Chris Lefkow

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General News Reporter and Chief Editor, North America at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

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Juez considera ilegal el uso por Trump de ley de 1798 para deportar migrantes

1 week ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

Chris Lefkow1 de mayo de 2025, 7:20 p.m.·4 min de lecturaUn juez federal de Texas consideró este jueves "ilegal" el uso que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, hace de una ley del siglo XVIII para deportar a presuntos pandilleros venezolanos.
Trump use of wartime law for deportations 'unlawful': judge

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

A federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump's use of an obscure wartime law to summarily deport alleged Venezuelan gang members was "unlawful."District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, a Trump appointee, blocked any deportations from his southern Texas district of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
Trump orders probes of two ex-officials, accusing one of 'treason'

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

Chris Lefkow Wed, April 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM UTC 3 min read US President Donald Trump ordered extraordinary Justice Department investigations on Wednesday into two members of his previous administration, including one he alleged may have committed "treason." Trump also stripped the former officials -- Miles Taylor, who worked in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Christopher Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) -- of their...
US federal judges halt deportations of Venezuelans under wartime law

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

Federal judges in New York and Texas temporarily blocked the Trump administration on Wednesday from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members without a court hearing. The US Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court order barring the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA), but said they must first be given an opportunity to legally challenge their removal.
Judge orders White House to restore AP access

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

A US federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press's access to President Donald Trump's official events, saying it had no right to bar media for their "viewpoints."AP journalists and photographers have been barred from the Oval Office and from traveling on Air Force One since mid-February because of the news agency's decision to continue referring to the "Gulf of Mexico" -- and not the "Gulf of America" as decreed by Trump.
Judge orders White House to restore AP access

1 month ago | macaubusiness.com | Chris Lefkow

A US federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press’s access to President Donald Trump’s official events, saying it had no right to bar media for their “viewpoints.”AP journalists and photographers have been barred from the Oval Office and from traveling on Air Force One since mid-February because of the news agency’s decision to continue referring to the “Gulf of Mexico” — and not the “Gulf of America” as decreed by Trump.
Judge orders White House to restore AP access

1 month ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

Chris Lefkow 8 April 2025 at 6:45 pm·3-min read A US federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press's access to President Donald Trump's official events, saying it had no right to bar media for their "viewpoints." AP journalists and photographers have been barred from the Oval Office and from traveling on Air Force One since mid-February because of the news agency's decision to continue referring to the "Gulf of Mexico" -- and not the "Gulf of America" as...
US Supreme Court Pauses Order For Return Of Salvadoran Deported In Error

1 month ago | barrons.com | Chris Lefkow

The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For more information go to AFP.com. © Agence France-Presse
US Supreme Court pauses order for return of Salvadoran deported in error

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

The US Supreme Court on Monday paused a lower court order demanding that the Trump administration repatriate a Salvadoran migrant who was wrongfully deported last month. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, who was living in the eastern state of Maryland, was among more than 200 people sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador last month as part of Republican President Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented migrants.
US Supreme Court weighs state defunding of Planned Parenthood over abortion

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Chris Lefkow

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday over a move by the state of South Carolina to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood because the reproductive health organization provides abortions. South Carolina's Republican governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order in 2018 cutting off reimbursements to the two Planned Parenthood clinics in the state for services provided to low-income Americans under the government's Medicaid program.