White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the court’s order lacked legal basis and was issued after the flights left U.S. territory. The White House said on Sunday that deportation flights carrying Venezuelan immigrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang—a U.S.-designated terrorist organization—did not conflict with a judge’s order that
Arizona shares an approximately 370-mile border with Mexico. Construction of an additional seven miles of the southern border wall in Arizona began on Sunday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the expansion of the unfinished wall in a video statement on X. “Right at this spot, you can see where the border wall ends,” Noem
The Houthis say the strikes led to 31 deaths; the United States has not yet released death toll estimates. National Security Adviser Micahel Waltz said on March 16 that the Trump administration’s strikes on Houthis in Yemen resulted in significant blows to its leadership. In an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” Waltz confirmed the strikes
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other Justice Department officials say that a federal judge exceeded his authority with his decision. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency motion on behalf of the Trump administration to dissolve a federal judge’s order on Saturday that blocked President Donald Trump from invoking the Alien Enemies Act
The Trump administration is on track for sweeping changes to public education within the first 100 days of its second term but legal challenges await. President Donald Trump has yet to issue an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education or work with Congress to do it, but the process of dismantling the smallest
VOA director Michael Abramowitz said, ‘for the first time in 83 years, the storied Voice of America is being silenced.’ About 1,300 journalists, producers, and assistants at the federally funded Voice of America (VOA) news organization were placed on administrative leave, said VOA director Michael Abramowitz in a post on LinkedIn on Saturday. “For the
Adam Boehler will continue to work as a special government employee in the administration. The White House has confirmed that Adam Boehler was withdrawn as the president’s nominee special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. Boehler, who recently was working to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, will work as a “special government