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(Reuters) – Four Democratic U.S. representatives arrived in El Salvador on Monday hoping to compel the Trump administration to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and now held in a notorious prison in that country. U.S. Representatives Maxwell Frost of Florida, Robert Garcia of California, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona and Maxine Dexter …

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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito criticized the court majority for “hastily and prematurely” blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants with an emergency ruling in the early morning hours of a holiday weekend. Alito’s five-page dissent arrived late Saturday night, nearly 24 hours after the …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge held on Friday that the Trump administration’s policy of refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities is likely unconstitutional, but she declined to block it nationwide. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary injunction that stopped the …

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(Reuters) – U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Friday denied a request to block the Trump administration from deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members. Boasberg made the ruling at a hearing on Friday evening to weigh the ACLU’s request for an emergency order blocking the administration from deporting people under the Alien Enemies Act. (Reporting by …

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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to cut another $1 billion in funding for Harvard University, this time targeting health research, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, as the administration’s row with elite schools escalated. The Trump administration has withheld government funding from Harvard, Columbia and other universities in response to their tolerance …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions …

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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dan Caldwell, once one of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s most senior advisors, issued a joint statement on Saturday along with two other Pentagon officials casting doubt on an internal leak investigation that led to their ouster this week. “We are incredibly disappointed by the manner in which our …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the U.S. on Saturday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies on deportations, government firings, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Outside the White House, protesters carried banners that read “Workers should have the power,” “No …

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