President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an announcement regarding U.S. Space Command from the Oval Office, saying the headquarters will move to Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A federal appeals court ruled last week that most of the president’s sweeping global tariffs are unlawful, potentially dealing a significant blow to the president’s effort to reshape the country’s trade policy unilaterally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration cannot use a centuries-old wartime authority<\/u><\/a> to speed up the removals of noncitizens alleged to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Donald Trump\u2019s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act did not meet the legal requirement of a war or an invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Louisiana-based appeals court — one of the most conservative in the country — rejected the Trump administration\u2019s argument that members of Tren De Aragua comprised a hybrid criminal state intent on invading the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA Country’s encouraging its residents and citizens to enter this country illegally is not the modern-day equivalent of sending an armed, organized force to occupy, to disrupt, or to otherwise harm the United States. There is no finding that this mass immigration was an armed, organized force or forces,\u201d Judge Leslie H. Southwick wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a dissenting opinion, Judge Andrew Oldham rebuked his colleagues for second-guessing Trump\u2019s determination about the alleged invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat contravenes over 200 years of legal precedent. And it transmogrifies the least-dangerous branch into robed crusaders who get to playact as multitudinous Commanders in Chief,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Defense Department says it\u2019s looking to tap military judge advocates and civilian attorneys to begin working on the growing backlog of immigration cases that\u2019s topped 3.6 million cases<\/u><\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The move is part of President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on migration to the U.S., and in particular, asylum seekers. Under U.S. law, a person who enters the country illegally is still allowed to seek asylum through an immigration court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Justice Department, which oversees the court system, says it has tried to hire more judges in recent years but remains overwhelmed by the number of new cases being filed, with some 1.8 million new cases added last year, according to the Congressional Research Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the Defense Department is in the process of identifying people who can work as temporary judges at the request of the Justice Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese DOD attorneys will augment existing resources to help further combat a backlog of cases by presiding over immigration hearings,\u201d Parnell wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to an email sent by the Navy Judge Advocate General obtained by ABC News, the military is interested in 100 volunteers — active duty, reserve and civilian — who could begin work this November for a roughly six-month stint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But that number is expected to grow. The Associated Press first reported on Tuesday<\/u><\/a> that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to work as temporary immigration judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPreferred volunteers will have experience in administrative law, immigration law, as a military judge or in related fields,\u201d the Navy JAG wrote in its email calling for the initial group of volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFurthermore, selected officers must demonstrate a record of sound judgment, legal expertise and analytical ability, coupled with exceptional discernment and impartiality, a professional demeanor, suitable temperament for the role of immigration judge and strong written and oral communication skills are also essential,\u201d the email added. \u201cJudge advocates must be active members in good standing of a state bar or The DC bar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sen. Bill Cassidy told reporters he\u2019s not walking back his support for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. despite Kennedy\u2019s changes to vaccine policy and the termination of CDC Director Susan Monarez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeople are going to try to make this something more than it is. I\u2019m not presupposing anyone is right or wrong. I am saying we\u2019ve got to get to the truth because there are serious allegations and so that will take radical transparency — to quote the president, to quote the secretary,\u201d Cassidy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo I am not presupposing someone is right or wrong. I just know we\u2019ve got to figure it out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cassidy, a physician who cast a key vote for Kennedy\u2019s confirmation and chairs the committee that focuses on health, has been embroiled in the CDC showdown — both during the termination, when Monarez called Cassidy to alert him that Kennedy was pushing her out, and afterward, as Cassidy called for oversight investigations into the major staff shakeups at CDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But on Tuesday, he maintained that Kennedy and Trump are still in fact-finding mode, and he wouldn\u2019t make a final judgement until all of the data was out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n lays out what he expects to unfold in Chicago in coming days<\/p>\n\n\n\n Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said he expects to see what played out in Los Angeles<\/a> and Washington<\/a> to happen in Chicago in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “First, Donald Trump is positioning armed federal agents and staging military vehicles on federal property, such as the Great Lakes Naval base. It is likely those agents will be with ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security and other similarly situated federal agencies. Many of these individuals are being relocated from Los Angeles for deployment in Chicago,” the governor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pritzker said he expects agents are planning to “raid Latino communities and say they’re targeting violent criminals” and that Trump “will be looking for any excuse to put active duty military on our streets, supposedly to protect ICE.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois,” Pritzker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n