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What to Know California argues that President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China or a 10% tariff on all imports is unlawful. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the tariffs have resulted in inflated costs and billions of dollars in damage in the nation’s most populous…

The Trump administration has been accused of ignoring or flat-out defying recent federal court orders, including a Supreme Court decision that it must “facilitate” the release of a Maryland man who was sent in error to a Salvadoran prison.   The federal judge presiding over Kilmar Abrego Garcia‘s case Tuesday chastised the administration for its inaction. “I’ve gotten nothing,” said Judge Paula Xinis…

Two service members were killed and a third was in “serious” condition after the vehicle they were in crashed near the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico, military officials said Tuesday. The crash was reported on New Mexico’s Highway 9 at mile marker 115 near the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station in Santa Teresa, New Mexico,…

The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered administration officials to turn over evidence of their efforts to help bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to…

The attendees of the second-annual Autism Health Summit had already sat through hours of presentations about treatments that promise miracles to help heal the condition — water filters and electromagnetic gadgets, supplements, stem cell treatments only available in Europe, and fecal transplants here in the U.S.   Of all the speakers at the conference, the one who…

The former Columbia University student arrested on campus and slated for deportation has filed evidence that shows claims underlying the government’s case are dubious. NBC News reviewed over 100 pages of documents submitted by the federal government in its effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil, as well as evidence filed by Khalil’s legal team, including his permanent residency application, several articles…

Former President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has “taken a hatchet” to Social Security, weighing in on a critical issue for millions of Americans as the 82-year-old Democrat briefly returned to the national stage. Biden, who has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, gave an evening…

If an immigrant who the government claims is a gang member can be deported to El Salvador without any due process rights, then why not a U.S. citizen? That was the nightmarish scenario immigration advocates and constitutional law experts were considering on Monday after President Donald Trump again pushed a provocative plan to deport U.S.…

Several of the nation’s largest LGBTQ Pride celebrations are down hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate sponsorships this year, with some event organizers saying promised funds have been withdrawn or reduced and others saying they’ve been ghosted by longtime corporate partners, NBC News reported. Pride organizers say some companies fear being targeted by the Trump…

Fumble by the vice president! JD Vance dropped the ball during the Ohio State’s football team’s visit to the White House on Monday as the team’s national championship trophy slipped from his grasp. While the team presented President Donald Trump with an Ohio State helmet and a jersey with his name and the No. 47…