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Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US

The Trump administration insisted Sunday that it has no legal obligation to arrange for the return of a Maryland man illegally deported from the United States, arguing that a Supreme Court ruling last week only requires officials to admit him into the country if he makes it back from a high-security prison in El Salvador. Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge that they don’t interpret the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling — that the administration “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s rel ...

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Billionaire hedge fund leader warns US facing something 'worse than a recession'

Sunday 13 April 2025 18:33 BST The U.S. is perilously close to entering a formal economic recession and could well be facing something much worse on the horizon, a billionaire investing expert warned Sunday. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he warned that the “disruptive” nature of Donald Trump’s tariff announcements were causing market instability and was making it difficult for both U.S. business and global trading partners to rely on the ...

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Trump is 'fully fit' to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Updated 1:20 PM CDT, April 13, 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s doctor says the oldest man elected president is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief as the White House released results Sunday of Trump’s recent physical exam. The 78-year-old Trump is 20 pounds lighter since his checkup as president in 2020 showed him bordering on obesity. His physician, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, cited an “active lifestyle” that ”continues to contribute significantly ...

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Police Say Person Is In Custody After Suspected Arson At Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion

Police say a man has been arrested and will face charges including attempted murder, terrorism and attempted arson in the early morning fire that badly damaged the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion and forced Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family to quickly escape. Sunday’s announcement came after Shapiro and his family were evacuated overnight from the official governor’s residence after someone set fire to the building. Shapiro told an afternoon news conference that he, his wife, their four children ...

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Trump says looking at tariffs on chips, electronics supply chain; denies 'exception'

Sun, April 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM EDT 1 min read (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump denies that there was a tariff “exception” for certain electronics announced Friday, saying in a post on Truth Social that these products are still subject to existing tariffs of 20% and that the administration is looking into tariffs on the whole supply chain for electronics. “These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket,’” Trump says. ...

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'They won't call me back': Rudy Giuliani being frozen out after 'dramatic U-turn' on Trump

April 12, 2025 4:33PM ET Donald Trump confidante Rudy Giuliani says he can't get a call back from the White House after he started criticizing the President's top Cabinet officials. Giuliani "made a dramatic U-turn over President Donald Trump's 'crooked' choices after years of working as his fixer," according to the Daily Mail. It cites Giuliani's recent interview with conservative pundit Eric Bolling. "The 80-year-old, who is currently facing mounting legal woes, told Bolling ...

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon confuses AI with A1, sauce brand capitalizes on blunder

Published 1:48 p.m. ET April 12, 2025 | Updated 7:58 p.m. ET April 12, 2025 Secretary of Education Linda McMahon may have had a juicy steak in mind while speaking at a panel earlier this week because she confused artificial intelligence, also known as AI, with A1, the same name as the popular sauce brand. McMahon, 76, made the mix-up on April 8 while speaking at the ASU+GSV Summit, an event focusing on educational innovation. The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) initially ref ...

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'The Alien's To Blame': Border Czar Tom Homan Defends Trump Admin After Deporting Migrant By Mistake

Apr 12, 2025, 03:32 PM EDT Border czar Tom Homan is defending the Trump administration’s decision to deport 29-year-old Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a brutal prison camp in El Salvador, even though the administration admitted his removal was due to an “administrative error.” “The alien’s to blame. The aliens are to blame when they enter this country illegally,” Homan told Newsmax’s Chris Salcedo on Saturday, claiming that if Abrego Garcia had not unlawfully entered the U.S in the f ...

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Visas revoked for students at universities in Southern states amid crackdown

April 12, 2025, 9:34 PM EDT / Updated April 13, 2025, 12:42 AM EDT The Trump administration's revocation of student visas and, in separate action, termination of students from a tracking system for foreign scholars, has spread to the South. Public and private colleges and universities across the Sun Belt have reported that at least a few of their students have had their status as welcome scholars revoked or otherwise changed. Some university representatives said the institutions found out som ...

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Student Loan Update: Married Borrowers' Payments May Rise Under Trump Plan

Published Apr 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM EDT | Updated Apr 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM EDT Student loan payments could rise for some married borrowers as early as next month, after the Trump administration indicated in a recent court filing that it may revert to earlier rules requiring spousal income to be counted in income-driven repayment (IDR) plans. Newsweek has reached out to the Department of Education's (ED) press team for comment via email on Saturday. Why It Matters Currently, married borrowers wh ...

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Trump is 'fully fit' to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical

55 min ago - By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Updated 1:20 PM CDT, April 13, 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s doctor says the oldest man elected president is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief as the White House released results S ... (AP)

Some top tech leaders have embraced Trump. That's created a political divide in Silicon Valley

1 hr ago - Updated 1:45 PM EDT, April 13, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Like many in the tech industry, Jeremy Lyons used to think of himself as a relatively apolitical guy. The only time he had participated in a demonstration before now was in the opening ... (AP)

Khanna believes manufacturing 'isn't going to come here'

1 hr ago - 04/13/25 2:12 PM ET Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) believes manufacturing “isn’t going to come” to the U.S. despite the Trump administration placing tariffs on countries to do so. Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, joined CBS News? ... (The Hill)

Trump sits cageside at Miami UFC event in his latest appearance at a sports event

2 hrs ago - By STEPHANY MATAT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Updated 6:49 AM CDT, April 13, 2025 MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump said the standing ovation and cheers he drew when he took his seat at a UFC event in his home state of Florida were signs “we&# ... (AP)

'He is no longer at State': Trump official who worked with DOGE canned after Rubio 'clash'

2 hrs ago - April 13, 2025 6:40PM ET A key State Department figure is out after purportedly "clashing" with the leader of the agency, Marco Rubio. Pete Marocco was "a key architect of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash foreign aid has left the St ... (Raw Story)

Sen. Cory Booker says Congress should hold hearings on whether insider trading on Trump's tariffs occurred

2 hrs ago - April 13, 2025, 9:53 AM EDT / Updated April 13, 2025, 10:14 AM EDT WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday that Congress should hold hearings and defended Democratic lawmakers’ calls for investigations into any possibility of insider trad ... (NBC News)

Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US

3 hrs ago - The Trump administration insisted Sunday that it has no legal obligation to arrange for the return of a Maryland man illegally deported from the United States, arguing that a Supreme Court ruling last week only requires officials to admit him into th ... (Politico)

Michigan autoworkers wary of Trump's tariffs: 'Playing poker with people's lives'

3 hrs ago - Sun 13 Apr 2025 07.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 13 Apr 2025 07.01 EDT The General Motors Flint Assembly plant is a hulking symbol of American auto industry might, a 5m-sq-ft factory stretching as far as the eye can see down Van Slyke Road, and it hums ... (The Guardian)

Police Say Person Is In Custody After Suspected Arson At Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion

3 hrs ago - Police say a man has been arrested and will face charges including attempted murder, terrorism and attempted arson in the early morning fire that badly damaged the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion and forced Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family to qu ... (AP via HuffPost)

Trump's tariff policy is 'all chaos and corruption': Sen. Elizabeth Warren

3 hrs ago - April 13, 2025, 11:22 AM After the White House announced late Friday it was exempting smartphones, computers and chips from sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump issued against most trading partners, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Sunday that ... (ABC News)

'We are flying blind': RFK Jr.'s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more

4 hrs ago - 04/13/2025 10:00 AM EDT The federal teams that count public health problems are disappearing — putting efforts to solve those problems in jeopardy. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s purge of tens of thousands of federal workers has h ... (Politico)

Trump says looking at tariffs on chips, electronics supply chain; denies 'exception'

4 hrs ago - Sun, April 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM EDT 1 min read (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump denies that there was a tariff “exception” for certain electronics announced Friday, saying in a post on Truth Social that these products are still subj ... (Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg)

Mistakenly deported man's attorneys demand his return using Trump's own words

5 hrs ago - 7 hours ago Attorneys arguing for the return of a Maryland resident whom the Trump administration erroneously deported to El Salvador highlighted in a Saturday court filing President Trump's comments that he would "bring somebody back" if directed t ... (Axios)

Former top health official criticizes RFK Jr. for downplaying measles deaths

5 hrs ago - Updated on: April 13, 2025 / 2:36 PM EDT The former top vaccines official at the Food and Drug Administration criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for downplaying the deaths of unvaccinated children from measles, amid ... (CBS News)

China Halts Critical Exports as Trade War Intensifies

5 hrs ago - China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets, threatening to choke off supplies of components central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies and military contractors around the world. Shipments ... (NYT)

Billionaire hedge fund leader warns US facing something 'worse than a recession'

6 hrs ago - Sunday 13 April 2025 18:33 BST The U.S. is perilously close to entering a formal economic recession and could well be facing something much worse on the horizon, a billionaire investing expert warned Sunday. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associat ... (The Independent)

Trump's order could force states to buy costly new voting machines

6 hrs ago - Trump's order could force states to buy costly new voting machines Story by Patrick Marley, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez 8h {snip picture} President Donald Trump's plan to overhaul elections could hurl 2026 into turmoil by forcing states to hand-count b ... (Washington Post)

'Bureaucratic cruelty': 9/11 responders and survivors shaken by US health cuts

7 hrs ago - Sun 13 Apr 2025 08.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 13 Apr 2025 13.31 EDT A program that provides free healthcare to first responders and survivors of the World Trade Center terror attacks has been in turmoil for months, with services cut, restored and cu ... (The Guardian)

A retrial of Sarah Palin's case against 'New York Times' begins Monday

7 hrs ago - April 13, 2025 5:02 AM ET As another New York City institution once said, it's deja vu all over again for The New York Times and former Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin has the rare opportunity to retry her defamation case against the Times ... (NPR)

Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary

8 hrs ago - April 13, 2025, 11:17 AM Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that the administration's decision Friday night to exempt a range of electronic devices from tariffs implemented earlier this month was only a temporary reprieve, with the secreta ... (ABC News)

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