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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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Gabbard declassifies Biden counterterrorism strategy, confirms push for information-sharing with Big Tech

  • News source: FOX News
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a Biden-era plan to counter domestic terrorism that called for greater information-sharing with tech companies and a legislative push to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Developed in 2021 after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the plan outlined a government-wide effort to track how foreign actors use disinformation to radicalize Americans and urged coordination with private industry on domestic threats. It also called for measures to curb in-prison radicalization and study...
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Israeli strikes kill Palestinians in tented area for displaced in Gaza

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Witnesses in al-Mawasi told the BBC that people were burned alive as tents were engulfed in flames.
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Six injured in shooting at Florida State University

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Heavy snow blocks Alpine resorts in Switzerland and France

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A Swiss ski resort is cut off and people have been told to stay indoors in the French resort of Tignes.
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French-Haitian panel to study ex-colony's history

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The French president announced the commission on the 200th anniversary of France ordering Haiti to pay a debt for its freedom.
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Colombia declares health emergency after dozens die of yellow fever

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated before travelling to risk areas for Easter.
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French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A mysterious group has accused Justice Minister Gérard Darmanin of declaring "war" on prisoners.
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Supreme Court to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship executive order

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will hear oral arguments next month over whether the Trump administration can partially enforce an executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship while proceedings in a challenge to the directive move forward.

The court said in an unsigned order that arguments on the Justice Department's request for emergency relief will take place during a special sitting on May 15. The administration has asked the Supreme Court to limit the scope of three separate injunctions that blocked...
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More Dems work to join Sen. Van Hollen in El Salvador to push for alleged gang member's return to US

  • News source: FOX News
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Several more congressional Democrats have made statements or issued requests to leadership to travel to El Salvador in hopes of bringing imprisoned deportee and accused MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to Maryland.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., remained in the Central American country as of Thursday morning, after Salvadoran Vice President Felix Ulloa rejected his entreaties to contact or free the alleged gang member on Wednesday.

A representative for Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday that the freshman...
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Trump admin guts AmeriCorps, Clinton-era volunteer agency that failed 8 consecutive audits

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The Trump administration placed roughly 75% of full-time AmeriCorps employees on administrative leave Wednesday as the administration looks to rebuild the Clinton-era volunteer agency from scratch, Fox News Digital learned.

A total of 535 full-time AmeriCorps employees out of the agency's 700 staff were placed on leave, an administration official confirmed to Fox News Digital Thursday.

Volunteers with AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps, a program that focuses specifically on volunteer opportunities for youth between the ages of 18–26...
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'Mass surveillance': Conservatives sound alarm over Trump admin's REAL ID rollout

  • News source: FOX News
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Conservatives are speaking out against the Trump administration’s plans to finally enact long-expected REAL ID laws in a bid to crack down on illegal immigration.

"If you think REAL ID is about election integrity, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. Someone has lied to you, or you’re engaged in wishful thinking. Please don’t shoot the messenger," Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., wrote on X earlier this week.

Responding to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem's video announcing the May 7 REAL ID deadline, the former vice...
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Fierce Israel critic launches Senate bid in Michigan high-stakes 2026 midterm race

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A former Michigan public health official and Democratic candidate for governor entered the race for the state's open U.S. Senate seat on Thursday in what could be one of the most watched races in the 2026 midterm elections.

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Republican uses George Washington, American Revolution to reject notion Ukraine should surrender to Russia

  • News source: FOX News
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Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. – who has advocated for the U.S. and Europe to "arm Ukraine to the max" – pointed to the American Revolutionary War to push back against the notion that Ukraine should surrender to Russia.

"I’m glad General George Washington didn’t say ‘Let’s surrender because Great Britain is too powerful and defeating them is unlikely.’ But, that is what some of our leaders are saying to Ukraine, the victim of a Russian invasion. Surrendering to a tyrant is not peace," Bacon wrote in a post on X.

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Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The cable car had been traversing the valley when a cable to one of the cabins snapped, local media report.
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Ex-Russian general jailed for seven years over bribes

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Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony after being accused of taking bribes.
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