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Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Trump administration confirms mistakenly deported man is in El Salvador prison, but offers no way back

Representative image (Picture credit: AP) The Trump administration confirmed on Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident mistakenly deported last month, remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador but did not provide the full scope of information demanded by a federal judge regarding efforts to bring him back.In a court filing submitted, […]

FEMA: FEMA staff face lie detector tests amid DHS leak probe, fears of agency overhaul

File photo: US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem (Picture credit: AP) Dozens of staffers at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including acting administrator Cameron Hamilton, have recently undergone lie detector tests as part of a widening department of homeland security (DHS) crackdown on alleged leaks of national security information, according to CNN.The polygraphs, […]

America’s Mideast TV news channel fires staff, goes off air

CAIRO: The head of a US-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that claims a 30 million-strong audience in the Middle East and North Africa terminated most staff and TV programming Saturday, accusing the Trump administration and Elon Musk of having “irresponsibly and unlawfully” cut off funding.In notices sent to Al Hurra news staffers about […]

Trump’s olive branch to China? US exempts smartphones & computers from global tariffs

In a significant policy adjustment, the Trump administration has announced exemptions for smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and other high-tech electronics from its newly imposed global tariffs. The move, revealed in a Saturday notice by the US customs and border protection office, is expected to ease cost pressures on American consumers while tempering the impact of sweeping […]

Judge slams Trump admin’s ‘extremely troubling’ failure to return migrant from El Salvador prison

Supporters of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hold signs reading “Bring Kilmar Home” (AP photo) A federal judge has sharply criticized the Trump administration for failing to take any discernible action to secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident wrongfully deported to El Salvador. The strong rebuke came during a Friday hearing in a […]

UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Case: ‘Political stunt’: Luigi Mangione’s lawyers slam Trump administration’s push for death penalty in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers slam Trump admin’s push for death penalty in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case (Picture credit: AP) Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a shocking daylight attack in December 2024, are urging a federal judge to block the Trump administration from pursuing the death penalty, […]

‘Not asking for state secrets’: Judge orders daily updates as Trump administration struggles to locate wrongfully deported man

File photo: US President Donald Trump (left) and Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to provide daily updates on efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, after a tense hearing in which justice department lawyers admitted they could not say […]

To push self-deportation, Trump administration lists thousands living immigrants as dead, cancels their social security number

Representative image/AI generated The Trump administration has listed over 6,000 living immigrants as dead, cancelling their Social Security numbers and stopping them from working or receiving benefits, according to a report by news agency Associated Press.Since becoming US president, Donald Trump has worked to remove temporary legal status from hundreds of thousands of immigrants who […]

‘Who knew what President was going to do?’ Democrat senator Adam Schiff alleges insider trading after Trump’s sudden tariff pause

Adam Schiff raises insider trading concerns after Trump’s tariff pause Following a turbulent day on Wall Street sparked by President Trump’s sudden 90-day tariff pause on most countries—with the exception of China—Democratic Senator Adam Schiff has raised concerns about insider trading within the Trump administration. In a pointed statement on Capitol Hill, Schiff criticized what […]

US Supreme Court halts reinstatement of 16,000 federal workers dismissed under Trump administration

US President Donald Trump The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday halted a directive requiring the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers who were dismissed during extensive workforce reductions. The court’s intervention came after the administration sought emergency relief from a California federal judge’s decision, which mandated the return of 16,000 probationary staff […]