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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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Supreme Court to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship executive order

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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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

  • News source: FOX News
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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.

Abdul El-Sayed, 40, is the second Democrat to put his name in the running to replace Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is not seeking reelection.

El-Sayed, a prominent figure in a movement that was highly critical of support for Israel in the 2024 election cycle, aims to set himself apart from the other Democratic candidates in...
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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.

The congressman wants the U.S. to provide...
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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

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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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FLASHBACK: Liberals are fine with Harvard getting a tax break but were against it for a Christian college

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Democrats are now defending elite universities like Harvard and Columbia from threats to their federal funding and tax-exempt status for allegedly violating public policy despite once championing the same legal precedent now being used against them.

The left championed the 1983 Bob Jones University v. United States ruling, which upheld the IRS’ decision to revoke tax benefits from a religious college that banned interracial dating. At the time, Democrats agreed with the federal government's argument that no institution engaging in discrimination...
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Democrats’ vice chair ignites civil war, targeting 'asleep at the wheel' incumbents in primaries

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A move by a top Democratic Party official to spend millions of dollars through his outside political group to primary-challenge some older Democrats in blue districts is further igniting intra-party tensions that have rocked the party since President Donald Trump's convincing election last November.

The reverberations started instantly after Leaders We Deserve, a political organization led by recently elected Democratic National Committee (DNC) vice chair David Hogg, announced on Wednesday that it will spend $20 million to help elect younger...
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'Down to zero': Veteran suicide crisis targeted in VA bill by bipartisan House coalition

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is joining forces to introduce a bill aimed at strengthening veteran suicide prevention programs.

"Too many veterans are dying by suicide every day, and we have to do more to prevent it," Rep. Greg Landsman, the Ohio Republican leading the effort, told Fox News Digital. "If we focus the VA resources on the most effective programs, we can make a significant impact in reducing these heartbreaking and entirely unacceptable rates of veteran suicide. Our veterans deserve the best care possible."

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CAIR panelist accuses Trump admin of using AI and antisemitism against free speech

  • News source: FOX News
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The Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a "Know Your Rights with ICE on Campus" webinar Wednesday night, during which an attorney on the panel accused the Trump administration of using antisemitism as a "ruse" to crack down on freedom of speech.

Immigration attorney Hassan Ahmad also advised students listening in on the CAIR panel to wipe their phone memory when traveling internationally to avoid allowing immigration officials to search their data.

This comes amid a multi-agency plan by the Trump administration to "root out"...
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White House defends ICE, says Dems, media want 'sick' criminal migrants left on streets

  • News source: FOX News
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The White House blasted Democrats and the mainstream media for defending "sick" criminal illegal immigrants against ICE arrest, saying on Tuesday that if it were up to them, some of the worst criminals in the country would still be on the streets.

The White House released a statement on Tuesday highlighting some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE just in the "past several days."

Amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration and criminal aliens, the White House defended ICE for ramping up arrests of...
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Italy's Meloni heads to US with unlikely mission for Europe

  • News source: BBC News - World
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She will have to walk a tightrope between representing the interests of the EU and remaining in the US president's good books.
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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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