Matthew Rice

6 days ago | nysun.com | Matthew Rice

Raucous town halls are back as members of Congress spend two weeks back in their districts answering for the actions of the Trump administration — and the inaction of Congress — during the first real lawmaking break of the second Trump administration. The events are eerily similar to the town hall protests organized by Tea Party activists against the Democrats in 2009 and 2010 — events that helped galvanize support for the GOP and hand them 63 House seats in the following election.

1 week ago | nysun.com | Matthew Rice

Senator Van Hollen finally got his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador on Thursday after originally being blocked by the country’s government from doing so. Though the two men were able to sit and speak, Mr. Abrego will not be released from Salvadoran custody. Mr. Van Hollen and President Bukele both shared photos of the senator’s meeting with Mr. Abrego late Thursday night. “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar.

1 week ago | nysun.com | Matthew Rice

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals says they will not block a lower court order demanding the government “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States. The Trump administration says a district court judge in Maryland is unfairly limiting the president’s constitutionally guaranteed executive powers. Judge Paula Xinis of the district of Maryland has ordered the government to “facilitate” and “effectuate” the return of Mr. Abrego to his family back in Maryland.

1 week ago | nysun.com | Matthew Rice

Since the day it was reported Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador’s maximum security prison, there have been calls for him to be put on a plane and flown back to his wife and children in Maryland. The White House is now disclosing its evidence to try to show why he can’t even be trusted to step foot on American soil again.

1 week ago | nysun.com | Matthew Rice

Democrats’ fight to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to his wife and child in Maryland are escalating as one senator visited the small Central American country on Wednesday and several other lawmakers are planning unofficial trips of their own. Senator Van Hollen flew to San Salvador to try and meet with Mr. Abrego, only to be told by the country’s vice president that he could not do so.