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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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Rep. LaMonica McIver charged with felony assault after Newark ICE protest

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Justice Department on Tuesday filed felony charges against New Jersey Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver for allegedly assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during a clash earlier this month between protesters and police outside of a Newark, New Jersey, ICE detention center, charging documents show.

Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced Monday that her office had charged McIver with "assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement" on May 9, when law enforcement clashed with elected representatives and...
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Three killed after floods ravage French Riviera region

  • News source: BBC News - World
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One couple died after being trapped by rising waters in a resort town; a third victim died in their car.
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French police launch prison hunt for mini Chinese-made phones

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The phones, no bigger than a cigarette-lighter, were being used to mastermind crimes from inside jail.
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Jeremy Bowen: Goodwill running out as UK, France and Canada demand Israel end Gaza offensive

  • News source: BBC News - World
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France, the UK and Canada are among nations that have sharpened their criticism of Israel's ground offensive.
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Donald Trump Jr. mocks Jill Biden over Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis

  • News source: Leah Degrazia | E! Online
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Originally appeared on E! Online.

Donald Trump's eldest son is providing his take on Joe Biden's challenging health journey.

After the former president shared that he was diagnosed with an advanced form of prostate cancer, Donald Trump Jr. mocked the politician's news by questioning his wife Dr. Jill Biden's efforts to prevent the spread of his condition.

In a post shared to X (formerly Twitter) on May 18, the 47-year-old reshared a message from Dr. Steven Quay, who alleged that prostate cancer should be the "easiest cancer to diagnose when it...
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Alina Habba drops federal trespassing charge against Dem mayor, offers ICE facility tour: 'Nothing to hide'

  • News source: FOX News
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Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka is no longer facing a federal trespassing charge over an incident earlier this month at Delaney Hall, a privately operated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in his city.

"After extensive consideration, we have agreed to dismiss Mayor Baraka’s misdemeanor charge of trespass for the sake of moving forward," acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba said in a statement on Monday evening.

"In the spirit of public interest, I have invited the mayor to tour Delaney Hall. The...
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Nebraska becomes first state approved to ban soda purchases with food stamps

  • News source: FOX News
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Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps.

The move, announced Monday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would affect about 152,000 people in Nebraska enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps families pay for groceries.

"There's absolutely zero reason for taxpayers to be subsidizing purchases of soda and energy drinks," Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said in a statement...
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Trump admin hits bullseye with first US mine for key mineral used in military ammo, night-vision, Big Tech

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has helped launch the first-ever U.S. mine for a critical mineral largely dominated by China, which controls about half of global production, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Idaho operation will extract and smelt antimony – a metalloid that is key to the U.S. defense and technology sectors – and reduce reliance on malign actors like the CCP – from which about half the world’s stock is currently produced.

Antimony has a myriad of national security uses – including in military tools like night-vision goggles...
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More polling problems for this blue state Democrat governor facing re-election next year

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's approval ratings are holding slightly in positive territory, but a new poll indicates a majority of New Yorkers would still prefer someone else to win the 2026 election for governor in the Empire State.

A Siena College poll released on Tuesday also suggests that Rep. Elise Stefanik is the polling frontrunner among three major Republicans considering runs for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, in the race to challenge Hochul next year.

According to the poll, which was conducted May 12-15, 36% of registered...
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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces Georgia governor bid, slams Trump in campaign video

  • News source: FOX News
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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms launched a Georgia gubernatorial bid on Tuesday, slamming President Donald Trump in a campaign video.

"Donald Trump is a disaster for our economy and our country. From his failure to address rising prices to giving an un-elected billionaire the power to cut Medicare and Social Security. It's one terrible thing after another," she asserts in the video, later declaring, "Georgia families deserve far better than what Donald Trump and Republicans are giving us."

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House...
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Trump, Hegseth to announce 'golden dome' missile defense plan, US official says

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump will make an announcement on the Golden Dome missile defense system at 3 p.m. ET this afternoon alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Space Force Vice Chief of Operations, General Michael Guetlein, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.

The Pentagon's recommendations for the multibillion-dollar project will be announced, including the drafted architecture and implementation plan for the complex satellite system, the official added.

A total of $25 billion has been carved out of next year's defense budget for this...
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GOP senators renew call for DOD watchdog to probe former Joint Chiefs boss Milley for alleged misconduct

  • News source: FOX News
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Republican senators are renewing calls for the Pentagon’s watchdog to investigate alleged misconduct and efforts to "undermine the chain of command" by former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Fox News Digital has learned.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., penned a letter obtained by Fox News Digital to the acting inspector general of the Department of Defense, Steven Stebbins, renewing their 2022 request for a review of Milley’s conduct.

MILLEY STILL HASN'T RESPONDED TO BANKS, GRASSLEY LETTER WITH...
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Federal air marshals surveilled Trump Cabinet member Gabbard in 2024, Rand Paul says

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he received records confirming that federal air marshals surveilled now-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard during domestic flights last year, "reporting back information related to her appearance and even how many electronics she was observed using."

The Republican from Kentucky made the revelation Tuesday on Capitol Hill as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Krisi Noem was testifying about her department’s budget request for fiscal year 2026.

"I commend you and the Trump administration for...
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UK sanctions 'godmother' of Israel's settler movement Daniella Weiss

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The foreign secretary said the move "demonstrates our determination to hold extremist settlers to account".
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Elon Musk says he's going to do ‘a lot less' political spending

  • News source: Allan Smith, Matt Dixon and Steve Kopack | NBC
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Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a major benefactor to President Donald Trump in last year's presidential election, said Tuesday that he will do "a lot less" political spending moving forward.

Speaking with Bloomberg at the Qatar Economic Forum, Musk, who spent more than a quarter billion on a super PAC set up last year to primarily help Trump, sounded ambivalent about making such commitments in the cycles to come.

"I think in terms of political spending, I'm going to do a lot less in the future," Musk said, adding, "I think I've done...
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