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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights — The Trump administration says it ignored a Saturday court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply …
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Washington Post:
Trump sends more than 200 alleged gang members to prison in El Salvador — The administration won't identify those moved — or say whether the Alien Enemies Act, which briefly sped up some deportations, played any role. — Over a weekend when President Donald Trump secretly invoked …
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump administration ignores judge's order to turn deportation planes around: Sources — Officials said the planes had to land for “national security” reasons. — Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government …
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped — The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead — It's going to be an eventful week. That's already clear. Chief among the issues is whether this is the week we reach the tipping point where the administration flagrantly ignores a federal court's order, and we begin to see the ensuing constitutional crisis, which would be full blown at that point, play out.
Annie Correal / New York Times:
Venezuelan Families Fear for Relatives as Trump Celebrates Deportations
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Brandon Drenon / BBC:
US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order
US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Timeline of US Flight to El Salvador and Judge's Order to Turn Around Planes
Timeline of US Flight to El Salvador and Judge's Order to Turn Around Planes
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Fox News:
Trump thanks El Salvador for taking in alleged gang members deported from US: ‘We will not forget’
Trump thanks El Salvador for taking in alleged gang members deported from US: ‘We will not forget’
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New York Times:
White House Denies Violating Judge's Order in Deporting Venezuelans
White House Denies Violating Judge's Order in Deporting Venezuelans
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NBC News:
Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use
Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Cornell Graduate Student Fearing Deportation Files Pre-emptive Lawsuit
Cornell Graduate Student Fearing Deportation Files Pre-emptive Lawsuit
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Doctor and Professor Is Deported Despite a Judge's Order — Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order. — A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University's medical school …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Judge demands Trump admin. explain why doctor was deported despite order — A federal judge on Sunday ordered the Trump administration to respond to allegations that U.S. immigration enforcement “willfully disobeyed” an order halting the deportation of a Rhode Island doctor.
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch — “Oopsie ... Too late,” El Salvador's president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.
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Arthur Allen / KFF Health News:
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants — National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.
David Enrich / New York Times:
As Voice of America Goes Dark, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced by Music — President Trump's executive order on Friday calling for the dismantling of the federal agency that oversees the broadcaster is part of a wider campaign to weaken the news media. — For more than 80 years …
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Hegseth pledges strikes at Houthis won't be a ‘one-night thing’ — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clarified that the recent strikes in Yemen against the Houthis are in defense of U.S. assets and not to advance either side of the Yemeni civil war. — The strikes represent …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Iran rejects Trump's ‘bullying’ on nuclear talks, as threats ratchet up
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Gloria Pazmino / CNN:
Another Columbia student targeted by ICE says she wasn't involved in protests on the night of her arrest — Days after federal immigration agents showed up to Ranjani Srinivasan's apartment - prompting her to leave the country out of fear she would be taken into custody …
Associated Press:
Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts — As an infant, Connor Phillips was born three months premature with cerebral palsy. The science that saved his life was the inspiration that led to his role studying brain processes as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health.
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Meghan O'Rourke / New York Times:
The View Inside Trump's Assault on Universities
The View Inside Trump's Assault on Universities
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Punchbowl News:
3/17/25 ☀️ AM: — Schumer and Jeffries huddle after Democratic implosion — The list: The 26 House Dems the NRCC is targeting — A sneak peek at the House GOP agenda for the next few weeks — Schumer and Jeffries huddle after Democratic implosion … The House and Senate are out this week.
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Reuters:
Trump says he will be speaking with Russia's Putin on Tuesday — U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and discuss ending the war in Ukraine. — “I'll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work's been done over the weekend …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans — The Trump administration's hard stance on tariffs and other international policies has some travelers rethinking where they vacation. — International travelers concerned about President Donald Trump's trade policies …
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NBC News:
Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder — Unlike in Trump's first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at the risk of not getting things done, per the NBC News poll.
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NBC News:
Poll: Trump faces early challenges on the economy as a united GOP backs big change
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Chris Murphy: ‘If We Continue to Engage in Business as Usual, This Democracy Could Be Gone’
Chris Murphy: ‘If We Continue to Engage in Business as Usual, This Democracy Could Be Gone’
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Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website — Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters ‘DEI’ added to website address — The US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war …

