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Most Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Had No Criminal Record, Investigation Reveals

A new investigation by CBS News shows the majority of men sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal records despite Trump administration asserting so.

Latin Times · Apr 7, 2025

Alarm as Republicans in Congress back Trump and Musk’s attacks on US judges

Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan echo president and key ally as experts express fears for ‘bedrock constitutional principles’

The Guardian - US · Apr 7, 2025

Judge considers holding Trump officials in contempt for defying court orders blocking El Salvador flights

Judge Boasberg says administration acted in ‘bad faith’ to evade scrutiny over president’s Alien Enemies Act removals

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

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Judge ponders contempt of court over US immigration actions - Roll Call

A federal judge said Thursday he will decide whether to find the Trump administration in contempt of court for removing certain migrants.

Roll Call · Apr 3, 2025

Joe Rogan Is Right: It Is 'Kind of Crazy' To Deport Innocent People Mistakenly Identified As Gang Members

The Trump administration says it is shameful even to suggest that immigration agents could make such errors.

Reason · Apr 2, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from stripping deportation protections for 350,000 Venezuelans: ‘Smacks of racism’

Judge Edward Chen blasts administration’s ‘false stereotypes’ about Venezuelans seeking shelter in the United States

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

How the Trump administration is using tattoos to lock up immigrants in El Salvador

Venezuelan men in streetwear with Michael Jordan and autism awareness tattoos could add up enough ‘points’ for their removal from the United States, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

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How is classified information typically shared and can officials declassify secrets whenever they want? A national security expert explains

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on March 27, 2025, ordered top Trump administration officials to preserve records of their messages sent on the messaging app Signal from March 11 to March 15 following a transparency watchdog group’s lawsuit alleging that the officials have violated the Federal Records Act.

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2025

New York Times reporter reveals reason Trump won’t fire Mike Waltz

White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman tells CNN that Trump ‘does not want to fire’ officials involved in the Signal group chat leak

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Why is Elon Musk so desperate to flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court?

Musk has been plowing campaign donations into the race to succeed retiring liberal justice, backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel and repeatedly stressing the importance of the outcome

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025

Trump news at a glance: judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be retained as tariff fallout deepens

Boasberg will later decide whether the disappearing messages in the Signal chat violated federal records retention laws. Here’s your roundup of key US politics stories from 27 March 2025

The Guardian - US · Mar 28, 2025

Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages

Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retained

The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2025

Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal texts on Houthi attack

Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order against deleting any messages in the controversial chat.

Al Jazeera · Mar 27, 2025

Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

A federal judge says he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

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The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

Americans think Signal blunder is as big a deal as Hillary Clinton’s use of private email server: Poll

Americans view the Signal leak in at least as bad a light as Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State

The Conversation · Mar 27, 2025

US stands on the brink of a constitutional crisis as Donald Trump takes on America’s legal system

As the 19th-century French political philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville, memorably observed, Americans have a tendency to fight their political battles in court. Barely two months into his presidency, Donald Trump is demonstrating increasing frustration as trade unions, civil rights organisations and states attorneys general challenge the implementation of his policies…

The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2025

Judges rule against Trump in several cases including trans military ban

Court rejects administration appeal in fired federal workers case amid series of legal setbacks for White House

The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2025

The Signal chat leak raises questions about accountability in Trump’s cabinet

High-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity

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The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

House Speaker Mike Johnson floats threat to shut down courts giving Trump trouble

Republicans are considering what actions to take when judges declare Donald Trump’s actions illegal

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

Judge clashing with Trump over deportations is assigned new lawsuit over Signal chat

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who has blocked the president’s deportation of Venezuelan immigrants under the Aliens Exile Act, has been handed a new lawsuit to hear challenging the Trump administration over the leaked Signal chat on bombings in Yemen.

International Business Times · Mar 26, 2025

Appeals Court Rejects Trump Bid To Lift Order Barring Deportations

A US appeals court on Wednesday denied a bid by the Trump administration to lift a lower court order barring summary deportations of Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law.

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

Appeals court rejects Trump’s attempt to throw out order that blocks deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Judge James Boasberg is temporarily stopping the administration from ejecting immigrants under the centuries-old wartime law

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

The 'state secrets privilege' sounds mysterious. Here's what it is and how it works

The Trump administration is invoking a powerful tool in seeking to cut off a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied his order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants being deported from the United States

Latin Times · Mar 26, 2025

Venezuelan Government Hires Lawyers To Defend Migrants As Fate Of Those Deported to El Salvador Remains Murky

Little is known about the legal status of Venezuelan migrants who were taken to El Salvador's mega-prison system. That may soon change.

Latin Times · Mar 26, 2025

Judge Berated By Trump As 'Radical Left Lunatic' Assigned Signalgate Lawsuit

Judge James Boasberg, on the receiving end of attacks by the Trump administration over his opposition to the use of the Alien Enemies Act to conduct swift deportations, has been assigned to a signalgate lawsuit

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