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-Trump official freezes millions in SBA aid to Minnesota, slams Walz’s policies as breeding ‘endemic’ fraud
-Epstein file drop includes 'untrue and sensationalist claims' about Trump, DOJ says
-House GOP tensions erupt after moderate Republicans' Obamacare 'betrayal'
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to provide due process to a class of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador in March, and gave it two weeks to detail how it will do so – setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the federal courts.
In March, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to halt its plans to immediately use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act wartime immigration law to quickly deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to CECOT, a Salvadoran maximum-security prison. That did not happen, and the planes landed in El Salvador hours later.
Boasberg concluded that the Trump administration's actions were illegal, conducted in defiance of the court, and deprived the migrants in the CECOT class of their due process protections – including prior notice of removal, a "meaningful opportunity" to contest their removal from the U.S., and the ability to dispute their designation as a member of the Tren de Aragua gang…READ MORE.
A pharmacy tech pulls medication from a shelf inside a pharmacy in Provo, Utah on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
PAY UP: Trump admin to revive student loan wage garnishments in January 2026 following COVID pause
HOLIDAY ELEGANCE: Trump and first lady go all black for official White House Christmas portrait photo
Shipping containers are seen at the container terminal of the port of Oakland, California, U.S., October 28, 2021. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
WASTE WATCH: Rand Paul's 'Festivus' report calls out cocaine dogs, COVID influencers and a mountain of debt
California sea lions, apex predators, are posing an issue on salmon and steelhead trout populations in the Pacific Northwest. (Janet Jensen/Tacoma News Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
DOMINOS FALLING: Lawmakers probe SBA loans linked to Minnesota’s $9B fraud scandal: 'Reckless decision making'
SUNSHINE STATE RACE: Boca Raton mayor launches run for Congress touting GOP as 'party of the middle class'
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PARTY FRACTURE: Cornyn torches Democratic field, says party now ‘ruled by socialists’
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