How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More
President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.
Venezuela
Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details on Deportation Flights
Judge James Boasberg has asked the government to tell him what time two planes took off from U.S. soil and from where, what time they left U.S. airspace and what time they landed in El Salvador.
Court Face-Off on Deportations Tests Trump’s Power to ‘Find and Declare’ Facts
The litigation unleashed by President Trump’s second term, combined with his distortions and lies, is testing the judicial system’s practice of deferring to the executive branch’s determinations about what is true.
With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch
“Oopsie … Too late,” El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.
Trump Invokes the Alien Enemies Act, a Wartime Law, to Deport Venezuelans
The order declared that unauthorized Venezuelan immigrants who are at least 14 years old and part of the Tren de Aragua gang can be “apprehended, restrained, secured and removed.”
Judge Rejects Attempts to Temporarily Stop Migrant Detention at Guantánamo
A federal judge expressed doubts toward those challenging the federal policy, a potentially favorable sign for President Trump as he seeks to clamp down on immigration.
Trump to Revoke an Oil License in Venezuela
President Trump appears to be revoking a license that the Biden administration gave Chevron in 2022, potentially hurting the company and Venezuela.
Trump Administration Moves More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay
The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.
Trump Moves to End Entry Program for Migrants From 4 Nations
The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.