Closing summary
We have reached the end of another day of live coverage of the Donald Trump’s second term in office and will wrap up now. But before we leave, here are some of the day’s main developments:
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student arrested by federal agents in March for her political speech in favor of Palestinians was released from a federal immigration detention facility in Louisiana, hours after a judge ordered it.
Stephen Miller, the anti-immigrant hardliner said the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus to evade ruling from judges appointed by six presidents that the government has no legal authority to deport people without due process.
Donald Trump confirmed that he will keep in place tariffs of at least 10% on imports even from countries that strike trade agreements with the US.
The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, was arrested and detained by Ice on Friday outside a detention center he was protesting. He was released five hours later and gave a rousing address to supporters. “I heard someone at the council meeting get up and say that I love immigrants more than residents. Let me tell you this: everybody in this city is a resident, everybody that catches the bus, that goes to work, that tries to find a job here”.
Exasperated by the turmoil that has dogged Pete Hegseth’s office in recent weeks, the White House will block the US defense secretary’s choice of chief of staff and select a candidate of its own.
Pope Leo, who voted by absentee ballot in the 2024 election in November, is “not happy with what’s going on with immigration” in Donald Trump’s America, his brother says. “How far he’ll go with it is only one’s guess, but he won’t just sit back. I don’t think he’ll be the silent one.”
Treasury secretary urges Congress to raise debt ceiling
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote to the House speaker, Mike Johnson, on Friday to warn him and other congressional leaders, that “there is a reasonable probability that the federal government’s cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted in August”.
“Therefore, I respectfully urge Congress to increase or suspend the debt limit by mid-July, before its scheduled break, to protect the full faith and credit of the United States,” Bessent added in his letter, since lawmakers are scheduled to be in recess in August.
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