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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to the Daily Caller that Kilmar Abrego García, a recently deported alleged member of MS-13, was stopped in December 2022 on suspicion of human trafficking. During a Dec. 1, 2022 traffic stop by a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer, Abrego García was found to be transporting eight passengers across the country, sources told the Tennessee Star. He allegedly did not have a valid driver’s license and was suspected of trafficking the passengers but was let go at the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Documents from Homeland Investigations provided to the Daily Caller...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Action News Jax has continuing coverage of an active shooter situation on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee. We have learned that the FBI Jacksonville and the Tallahassee Resident Agency are on scene, as well as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
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A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration in the case that alleged fraud in a Biden-era clean energy program, unfreezing roughly $20 billion in funding meant to support projects like new solar energy arrays and efficiency upgrades for small businesses. Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday ruled in favor of the eight nonprofits that sued Citibank and the Trump administration, finding that the Environmental Protection Agency unlawfully terminated the program. Chutkan ordered the congressionally appropriated funds to be unfrozen at 2 p.m. Thursday and distributed to the nonprofits they were originally intended for. The Trump administration said it will appeal....
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen said during a visit to El Salvador that authorities there denied his request to meet or speak with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to the country.
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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 Breaking: As I have warned, Jeb Boasberg just filed an opinion finding Trump adm officials in contempt. 11:06 AM · Apr 16, 2025
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* The Supreme Court rules on the legal definition of a woman, after a challenge brought by women’s rights campaigners * A panel of five judges has unanimously allowed the appeal by For Women Scotland * Gender-critical campaigners embrace the court after judgment handed down
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New York Attorney General Letitia James was hit with a federal criminal referral for instances of alleged mortgage fraud on Tuesday, according to a letter obtained by The Post. Federal Housing FHFA Director William Pulte sent the missive to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche, alleging that James had “falsified records” to get home loans for a property in Virginia that she claimed was her “principal residence” in 2023 — while still serving as a New York state prosecutor. In February 2001, James also purchased a five-family dwelling in Brooklyn — but has “consistently misrepresented the same...
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It’s the latest setback to the president’s efforts to wield government power to punish the legal industry. A federal judge called it “a shocking abuse of power.”A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump from punishing the law firm Susman Godfrey, calling the retribution campaign he has waged from the White House against the nation’s top firms “a shocking abuse of power.”Ruling from the bench, Judge Loren L. AliKhan of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia said that the executive order Mr. Trump signed last week targeting the firm stemmed from a “personal vendetta.” Susman Godfrey represented...
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The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered administration officials to turn over evidence of their efforts to secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. since she first ordered his return, saying the government had shown her "nothing" to date.
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President Trump just signed an order to stop illegal immigrants from obtaining benefits under the Social Security Act and prioritize enforcement actions. Here is the text: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct:
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has pledged to travel to El Salvador to “discuss” the release of an alleged MS-13 gang member who was deported last month, leading a group of other Democrat lawmakers to demand the man’s return to the U.S. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran national who entered the United States illegally when he was 16, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maryland, where he resided, on March 12. Abrego-Garcia was previously arrested by immigration officials on March 28, 2019, with Judge Elizabeth Kessler finding that he “was arrested in the company of other...
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Biden will make his first remarks since leaving the White House during the Chicago speech
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Sitting beside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele told reporters he would not return a man the Justice Department said it mistakenly deported to his country. "How can I return him to the United States? Like if I smuggle him into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous," Bukele said when asked if he'd return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. "We're not very fond of releasing terrorists," he added. Trump then turned to Bukele and said of the assembled reporters: "They'd love to have a criminal released into...
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The Talk ShowsApril 13th, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.); Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; Fired director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the FDA (who tried to keep HHS Sec. JFK Jr. from seeing the vaccine database) Dr. Peter Marks; United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer; CBS News Pollster Anthony Salvanto.FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins; Illinois demofat Gov. JB Pritzker; Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Ken and Brad McCauley,...
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Fauci, top COVID officials have criminal referral requests filed against them in 7 statesThe filings urge state prosecutors to open criminal investigations into Dr. Anthony Fauci and other prominent officials for alleged crimes committed during the COVID-19 pandemic.(Focal Points) — On April 8, 2025, the Vires Law Group, in collaboration with the Former Feds Group Freedom Foundation, submitted formal criminal referral requests to the Attorneys General of Arizona and Pennsylvania. These filings urge state prosecutors to open criminal investigations into Dr. Anthony Fauci and other prominent public health and government officials for alleged crimes committed during the COVID-19 pandemic.READ: Evidence...
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The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards from the new tariffs President Trump exempted phones, computers and chips from his new tariffs on Friday. The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards. Trump has imposed 145% tariffs on imports from China. He paused further tariff actions on other countries in favor of a 10% baseline tariff.
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A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. Khalil, who as a Columbia University graduate student led pro-Palestinian protests there last year, was detained last month after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had determined that Khalil's activism was antisemitic and that allowing him to remain in the country would undermine a U.S. foreign policy goal of combatting antisemitism around the world. During a hearing at the remote Louisiana detention center where Khalil is being held, Judge Jamee Comans said she had no authority to question Rubio's determination. After the ruling, Khalil told the...
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Unsigned Order here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a949_lkhn.pdf
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Just hours after implementing tariffs of varying levels on trade partners worldwide, President Donald Trump said he would pause the 'reciprocal' import taxes for 90 days. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the pause would be effective immediately and the base tariff of 10% will still be enforced. He said he felt the pause was needed because more than 75 countries had contacted his administration to make trade deals.
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