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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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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.
www.usatoday.com

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.
apnews.com

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.
www.nbcnews.com

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.
www.cbsnews.com

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.
apnews.com

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.
www.nbcnews.com

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.
www.nbcnews.com

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.
www.usatoday.com

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.
www.cbsnews.com

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.
apnews.com

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.
www.cbsnews.com

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.
www.cbsnews.com

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.
apnews.com

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.
www.foxnews.com

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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The Trump administration is allowing work on a major offshore wind project for New York to resume.

The developer, the Norwegian energy company Equinor, said Monday it was told by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that the stop-work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project, allowing construction to resume.

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DOJ launches investigation into blue state city over alleged race-based hiring

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Texas bill pushes strictest social media ban for minors in the nation

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NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center: Prosecutor

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Judge orders Trump admin to allow attorneys access to Venezuelan man in Salvadoran prison

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Trump admin reaches $5M settlement in fatal Jan. 6 shooting of Ashli Babbitt

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President Trump confident Putin wants peace with Ukraine, thinks he's 'had enough' of war

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Following his phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump appeared confident that peace talks between the two warring nations will soon be progressing.

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"President Trump, do you think Vladimir Putin wants peace?" the reporter shouted across the lawn.

Trump stopped and responded: "I do. Yes."

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