U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base After Vance Visit
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Space Force Colonel Removed After Disavowing JD Vance's Comments About Acquiring Greenland
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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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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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China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 125% in Retaliation
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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
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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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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.
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We asked 500 manufacturing workers about Trump's tariffs — Compete on an even level Supply chains are global — President Donald Trump pitched sweeping international tariffs as a windfall to American manufacturers and workers who he said suffered from decades of free trade agreements.
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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.


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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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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