Nintendo confirms the Switch 2 price is staying at $450 in the US despite tariff turmoil, with preorders starting April 24 Accessories will be more pricey "due to changes in market conditions," however. PC Gamer · Apr 18, 2025
Ignoring SCOTUS Plus: A deep dive into the likelihood of China invading Taiwan, a weak dollar, Kasparov sounds constitutional crisis alarms, and more... Reason · Apr 18, 2025
US revokes nearly 1,700 student visas: Who are the targets? Hundreds of students have had their visas cancelled and find themselves in limbo. Some have been arrested. Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2025
First Thing: IRS reportedly weighs revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status Probably illegal move is latest Trump attack on higher education. Plus: the rancher’s dog who led a two-year-old to safety The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025
US senator says margaritas in photo with wrongly deported man planted by El Salvador – as it happened Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says drinks placed on table created hoax and neither he nor Kilmar Ábrego García touched them The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2025
Rubio suggests US will drop Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress made in days After weeks of efforts by the Trump administration to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine have failed to bring an end to the fighting, Rubio said the US administration wants to decide 'in a matter of days whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks.' Euronews · Apr 18, 2025
Trump faces contempt risk: What happens if president violates court orders? Judge James Boasberg has ruled that probable cause exists to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt. Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration's Attempt To Block Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia "This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson warned. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
The Trump Administration Wages War on Meta Mark Zuckerberg's donations haven't stopped the Federal Trade Commission from going after his company. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
Department of Homeland Security Is Now Demanding Harvard University To Share 'Detailed Records' Of Student Visa Holders The Department of Homeland Security is demanding "detailed records" on Harvard's student visa holders as the feud between the institution and the Trump administration escalates Latin Times · Apr 17, 2025
Kilmar Ábrego García’s wife rejects Trump officials’ depictions of him as ‘violent’ Jennifer Vasquez Sura criticizes DHS’s attempt to smear her wrongly deported husband over 2021 civil protective order The Guardian - US · Apr 17, 2025
The Trump Administration's Increasing Hostility to Basic Due Process Vice President J.D. Vance is only the latest to indicate he sees due process, as guaranteed in the Constitution, as an unnecessary impediment to the administration's goals. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
The Trump administration defied the courts twice in one day, and experts say it could hurt America’s sterling reputation as an attractive place to invest Experts say a diminished legal system could scare off investors. Fortune · Apr 17, 2025
How Far Will the Trump Administration Go Against Mexican Drug Cartels? Using the military to wage the drug war in Mexico raises practical and constitutional issues. Reason · Apr 17, 2025
Al Jazeera · Apr 17, 2025 US judge says ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt White House says it will appeal ruling that administration flouted court order on deportation flights.
The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025 El Salvador president vows to double size of prison holding US deportees Donald Trump urged that the prison, which can hold up to 40,000 inmates, be expanded after he threatened to send American citizens who have broken the law
Reason · Apr 17, 2025 Federal Judge in Deportation Case Finds Probable Cause To Hold the Trump Administration in Contempt U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the evidence indicates that the government "willfully disobeyed" his order blocking removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
The Conversation · Apr 16, 2025 Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than 100 immigrants to a prison in El Salvador intensified on April 16, 2025. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg released an opinion saying that he had “probable cause” to hold members of the administration in…
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 White House enlists grieving Maryland mother in effort to blunt criticism for defying court order on mistaken deportation Rachel Morin’s mother appeared in the White House briefing room to give an emotional account of her daughter’s brutal murder, as the Trump administration tries to change the narrative surrounding its deportation policies
The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025 What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order A federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration appears to have willfully violated his order to turn around planes of migrants headed for El Salvador increases the prospect of officials being held in criminal contempt of court and potentially facing possible prosecution
Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025 Trump Officials Face Criminal Contempt for 'Willful Disobedience' After Judge Orders Flights to El Salvador Halted The Trump administration has until April 23 to reveal how many undocumented Americans were deported to El Salvador, when they were transferred out of U.S. custody, and whether they were all deported pursuant to the Proclamation.
Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025 Trump Admin Rules Allow Deportation Of Migrants With No Criminal Record To Guantanamo: Report The Trump administration initially promised to take "the worst" criminals to Guantanamo Bay, but a memo shows broad discretion to decide who to send there
Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025 El Salvadoran VP Reveals Trump Is 'Paying' to Keep Abrego Garcia at CECOT, Senator Says Sen. Van Hollen revealed that El Salvador's VP claimed the Trump administration is paying to keep a wrongly deported Maryland resident imprisoned.
Latin Times · Apr 16, 2025 Justice Department Hits 'La Nueva Familia Michoacana' Cartel with Indictments and Sanctions in Major Crackdown The Justice Department has unsealed indictments against the co-leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican drug cartel designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Reason · Apr 16, 2025 The Special Counsel Is Dead. Long Live The Special Counsel. Judge Boasberg will likely anoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Trump Administration, bring us back to Muellergate.