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Court calls Trump admin's defiance over mistakenly deported man 'shocking'

The Trump administration's claim that it can't do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the US should be shocking, a federal appeals court said Thursday in a scathing ruling in favour of the Maryland man. A three-judge panel from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously refused to suspend a judge's decision to order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her instruction to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return. The panel said Republican President Donald Trump's government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done. This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear, th

Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador?

Despite a court ruling that protected him from deportation, he was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last month - and is now locked inside one of the world's harshest prisons

Who is Chinmay Deore, Indian student challenging his US visa termination?

Chinmay Deore, 21, a computer science student at Wayne State University, claims with three others that their immigration status was unlawfully revoked by US officials without prior notice

Homeland Security threatens to revoke Harvard's ability to enrol foreigners

The US Department of Homeland Security has threatened to revoke Harvard University's ability to enrol foreign students if it failed to provide by April 30 records on its international student visa holders' "illegal and violent" activities. It also cancelled grants totalling more than USD 2.7 million to Harvard University. The latest action from the Trump administration against Harvard comes on the heels of a USD 2.2 billion federal funding freeze because the university rejected a list of demands. The administration also proposed the revocation of the university's tax-exempt status over its radical ideology. "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced the cancellation of two DHS grants totalling over $2.7 million to Harvard University, declaring it unfit to be entrusted with taxpayer dollars," the DHS said in a statement on Wednesday. "The Secretary also wrote a scathing letter demanding detailed records on Harvard's foreign student visa holders' illegal a

IRS move to revoke tax-exempt status would be 'unlawful', says Harvard

With a $53 billion endowment, Harvard has emerged as the highest-profile university to contest Trump's attempts to force sweeping changes on higher education

California becomes first US state to file lawsuit to block Trump's tariffs

California challenges Trump's sweeping tariffs in court, arguing he overstepped authority under emergency powers law and caused economic harm to the state and nation

Trump officials likely in contempt over Venezuela deportations, says judge

US District Judge James Boasberg issued an order saying that officials acted in "willful disregard" of his verbal order on March 15 to turn around planes carrying Venezuelans

Trump admin urges judges to fast-track deportations, skip asylum hearings

Speeding up the flow of cases through immigration court could bolster the administration's effort to expand its mass arrest and deportation effort

Judge to order Trump officials to testify in Kilmar Garcia deportation case

A federal judge in Maryland will order sworn testimony by officials in President Donald Trump's administration to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison. US District Judge Paula Xinis issued her order after Trump officials continually refused to retrieve Abrego Garcia, saying they defied a clear Supreme Court order. She said the process could take two weeks and told the attorneys on both sides to cancel any vacations or appointments. The bottom line is it was a very simple directive, Xinis said of her own order. I've got nothing. I've got no real response. The afternoon hearing came a day after White House advisers repeated the claim that they lack the authority to bring back the Salvadoran national from his native country. The president of El Salvador also said Monday that he would not return Abrego Garcia, likening it to smuggling a terrorist into the United States. Here's the latest: Biden: 30 per c

China faces up to a 245% tariff on imports to the US, says White House

US President Trump signs executive order to investigate into the national security risks associated with imported critical minerals

White House starts media policy curbing wire services' access to President

Fresh from a courtroom loss over The Associated Press' access to the presidency, the White House on Tuesday put forward a new media policy that sharply curtails access to Donald Trump by news agencies that serve media outlets around around the world. It was the latest attempt by the new administration to control coverage of its activities. The move would block the AP and other wire services that serve billions of readers through thousands of news outlets. It comes after a judge ruled the White House had violated the organization's free speech by banning it because it disagreed with the outlet's decision not to rename the Gulf of Mexico. While outlining a new pool coverage policy for small spaces like the Oval Office and Air Force One, the White House also said it will ultimately give press secretary Karoline Leavitt the final say over who gets to question her boss, according to people who have seen the plan. The White House did not return messages for comment on Tuesday evening. A

A US brain drain will have global implications, and also undermine America

The Trump administration's broad attacks on science are increasing the likelihood of a brain drain similar to that seen in Russia and other authoritarian regime

We continue to work for ceasefire: US state dept on Russia-Ukraine conflict

United States President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg to discuss the conflict in Ukraine

Judge blocks labour dept from enforcing key part of Trump's anti-DEI orders

A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and grant recipients to certify they do not operate any diversity, equity and inclusion programs that run afoul of anti-discrimination laws until further order from the court. Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued the ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit dedicated to training and retaining women in skilled construction trades that receives several grants from the Department of Labor. The certification provision is a key part of President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at curbing DEI programs because contractors and grant recipients could be subjected to crippling financial penalties under the False Claims Act if they are found in violation of it. The lawsuit filed by Chicago Women in Trades argued that Trump's executive orders infringe on Fir

President Trump wants to see dialogue, discussion with Iran: WH press secy

Karoline Leavitt said that Trump spoke to the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, who helped facilitate these talks.

Visa cancellations leave foreign students in US fearing deportation

At first, the bar association for immigration attorneys began receiving inquiries from a couple students a day. These were foreigners studying in the US, and they'd discovered in early April their legal status had been terminated with little notice. To their knowledge, none of the students had committed a deportable offense. In recent days, the calls have begun flooding in. Hundreds of students have been calling to say they have lost legal status, seeking advice on what to do next. We thought it was going to be something that was unusual, said Matthew Maiona, a Boston-based immigration attorney who is getting about six calls a day from panicked international students. But it seems now like it's coming pretty fast and furious. The speed and scope of the federal government's efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges across the country. Few corners of higher education have been untouched, as schools ranging from prestigious private ...

China halts deliveries of Boeing jets as trade war with US escalates

In retaliation to US' 145% tariff, China has slapped a 125% per cent levy on US imports - effectively doubling the price of Boeing jets

Vietnam's exporters scramble to fulfil order surge amid 90-day tariff pause

Businesses that had seen demand dry up just weeks ago are now overwhelmed with urgent shipment orders from US buyers

'Not at all sensible': Ex-US treasury secretary on Trump's tariff strategy

Janet Yellen slams Trump tariffs as 'unclear', warns of trade decoupling, but sees no Fed intervention needed yet despite market turmoil

Harvard refuses to surrender independence after Donald Trump's threat

Harvard president Alan Garber said in a post on the school's website that the administration demanded new terms late Friday that went beyond prior requests in exchange for maintaining federal funding