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Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation
By MARK SHERMANUpdated 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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Medicaid, SNAP, tax cuts: What's in the Trump bill lawmakers aim to pass this week
Fiscal conservatives are pushing for more cuts ahead of the May 22 vote.
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Trump, alongside the first lady, signs a bill to make posting 'revenge porn' a federal crime
President Donald Trump has signed the Take It Down Act into law. Trump signed the bill on Monday alongside his wife, Melania Trump, who helped usher the measure through Congress.
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Why U.S. citizen children sent with their deported moms can't come back easily
Attorneys and advocates say suggestions that American-born children of deported parents can return to the United States gloss over the barriers and difficulties families may face.
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Senate to try again to advance crypto bill after Democratic opposition tanked first vote
The Senate is trying again to take a key procedural vote Monday evening on a first-of-its-kind crypto regulation bill after Democrats tanked it earlier this month.
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Trump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks will begin immediately following call with Putin
President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations. Trump spoke on Monday after separate calls with the leaders of both countries meant to spur progress toward ending the three-year war.
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Trump backs off meeting with Putin, calls for direct Ukraine-Russia talks
A call between the two leaders Monday went for more than two hours, but there was little sign of a breakthrough on the peace talks.
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Judge rules DOGE takeover of US Institute of Peace was unlawful and 'gross usurpation of power'
A judge has ruled that the Trump administration's takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was unlawful, and efforts by DOGE to dismantle the agency are "null and void."
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Centrist Dan wins Romanian presidency over hard-right pro-Trump rival
Nicusor Dan, a soft-spoken mathematician, made a last-minute dash to the top after weeks of trailing George Simion, a eurosceptic wanting to end military aid for Ukraine.
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Trump wants 'major investigation' into Beyoncé, Oprah, other celeb endorsements of Harris
President Donald Trump alleged without evidence that stars like Bruce Springsteen and Beyoncé were paid by Kamala Harris to endorse her campaign.
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Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services
About half of states have broadened Medicaid, the state-federal low-income health care program, to pay for social services such as housing and nutritional support.
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CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon says she's quitting. It's the latest fallout at the network as its parent company considers settling a lawsuit with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview.
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Trump holds 2-hour phone call with Putin before conversation with Ukraine's Zelenskyy
President Trump said ceasefire negotiations would begin "immediately," but the Kremlin has expressed little eagerness for a ceasefire in the war it began.
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Trump signs "Take it Down Act," revenge porn bill backed by Melania Trump
The law requires platforms to remove images and videos, including deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence, within 48 hours after a victim's request.
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Trump hosts the Kennedy Center board as he seeks to remake arts and culture in America
President Donald Trump is hosting the Kennedy Center’s leadership, reinforcing how much time he’s devoting to remaking one of the nation’s premier cultural centers in a larger effort to ideologically and socially overhaul the nation’s arts scene.
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Russia bombards Ukraine with drones hours after Trump announces talks with Putin
Russia fired 273 exploding drones at multiple regions of Ukraine after President Donald Trump announced he would be speaking with Vladimir Putin on Monday.
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Appeals court allows Trump’s anti-union order to take effect
An appeals court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees while a lawsuit plays out.
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Continue reading...Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced the charge on social media, but court papers providing details were not immediately released or publicly available online. Habba said McIver is charged with assaulting, impeding or interfering with law enforcement.
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Come Monday, he posted a darker message: “Everyone was in on the coverup! Who...
Continue reading...In a social media post Sunday showing a picture of Biden with the caption, “Politics aside, we wish him a speedy recovery,” the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., wrote, “Agreed 100%.”
Come Monday, he posted a darker message: “Everyone was in on the coverup! Who...
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It’s the first such order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of men to a supermax prison in El Salvador notorious for human rights abuses. The Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT,generally offers zero contact between inmates and the outside world, including their...
Continue reading...It’s the first such order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of men to a supermax prison in El Salvador notorious for human rights abuses. The Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT,generally offers zero contact between inmates and the outside world, including their...
Federal charges filed against Dem congresswoman following confrontation at ICE facility
Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba is charging Rep. LaMonica McIver for her alleged misconduct toward law enforcement in front of Delaney Hall earlier this month, but she is dismissing the trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.
"Today my office has charged Congresswoman McIver with violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1) for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement," Habba said in a post on X on Monday.
In a letter posted with the comment, Habba announced that after...
Continue reading..."Today my office has charged Congresswoman McIver with violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1) for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement," Habba said in a post on X on Monday.
In a letter posted with the comment, Habba announced that after...
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The settlement will resolve the $30 million federal lawsuit that Babbitt’s estate filed last year in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 6, 2021, a Capitol police officer shot Babbitt as she tried to...
Continue reading...The settlement will resolve the $30 million federal lawsuit that Babbitt’s estate filed last year in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 6, 2021, a Capitol police officer shot Babbitt as she tried to...
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Continue reading...President Trump confident Putin wants peace with Ukraine, thinks he's 'had enough' of war
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Trump stopped and responded: "I do. Yes."
"Do you still trust Putin?" the reporter continued, to...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Another High Court Win for Trump
Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.
Here's what's happening…
-Pope Leo XIV meets with JD Vance, Marco Rubio
-Trump kicks off 18th week in office with high-stakes calls to potentially broker Ukraine, Russia peace
-Biden speaks out for first time since cancer diagnosis
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to lift a lower court injunction that blocked President Donald Trump's decision to terminate the protected legal status of hundreds of...
Continue reading...Here's what's happening…
-Pope Leo XIV meets with JD Vance, Marco Rubio
-Trump kicks off 18th week in office with high-stakes calls to potentially broker Ukraine, Russia peace
-Biden speaks out for first time since cancer diagnosis
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to lift a lower court injunction that blocked President Donald Trump's decision to terminate the protected legal status of hundreds of...
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Continue reading..."I think that the DEI thing is, frankly, a distraction. It's not helpful," he told CBS’ "Face the Nation."
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