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Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Updated 6:24 PM CDT, April 16, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt
of court and warned he could seek officials’ prosecution for violating his orders last month to turn around planes carrying deportees to an El Salvador prison.

The ruling from U.S District Judge James E. Boasberg, whom President Donald Trump has said should be impeached, marks a dramatic battle between the judicial and executive branches of government over the president’s powers to carry out key White House priorities.

Boasberg accused administration officials of rushing deportees out of the country under the Alien Enemies Act last month before they could challenge their removal in court, and then willfully disregarding his order that planes already in the air should return to the United States.

The judge said he could hold hearings and potentially refer the matter for prosecution if the administration does not act to remedy the violation. If Trump’s Justice Department leadership declines to prosecute the matter, Boasberg said he will appoint another attorney to do so.

“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” wrote Boasberg, the chief judge of Washington’s federal court. ...

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HUD puts half-occupied headquarters building in DC up for sale

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pointed out that only half of its D.C. headquarters is being used after the agency's building was added to a list of federal properties marked for sale by the Trump administration Thursday.

HUD's headquarters became the first major federal agency building to be added to the General Services Administration's list of "assets identified for accelerated disposition" amid GOP efforts to slim down the government's real estate portfolio and potentially relocate agency headquarters outside the nation's...
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Migrant tents removed from Guantanamo bay, satellite images show

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Some 175 tents raised as part of an expansion to the base's migrant detention centre have been removed.
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US weapons left in Afghanistan sold to militant groups, sources tell BBC

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Sources say half a million US weapons obtained by the Taliban have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups.
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Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The car had been traversing the 1,100m-high mountain when a cord to one of the cabins snapped say local media.
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US-Somali airstrike as battle rages for key town

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Heavy fighting broke out on Wednesday after al-Shabab raided the town, saying they had captured it.
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Syrians have more freedom after Assad, but could they soon lose it?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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There are concerns around what democracy could look like and the role of Islam in the new regime.
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DHS tells US citizen and immigration advocate from California to leave country

  • News source: Tania Luviano-Hurwitz
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“I was born in National City, California," National City resident Aldo Martinez told NBC 7. "I was never paroled, I was never admitted into this country, I am no type of parole."
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FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Food and Drug Administration is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News, and effectively outsource this oversight to state and local authorities.

The plans have not been finalized and might need congressional action to fully fund, said the officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly. Andrew Nixon, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, denied that the FDA was making plans to do this.

Some FDA employees have been working on...
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Trump calls deadly FSU shooting "terrible," suggests no new gun laws

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump said Thursday a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people was "terrible" and a "shame," but suggested he's unlikely to back any new gun control measures — saying he's a "big advocate of the Second Amendment."

Asked by reporters if he planned on looking at stricter gun laws in the wake of the shooting, Mr. Trump said, "These things are terrible. But the gun doesn't do the shooting, the people do."

"As far as legislation is concerned, this has been going on for a long time," Mr. Trump added. "I have an obligation to...
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Can the IRS strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status? Here's what to know.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The battle between President Trump and Harvard University has moved to a new front, with the IRS now considering whether to revoke the Ivy League school's tax-exempt status.

A final decision has not yet been made by the IRS, CBS News' Aaron Navarro reports. But the effort comes after Mr. Trump on Tuesday suggested that Harvard could lose its tax exemption. The tax agency's move to consider whether to strip Harvard of its designation as a 501(c)(3) organization was earlier reported by CNN.

The IRS has awarded tax-exempt status to almost 2 million...
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Supreme Court poised to make major decision that could set limits on the power of district judges

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The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the Trump administration’s challenge to judges issuing nationwide injunctions, setting a date for a case that could have a major impact on the president’s ability to carry out his agenda as well as on the entire country.

This comes after three federal judges issued separate nationwide injunctions blocking an executive order by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.

On Thursday, the court consolidated the three cases into one and set oral arguments to...
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Justice Kagan denies emergency appeal to halt deportation of Mexican nationals claiming asylum from cartel

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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Wednesday denied an emergency appeal by four Mexican nationals facing deportation. The request asked the court to temporarily block their removal so they could file a formal petition for review. Kagan denied the application without comment and did not refer the matter to her colleagues on the court.

The petitioners, Fabian Lagunas Espinoza, Maria Angelica Flores Ulloa and their two sons, were ordered to report to immigration officials on April 17. Their legal team argued they face cartel violence if returned to...
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What we know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and MS-13 allegations

  • News source: BBC News - World
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BBC Verify looks at the evidence behind allegations that the Salvadoran mistakenly deported to a mega-prison was a dangerous gang member.
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Court says Trump administration's claims in case of deported man are "shocking"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington — A federal appeals court said Thursday that the Trump administration's assertions in the case of a Maryland man who it admitted was mistakenly deported to El Salvador should be "shocking" to all Americans and made an appeal to the executive branch to vindicate the importance of the rule of law.

The brief unanimous opinion authored by Judge Harvie Wilkinson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit rejected a request from the Trump administration to pause a district judge's order that required it to facilitate the release of Kilmar...
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Trump admin imposes sanctions against Bank of Yemen for supporting Houthis

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The Trump administration announced sanctions against the International Bank of Yemen Y.S.C. (IBY) on Thursday for its financial support of Houthi terrorists.

Along with the bank, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning key leaders of IBY, like its Chairman of the Board of Directors Kamal Hussain Al Jebry; Executive General Manager Ahmed Thabit Noman Al-Absi and Deputy General Manager Abdulkader Ali Bazara. By sanctioning IBY, the U.S. hopes to stop Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red...
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