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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-century law


By MARK SHERMAN
Updated 4:33 PM CDT, May 16, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Trump administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th-century wartime law enacted when the nation was just a few years old.

Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members, a designation that the administration says makes them eligible for rapid removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The court indefinitely extended the prohibition on deportations from a north Texas detention facility under the alien enemies law. The case will now go back to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which declined to intervene in April.

President Donald Trump quickly voiced his displeasure. “THE SUPREME COURT WON’T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!” he posted on his Truth Social platform.

The high court action is the latest in a string of judicial setbacks for the Trump administration’s effort to speed deportations of people in the country illegally. The president and his supporters have complained about having to provide due process for people they contend didn’t follow U.S. immigration laws.

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Five killed after helicopters collide in Finland

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police have not confirmed the number of deaths but said there were five people on board in total.
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'To Easy LoL' - New Orleans jail break may have been inside job

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The inmates ripped a toilet from the wall and escaped through a hole before running across a highway.
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Walz calls Trump a "tyrant" who abuses power and violates rule of law

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota criticized Donald Trump in a law school graduation speech Saturday, accusing the Republican president of creating a national emergency by repeatedly violating the rule of law.

Walz, the vice presidential nominee in 2024, used his remarks at the University of Minnesota's law school commencement ceremony to call on graduates to stand up to abuses of power. Lawyers, he said, are "our first and last line of defense."

"Right now, more than any other time in my lifetime, we need you to live up to the oath that you're...
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Transcript: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," May 18, 2025

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The following is the transcript of an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that will air on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 18, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And joining us now is Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Rome. Mr. Secretary, you've had a very busy week. I know you have been at the Vatican, and they have offered to host a direct meeting between Ukraine and Russia. Given that Vladimir Putin was a no show at the talks he called for in Istanbul this past week, is there reason to believe that he will take up Pope Leo on the...
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Secretary Rubio says Trump wants summit with Russia's Putin "as soon as feasible"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan in an interview that will air on Sunday that President Trump wants a face-to-face meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin "as soon as feasible." He believes a direct conversation between the two world leaders is the only way to move the Russia-Ukraine talks forward.
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Trump tells Walmart to ‘eat the tariffs' after retailer warned it will raise prices

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President Donald Trump blasted Walmart on Saturday after the country's largest retailer warned this week that it will have to raise prices because of tariffs.

"Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, "EAT THE TARIFFS," and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. "I'll be watching, and so will your customers!!!"

Walmart CFO John David Rainey said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday that, "We have not seen price...
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Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine 'bloodbath'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US president said he would also talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Nato leaders.
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Avalanche in Swiss Alps buries several people, police say

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A search and rescue operation is under way after an avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps.
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Young Dems blame Biden and their own party for losing in 2024 as they distance themselves from the old-guard

  • News source: FOX News
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The Democratic Party is finally saying the quiet part out loud: "Biden should not have run again."

Revelations about President Joe Biden's cognitive decline and his administration's alleged cover-up have returned to the national conversation ahead of next week's release of CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios political correspondent Alex Thompson's book, "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again."

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a 2024 presidential campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden, and considered...
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Avalanche in Swiss Alps buries several people, police say

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A search and rescue operation is under way after an avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps.
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Melania Trump statue goes missing in Slovenia

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The bronze depiction of the US First Lady is a replacement for a previous wooden version, which was set on fire in 2019.
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Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, tells company to "eat the tariffs"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump ripped into Walmart, saying on social media Saturday that the retail giant should "eat the tariffs" instead of blaming the duties on imported goods imposed by his administration for its increased prices.

Walmart on Thursday warned that everything from bananas to children's car seats could increase in price despite the softer tariffs on China.

"We can control what we can control," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said on the company's first quarter earnings call Thursday. "Even at the reduced levels, the higher tariffs will result in higher...
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Biden interview audio reveals who brought up Beau's death — and it wasn't Hur

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Joe Biden lashed out against special counsel Robert Hur over a report in which he described the longtime lawmaker as a "sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."

The part of Hur’s report that most angered Biden was the suggestion that the then-president could not remember when his son, Beau, died. However, new audio obtained by Axios sheds light on Biden’s lapses in memory.

In February 2024, Biden and several high-profile Democrats — as well as media personalities — attacked Hur. During a press conference on Hur’s...
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'Failure's not an option': Trump budget bill will be 'big' help for seniors, top House tax-writer says

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: The top tax-writer in the House of Representatives is arguing that President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will be "big" for American taxpayers as well – including seniors.

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., and other Republicans on the panel spent months negotiating behind closed doors on how to enact Trump's tax policies.

Among those is an added $4,000 deduction for Americans aged 65 or older. Seniors with income of less than $75,000 as single filers, and less than $150,000 as joint filers, would be...
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Middle East trip highlights President Donald Trump's 17th week in office

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump spent his 17th week as commander-in-chief visiting the Middle East, marking his first major overseas trip of his second term.

The president left Washington, D.C., Monday for Saudi Arabia, followed by a visit in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The president’s trip comes amid the continuing war between Israel and Hamas, ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, and his plans to broaden his first administration’s Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and Arab League nations...
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