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‘Criminal contempt’: US judge slams Trump administration for deporting Venezuelans despite court order

Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela A US federal judge said on Wednesday he had found “probable cause” to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in “criminal contempt” for deporting alleged members of Venezuelan gangs to El Salvador, despite the judge issuing a temporary restraining order […]

Donald Trump administration sues Maine for defying executive order on transgender athletes

Maine governor Janet Mills (left) and US President Donald Trump United States attorney general Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced the US Department of Justice is suing the state of Maine for not complying with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.“Today, the Department of Justice is announcing a civil lawsuit against […]

Who is Indira Talwani, the Indian-American judge who blocked Trump’s deportation order?

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Indian-American US district Judge Indira Talwani recently said she would stay the order that aimed to strip legal protections from over 500,000 individuals. The immigrants—primarily from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela—had entered the US under a Biden-era humanitarian parole programme that granted them two-year work permits. The decision prevents deportation efforts from […]

Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia won’t be returned to the US despite Supreme Court order. ‘Not a Maryland man’

Kilmar Abrego Garcia won’t be returned to the US as Salvador president Nayib Bukele said the idea is preposterous to him. The White House meeting between President Donald Trump and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele Monday made one thing clear that Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador won’t be […]

Supreme Court Ruling: Supreme Court blocks order to rehire thousands of Fed workers fired under Trump administration

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration in blocking a lower court order that required the government to rehire over 16,000 probationary federal workers who were dismissed as part of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to shrink the federal workforce. The brief order halted a ruling by US district judge […]

UK ‘stands ready’ to intervene as Trump’s US tariffs disrupt global trade order: PM Starmer

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday declared that the United Kingdom is prepared to deploy direct state intervention to protect British industries from the shockwaves of sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Starmer said the world had entered a new era where the “old assumptions can no longer […]

Trump administration pushes back against court order to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a man identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura as her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (AP photo) The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to […]

‘Going to fight back’: New York rejects Trump’s threat to cut school funds over DEI order

The New York state education department rejected demands from the Trump administration to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public schools, arguing that there is no legal basis for such orders.The state’s response came after a federal memo threatened to withhold critical Title I funding—meant for schools with high numbers of low-income students—from […]

No power to do any of this: 19 states in US sue Trump’s election order

US President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on elections faces legal challenge by Democratic attorneys general from 19 states, arguing it is an unconstitutional attempt to override states’ authority. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in a US district court in Massachusetts, aimed to block key provisions of the order, which imposes stricter voting requirements nationwide.The […]