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‘It’s one big show of contempt for the court,’ says a former federal judge about the Trump administration’s handling of two cases related to its deportation of noncitizens to an El Salvador prison.

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The Monroe Doctrine seeks to exclude outside powers from the Western Hemisphere. It is key to protecting the U.S. and our neighbors from China’s malicious designs.

Critics are attacking President Donald Trump's director of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, after he bashed a media conglomerate on X over the news coverage by its subsidiary cable news channel. "Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public—implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular 'Maryland man,'" wrote Carr. "When the truth comes out, they ignore it. Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest. News distortion doesn’t cut it. Abrego Garcia came to America illegally from El Salvador, was validated as a member of the violent MS13 gang—a transnational criminal organization—and was denied bond by an immigration court for failure to show he would not pose a danger to others. Why does Comcast ignore these facts of obvious public interest?"Carr was responding to a Trump administration aide who shamed networks for not showing the White House press briefing that featured the mother of a girl killed by an immigrant. Patty Morin went into graphic detail about the murder of her daughter on Wednesday. The man responsible was arrested and convicted by a jury. ALSO READ: There’s a new dress code in Trump’s DC — and it’s straight out of a dictator’s playbookKilmar Ábrego García was among those accused of being a gang member and shipped to a prison in El Salvador. In 2019, an immigration judge barred him from being sent to El Salvador, CBS News reported. The U.S. government continues to claim that García is an MS-13 gang member, but one legal analyst wrote Tuesday there's reason to question this.He had no connection to the murder of Morin's daughter.On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a 2021 filing in which García's wife sought a protective order. In a statement about the matter, she said that it was a difficult time in their relationship, and her reaction was due to fears caused by a previous relationship. She said their marriage has since grown stronger. She never went through with the protective order, and everything was dismissed. Critics were shocked that a government official responsible for regulating the industry would "threaten" a company for its news coverage. "So I know @BrendanCarrFCC from my days on the energy and commerce committee. I never in my life would have imagined that this guy who I thought was a good man, would turn out to be the composer of state approved talking points and media. This is truly sad and disgraceful," wrote former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).Philadelphia lawmaker, Rep. Ben Waxman (D-PA) posted on X, "The chair of the FCC is openly threatening to punish @Comcast —a major employer headquartered in my district—because MSNBC aired views he doesn’t like. That’s not regulation. That’s government retaliation against protected speech. It’s dangerous, authoritarian, and wrong.""This is the head of the FCC lecturing a media company because it's covering a news story in a way he doesn't like, and implying that it might be violating federal law by doing so. Your free-speech administration, ladies and gentlemen," wrote James Surowiecki, a contributing writer for Fast Company and The Atlantic. "Just hours after proclaiming that the Trump administration is 'restoring free speech rights to Americans,' the FCC chairman is implicitly threatening a news outlet over its editorial decisions," wrote Deadline's Ted Johnson on X.Libertarian and Reason editor Nick Gillespie pointed out "that the FCC doesn't have jurisdiction over cable content.""We need a separation of government and broadcasting," said Reason's editor at large, Matt Welch."Abrego Garcia could be the biggest piece of s--- in the world, and the US still couldn't ignore a court order forbidding removal to El Salvador. People who suck still have rights. And Brendan Carr shouldn't try to make it illegal to point this out," wrote defense attorney Andrew Fleischman."The man is a communist. This is the kind of crap you’d see in the Soviet Union, or communist China. Another Trump un-American puppet using the government to beat up private corporations who don’t advocate on behalf of Maga. This is literally what Putin does in Russia. These people hate America, and they hate our freedoms," posted John Aravosis of the Aravosis Report. "The hypocrisy of MAGA doesn’t shock me anymore, though this one takes it to new levels. To be pro-free speech but also want the FCC to edit and shape news coverage with vulgar threats is absurdly authoritarian. If this movement is not smashed and thoroughly discredited, it’s the end of the U.S. as even a marginally free country," said Ryan Grimm, co-host of "Counter Points."

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NYU law professor Adam B. Cox spoke to Salon about the Trump administration's refusal to correct a mistake

DOGE has put 80% of the National Endowment for the Humanities staff on leave.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 29.

Since the Trump administration has refused to guarantee that people being picked and deported using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act have the right to appear before a judge, the U.S. Supreme Court must.

As the fate of President Trump’s agenda hung in the balance in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) turned to what he knows best: Prayer. At the end of an hours-long, late-night meeting that came after Johnson was forced to scrap a key vote Wednesday night, the Speaker, a devout Southern Baptist, led a group [...]

The state of Colorado has settled a lawsuit against two Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners who violated the state's open meetings law by drafting an opinion piece last year in support of a state ballot measure.

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Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Mike Sacks, the latest Democrat to join the crowded primary field for the seat of New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, launched his campaign [...]The post At the Races: TikTok-ing their way to victory appeared first on Roll Call.

Spencer has picked her chief of staff and has said she will replace the city streets director and also development chief Neal Richardson.

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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," as fallout continues from the unprecedented Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Margaret Brennan speaks to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, GOP Reps. Mike Turner and John James and Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.

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History is contested. There will always be a variety of views about what should be included and excluded from America’s story. Historical scholarship requires an openness to debate and a willingness to embrace new findings and perspectives. It also involves the humility to accept that no one — least of all the government — has a monopoly on the truth.

President Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war, which he says exists in the form of a gang 'invasion.'

A week after Morgan Wallen stalked off Saturday Night Live, the NBC late-nighter made sure the door hit the hit the “I’m the Problem” singer on the way out. “Get me to God’s county,” mocked Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) in a direct swipe at controversy-inviting Wallen’s merch-inspiring post-SNL March 29 Instagram of his private [...]

The White House’s assertion that the case is closed surrounding national security officials’ use of Signal is getting pushback in Congress, even among some Republicans who say their own probes will press on. On Monday, the White House said it had taken steps to ensure the inadvertent addition of a journalist to a group chat [...]

We must stand up — together — and show that Virginia can turn hardship into opportunity. PenFed Credit Union CEO James R. Schenck writes in a guest column.

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he started it more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of John Lewis.

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The winners will be revealed June 16 at a ceremony held at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago.

Booker broke the record for longest Senate floor speech, previously set by Strom Thurmond.

The Senate is voting on a resolution that offers an off-ramp to import taxes on Canada.

BOSTON — Day two of the Karen Read murder retrial has begun, with attorneys hoping to add more members to the final jury pool.

Here are some election results from Aurora, Elgin, Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook, Gurnee, Homer Glen, Naperville, Northbrook, North Chicago, Oak Park, Orland Park, Skokie, the south suburbs, Thornton Township, Tinley Park and Waukegan.

In concert with President Donald Trump, Fox News is amplifying right-wing attacks against Chief Judge James Boasberg, who issued an order halting Trump’s mass deportations.The Trump administration has claimed that the immigrants deported to El Salvador are dangerous gang members, but Boasberg issued a temporary retraining order—effectively pausing the deportations—that the administration has disregarded.On Tuesday, Fox News reporter Haley Chi-Sing cast suspicion on Boasberg, particularly regarding his appointment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by Chief Justice John Roberts."The Chief Justice handpicked DC Obama Judge Jeb Boasberg to serve on the FISA court. The DC federal judges are in a cozy little club, and they protect their own," said Mike Davis, president of the Article III Project, a right-wing legal group.Fox News, which is owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch, also attacked Boasberg on air. In a Sunday episode of Mark Levin’s “Life, Liberty & Levin,” the judge was mocked as “the most powerful man in America.”Cartoon by Clay BennettFox’s attacks echo Trump, who in a Sunday social media post characterized Boasberg as part of a group of “radical left judges” obstructing his agenda.In recent weeks, judges have reported an increase in death threats and other forms of harassment as Trump has led a crusade against them. But aside from the danger of Trump and his media allies attacking judges, the characterization of Boasberg simply does not pass the smell test.He was first elevated to the federal judiciary by Republican President George W. Bush in 2002. And while Boasberg has received bipartisan support, including from Democrats like President Barack Obama, that didn’t stop him from ordering the release of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails in 2016.The attacks against Boasberg do show that the right is of one mind on these issues, despite occasional intra-family disputes. Trump has argued that he must have unchecked deportation power to protect the country from violent criminals, but evidence has already emerged showing that people unaffiliated with gangs are being swept up in his purges and sent to El Salvador.What Trump doesn’t want is judicial oversight of his actions—which is the literal constitutional role of the federal court system. And Fox News proves that he has plenty of support behind his unlawful actions.Campaign Action

Since President Donald Trump took office, the Justice Department has asked the conservative-majority high court to step into cases much earlier than usual.

“These cases, especially together, reflect the inevitable reckoning — just how much is the Supreme Court going to stand up to Trump?” professor Stephen Vladeck wrote.

There is some disagreement among experts and Republicans over whether enough was done to block Democratic-nominated judges, particularly those who are now blocking the Trump administration.

Public media firms answered for their bias at the House DOGE subcommittee. NPR boss Maher said she regrets calling Trump a 'deranged racist sociopath.' ABC, CBS and NBC reacted strangely.

J. Bennett Johnston, a conservative Louisiana Democrat who guided energy policy during four terms in the U.S. Senate, where he helped end price controls on natural gas and championed the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the nation’s emergency stockpile of crude oil,...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law, while a court fight continues.

Republicans are proposing to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and impeach judges.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary with proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach...

Federal judges have blocked key Trump policies, prompting legal battles over executive power. The administration vows appeals, setting up a high-stakes court fight.

In taking on Trump, Roberts isn’t taking sides. He’s trying to protect the judicial branch against political assault, just as he did in 2020 after then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer launched his dreadful headline-grabbing attack on two justices of the Supreme Court.

Rep. Jim Jordan said that hearings will be held on how to respond to orders issued by federal judges blocking the Trump administration in recent days.

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Democracy demands open government. The people need to know what’s going on across local, state and federal governments in order to make informed decisions. That’s why we celebrate Sunshine Week, which occurs every year on the week of the March 16 birthday of James Madison, the Father of the Constitution.