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Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation

By MARK SHERMAN
Updated 2:12 PM CDT, May 19, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation.

The court’s order, with only one noted dissent, puts on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month. The justices provided no rationale, which is common in emergency appeals.

The status allows people already in the United States to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.

The high court’s order appears to be the “single largest action in modern American history stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, one of the attorneys for Venezuelan migrants.

“This decision will force families to be in an impossible position either choosing to survive or choosing stability,” said Cecilia Gonzalez Herrera, who sued to try and stop the Trump administration from revoking legal protections from her and others like her.

“Venezuelans are not criminals,” Gonzalez Herrera said.

“We all deserve the chance to thrive without being sent back to danger,” she said. ...

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DOJ opens investigation into Andrew Cuomo over pandemic testimony to Congress

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Justice Department has opened an investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo concerning his testimony to Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic, two officials familiar with the matter told CBS News Tuesday.

The investigation comes months after the DOJ dropped charges against current New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Both Adams and Cuomo are running for mayor in the upcoming election.

The news was first reported by The New York Times.

The Justice Department had no comment when reached by CBS News.

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Jake Tapper on new book alleging Biden's inner circle hid signs of decline

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A new book by journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson is shedding new light on the cognitive decline of former President Joe Biden. The book, "Original Sin," depicts alleged attempts by the president's family and close aides to shield his mental lapses from the public. A Biden spokesperson denies the allegations. Tapper joins to discuss.
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Dozens of men deported to El Salvador prison had entered U.S. legally, report finds

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Two months ago, more than 200 Venezuelan men were deported to a Salvadoran prison without due process. A new report by the Cato Institute found that dozens had entered the U.S. legally. Camilo Montoya-Galvez has details.
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What's next for New Jersey congresswoman charged after skirmish outside ICE facility

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Federal prosecutors have charged Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey with felony assault after a skirmish outside a Newark ICE facility where the city's mayor was arrested earlier this month. Scott MacFarlane has more.
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At least 2 Navy SEALs facing discipline over racist memes shared on Signal

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Navy is disciplining at least two members of SEAL Team 4 after racist memes, including one depicting slavery, were shared in a Signal chat to a Black fellow SEAL, two sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.

The memes were initially shared several years ago, but resurfaced recently after the Black sailor who was targeted reported them. The SEAL who reported the memes, citing racism and bullying, previously had his Trident — which is given to SEALs — revoked, but the Navy has since reinstated it, the sources said.

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US has deported Asian migrants to South Sudan, lawyers tell court

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lawyers for a Burmese man said their client speaks limited English and had refused to sign a notice of removal.
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Italy's Meloni ready to help if Vatican agrees to Trump's war mediation plan

  • News source: BBC News - World
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For now the Holy See says the idea of even hosting talks is more a hope than a concrete plan.
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WATCH: Democrat lawmaker charged with assaulting federal agents laughs off fundraising questions

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Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., refused to answer Fox News' questions over whether her motivations for storming a federal immigration detention center earlier this month was to increase her public image, after it was uncovered McIver had been fundraising off the incident that has led to federal charges for the New Jersey Democrat.

The Department of Justice publicly outlined federal charges against McIver on Tuesday, accusing her of allegedly "assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement" earlier this month at a Newark-area immigrant...
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Trump makes rare Capitol Hill visit to push GOP on budget package

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump made a rare trip from the White House to Capitol Hill to pressure House Republicans to support his massive budget package. Nikole Killion has the latest.
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Rubio and Van Hollen get into heated exchange over Trump policies

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, engaged in a heated exchange Tuesday as the nation's top diplomat defended the Trump administration's foreign policy while testifying to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

For seven minutes, Van Hollen criticized Rubio on his handling of issues ranging from the freezing of humanitarian assistance in Sudan during a genocide, deportations to El Salvador without due process and revoking student visas.

"You and I served together in Congress for 15 years,"...
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RFK Jr. tells farmers, GOP not to worry about his report targeting pesticides

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought Tuesday to reassure farmers and one Republican senator about his upcoming report on how pesticides are driving up rates of childhood chronic diseases, acknowledging that chemicals like glyphosate that he has long criticized are widely used for growing crops in the U.S.

"I have said repeatedly throughout this process, that we cannot take any step that will put a single farmer in this country out of business," Kennedy said at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "There's a...
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Crypto billionaire Justin Sun says he's the biggest owner of Trump's meme coin

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The largest holder of President Trump's cryptocurrency token is entrepreneur Justin Sun, the billionaire revealed Tuesday — earning him an invite to a controversial dinner this week hosted by Mr. Trump for his meme coin's biggest backers.

Sun announced he will attend Thursday evening's dinner at Mr. Trump's D.C.-area golf club — which is open to the 220 largest holders of the $TRUMP meme coin — in a post on X, describing himself as the president's "TOP fan."

"As the top holder of $TRUMP, I'm excited to connect with everyone, talk crypto, and...
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U.S. put Asian migrants on deportation flight to South Sudan, lawyers allege

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Immigration lawyers told a federal judge on Tuesday that they received information indicating the U.S. government may have put migrants from countries like Myanmar and Vietnam on a deportation flight to South Sudan, an eastern African nation plagued by conflict and political instability.

In an emergency filing to the federal district court in Massachusetts, the attorneys said the reported deportation flight to South Sudan would directly violate an ruling issued by U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy that barred the Trump administration from...
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India's Banu Mushtaq scripts history with International Booker win

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Mushtaq won the prize for the short story collection Heart Lamp, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi.
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Cheers star George Wendt dies at 76

  • News source: BBC News - World
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He was best known for playing Norm Peterson in the popular comedy series Cheers from 1982 to 1993.
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