‘We Finally Got You.’ Immigrant-Rights Advocate Arrested in Colorado: Jeanette Vizguerra, who made national news evading deportation in a church basement, is the latest activist to be taken into custody by federal immigration agents.
Trump Officials Say Deportees Were Gang Members. So Far, Few Details: Families and immigration lawyers argue not all of the deportees sent to a prison in El Salvador over the weekend had ties to gangs.
Judge Says Khalil’s Deportation Case Can Be Heard in New Jersey: The Trump administration has sought to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, though he is a legal permanent resident and has not been charged with a crime.
Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis: Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, but rather how much damage it will cause.
They’re coming for immigrants first: And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.
Is Donald Trump above the law?: Legal experts say president’s willingness to defy America’s judiciary threatens a constitutional crisis
Courts Defer to Executive Branch Factual Claims. Trump Complicates That: 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.
Judge in Deportation Case Draws Ire of Republicans as White House Pushes Back: The attacks on the judge, James E. Boasberg, elicited a rare public rebuke by Chief Justice John J. Roberts Jr., who essentially told critics to knock it off.
Judge Finds Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution: It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump. The judge also ordered agency functions be partially restored, though that relief could be temporary.
With Cease-Fire Talks Stalled, Israel Puts War Back on the Table: While the Israeli government has stopped short of a ground invasion for now, its new strikes in Gaza seem to be an effort to force concessions from Hamas.
Putin Agrees for First Time to Avoid Energy Targets, if Ukraine Does Too: In a call with President Trump, President Putin agreed to pause strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days if Ukraine does the same. That falls short of the unconditional cease-fire Ukraine had already agreed to.
Putin Won’t End the War. He Can’t Afford To: Putin's plan is to drive a wedge between Ukraine and the United States, take advantage of Mr. Trump’s apparent friendliness to improve relations with America and keep the war machine running.
Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose: In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.
Russia Escalated Sabotage to Pressure U.S. and Allies on Ukraine, Study Says: Anger at Russia’s covert efforts, which included targeting undersea cables, warehouses and railways, has the potential to influence European reactions to the U.S.-led push for an end to the war.
Why Isn’t Ukraine in NATO?: The mutual-defense alliance has been central to Ukraine’s war against Russia, but the future is uncertain with President Trump back in office.
Brussels seeks to purchase weapons for entire EU: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen proposes central arms reserve capitals could draw from
Why Europe can’t rely on French nuclear umbrella alone: France’s president opens debate over using country’s atomic arsenal as a deterrent against Russia if U.S. scales back its presence
The U.S. establishment is scared of its own shadow: Fear and muddled thinking are stopping Trump’s opponents from acting in defense of a democracy in peril
Donald Trump threatens Iran with ‘dire’ consequences for Houthi attacks: Militants claim strike on American aircraft carrier after US president orders largest military operation of his second term
Baltic states and Poland propose exit from anti-landmine agreement: NATO members say they need to defend ‘vulnerable eastern flank’ with Russia and Belarus
Donald Trump says China’s Xi Jinping to visit U.S. in ‘not too distant future’: Hint at summit comes amid escalating trade conflict between Washington and Beijing
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum is riding high on Trump’s trade war: Leftist president’s approval moves above 80% in swirl of nationalism as she grapples with U.S. tariff threats
North Korean troops key to Russian advances in Kursk, says Ukraine: Superior numbers and attacks on supply lines slowly choked off the Ukrainian forces holding the town of Sudzha and forced their retreat.
U.S. won’t return Statue of Liberty to France, White House says: French politician Raphaël Glucksmann called for the return of the Statue of Liberty — a gift from France — in a symbolic critique of the Trump administration.
Trump Says Biden’s Pardons are ‘Void’ and ‘Vacant’ Because of Autopen: The use of the autopen, a device that reproduces signatures and is ubiquitous in government and business, is ordinarily uncontroversial. There is no power to undo a pardon in the Constitution or case law.
