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A declassified assessment contradicts the president's assertion that Tren de Aragua is "closely aligned with" the Venezuelan government and acts at its "direction."

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Ruling is strongest pushback yet on use of 18th-century law. Plus, Black Sabbath give their first interview in two decades

In a first-of-its-kind decision, a US district judge issued a permanent injunction barring the law’s use in south Texas.

The Trump-appointed judge found that the administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act "exceeds the scope of the statute and is contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning of the statute's terms."

Ruling only applies in southern Texas district, yet is the most powerful rebuke to Trump’s use of 18th-century law

A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration's decision to take over 200 Venezuelan migrants in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador

Judges in Texas and New York said they would temporarily bar the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a rarely-invoked law letting presidents imprison and deport noncitizens in times of war