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Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause
By VALERIE GONZALEZUpdated 6:24 PM CDT, March 12, 2025
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration resumed family detention of immigrants last week in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause, a legal nonprofit group providing services to migrant families said Wednesday.
Fourteen immigrant families with children as young as one year old were in the detention facility in Karnes County, Texas, about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) southeast of San Antonio, according to RAICES, which provides services to families at the center. The families are originally from Colombia, Romania, Iran, Angola, Russia, Armenia, Turkey and Brazil.
Faisal Al-Juburi, the organization’s chief external affairs officer, said the families had been detained in the U.S. near the Mexican and Canadian borders. Some were in the U.S. for as little as 20 days and others for as long as about 10 years, Al-Juburi said. The nonprofit provided service to adult detainees at the center prior to last week’s shift in the center’s detention population when the adult detainees were moved out.
Both the Obama administration and Trump’s first administration detained families until their immigration cases played out. Trump severely curbed asylum and forcibly separated children from their parents at the border in a policy widely denounced as inhumane.
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Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says
A federal judge says President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian and development work abroad. Judge Amir H.
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Judge temporarily blocks part of Trump’s executive order against prominent Democratic Party-tied law firm Perkins Coie | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Wednesday halted parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order that targeted a Democratic-linked law firm.
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Judge hopes to rule next week on Trump order banning transgender people from military service
A federal judge says she hopes to rule next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s administration from banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
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Trump pardons former Tennessee lawmaker imprisoned in campaign fraud scheme
Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty to charges related to his attempts to funnel campaign money from his state legislative seat toward his failed 2016 congressional bid.
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'Corruption in broad daylight': Dems outraged by Trump 'playing car salesman' for Tesla
President Donald Trump took the driver's seat to support Elon Musk on Tuesday following a steep decline in Tesla's stock amid ongoing protests at Tesla showrooms across the country.
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Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud
Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.
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Trump hits back after retaliation to steel and aluminium tariffs
Trump repeated trade threats after the European Union and Canada retaliated to US steel and aluminium tariffs.
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Canada and the EU swiftly retaliate against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said as the United States is “applying tariffs worth 28 billion dollars, we are responding with countermeasures worth 26 billion euros,” or about $28 billion.
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House divided over consequences for controversial congressman
Democratic lawmakers are against efforts to remove Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, from his committee position, while Republicans tell Fox they disagree with his disruption of Trump's joint address.
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A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling back rules that have unfairly burdened industry.
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6 American prisoners in Kuwait released, land back in US, representative says
The Americans, many of whom are veterans and former military contractors, were convicted on drug charges, a representative for their families told ABC News.
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Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech. Critics say his actions as president threaten it
President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term.
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Canada, EU strike back at Trump tariffs; DOGE cuts mount: Trade war live updates
Canada and the European Union swiftly unveil retaliatory levies against the U.S., hours after Trump's sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum.
www.usatoday.com
What to know about the charges against former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris
Also a former spiritual advisor to Donald Trump, Robert Morris was indicted on five felony counts stemming from alleged sexual abuse of 12-year-old
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Chinese nationals banned from US student visas under new House GOP proposal
Rep. Riley Moore is leading a bill to ban Chinese nationals from getting student visas in the U.S.
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Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes
President Donald Trump’s threat to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada has led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States.
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Israel, Hamas continue truce talks; Arab states present Gaza plan to US
Hamas welcomes Trump’s comments as US envoy briefed on Arab plan to rebuild Gaza.
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Continue reading...A bipartisan group of military veterans now serving in the House of Representatives – Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., and Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C. – are rolling out a bill aimed at revitalizing the flailing U.S. commercial ship sector.
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Trump's pick for NIH director clears committee, heads to full Senate vote
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The vote was strictly along party lines, 12 votes in favor and 11 against, but with the committee having one extra Republican member in the majority, Bhattacharya sailed to the finish line with only GOP support. Bhattacharya now heads to the full Senate for an impending confirmation vote that will be the last hurdle before he becomes the next director of...
Continue reading...The vote was strictly along party lines, 12 votes in favor and 11 against, but with the committee having one extra Republican member in the majority, Bhattacharya sailed to the finish line with only GOP support. Bhattacharya now heads to the full Senate for an impending confirmation vote that will be the last hurdle before he becomes the next director of...
Dr. Marty Makary advances out of key committee in bid for FDA confirmation
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Marty Makary, passed a key committee vote 14-9 on Thursday morning, clearing the way for a full Senate vote on his nomination.
If confirmed before the full Senate, Makary will work alongside the nominee for National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to achieve Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted in favor of...
Continue reading...If confirmed before the full Senate, Makary will work alongside the nominee for National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to achieve Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted in favor of...
Border area bustling under Biden now quiet under Trump, says veterans group: 'Amazing difference'
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Continue reading...Russian border states eye exit of landmine treaty to fortify defenses and deter Putin
Eastern European countries are eyeing an exit of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines so they can place lethal underground bombs along their border to prevent Russia from invading, Fox News Digital has learned.
Poland is expected to withdraw from the treaty, together with Lithuania and Estonia, multiple eastern European officials predicted. Latvia and Finland are considering the idea as well.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk asked the Ministry of Defense to initiate withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention "and possibly the Dublin...
Continue reading...Poland is expected to withdraw from the treaty, together with Lithuania and Estonia, multiple eastern European officials predicted. Latvia and Finland are considering the idea as well.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk asked the Ministry of Defense to initiate withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention "and possibly the Dublin...
Pete Buttigieg expected to make major announcement regarding his political future
Pete Buttigieg is expected to rule out a run for an open Democrat-held Senate seat in his adopted home state of Michigan, according to two sources familiar with his plans.
And the likely move by the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, who served four years as Transportation secretary in the Biden administration, appears to clear the path for a potential 2028 White House bid by Buttigieg.
The news regarding Buttigieg was first reported earlier on Thursday by Politico.
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Continue reading...And the likely move by the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, who served four years as Transportation secretary in the Biden administration, appears to clear the path for a potential 2028 White House bid by Buttigieg.
The news regarding Buttigieg was first reported earlier on Thursday by Politico.
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White House pulls nomination of David Weldon as CDC director
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced that it canceled its hearing in a statement on Thursday morning. However, it confirmed that lawmakers would still vote on the nominations of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for National Institutes of Health (NIH) director and Dr. Marty Makary for Commissioner of the U.S...
Continue reading...The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced that it canceled its hearing in a statement on Thursday morning. However, it confirmed that lawmakers would still vote on the nominations of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for National Institutes of Health (NIH) director and Dr. Marty Makary for Commissioner of the U.S...
FDA chief counsel who defended abortion pill access under Biden resigns two days into job
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) top lawyer, who was appointed to the position just this week, has resigned, according to a Thursday morning post on X.
"Hilary K. Perkins has resigned from her position as Chief Counsel of FDA, effectively immediately," the FDA's official X account posted.
Perkins – a former assistant director under Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ) in the consumer protection agency – was selected on Tuesday by acting general Sean Keveney in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a "reorganization"...
Continue reading..."Hilary K. Perkins has resigned from her position as Chief Counsel of FDA, effectively immediately," the FDA's official X account posted.
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Continue reading...New York state law restricts local and state law enforcement agencies from complying with ICE detainers or holding illegal immigrants solely based on their immigration status. Another policy, known as the "Green Light Law," allows illegal immigrants to obtain drivers' licenses valid in the state of New York...
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Axios was the first to report the news, citing sources on Capitol Hill.
It wasn’t immediately clear why his nomination...
Continue reading...The development came just before Weldon was set to testify at his Senate confirmation hearing for the role at 10 a.m. ET before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Axios was the first to report the news, citing sources on Capitol Hill.
It wasn’t immediately clear why his nomination...
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Ethics experts are sounding the alarm that the president's event with Elon Musk could eliminate the lines of proper objectivity from elected officials.
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