US supreme court: Trump can resume deporting migrants to countries not theirs
The US supreme court has ruled that the Trump administration can continue deporting migrants to countries that are not their homeland and without giving them an opportunity to share the dangers they might face.
The decision ended an injunction on such deportations issued by US District Judge Brian Murphy, who ordered the Department of Homeland Security to provide written notice to migrants explaining where they would be sent and stop deporting migrants to countries like South Sudan where the state department warns of “crime, kidnapping and armed conflict”, Reuters reports.
The court’s three liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – dissented.
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There’s still no confirmation from Israel or Iran on the ceasefire deal Donald Trump announced on social media.
According to the Associated Press, Iran’s mission to the United Nations declined to comment on Trump’s ceasefire post, and the Israeli mission said it had no immediate comment. Iranian state media has no confirmation yet either.
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins announced today that the Trump administration is working to rescind a rule that prevents logging on national forest lands.
The “roadless rule”, which went into effect in 2001, prohibited road building and logging on all national forest land without roads, accounting for about 30% of national forest land.
At the the annual meeting of the Western Governors Association in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rollins said the rule impedes “responsible timber production” and that ending it “opens a new era of consistency and sustainability for our nation’s forests”.
Strikes are still ongoing in both Israel and Iran as we await further details on the ceasefire Donald Trump announced on social media.
According to the Associated Press, the Israeli military has declined to comment on Trump’s statement. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. There was also no immediate comment from Iran.
In honor of the 53rd anniversary of Title IX – the civil rights legislation that prevents sex-based discrimination – being signed into law, members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and Congressional Equality Caucus released a statement criticizing the Trump administration for rolling back “measures that help students who experience sexual harassment or assault and protect LGBTQI+ kids”.
“President Trump has not taken a single action that will strengthen Title IX or solve any of the real challenges that women, girls, and the LGBTQI+ community experience in schools, extracurriculars, and our communities,” the statement, which was signed by representatives Teresa Leger Fernández, Mark Takano and Julie Johnson, reads.
It continues: “On the contrary, despite his claims to prioritize ‘protecting women,’ he spearheaded countless attacks on women and the LGBTQI+ community, including taking away rights, health care, funding, and roles in our armed forces, and undermining legal protections. At a time when the LGBTQI+ community is under attack, Trump is ending the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQI+ Specialized Services.”
Since taking office, the Trump administration has announced several policies aimed at “protecting women” in the spirit of Title IX, by preventing transgender women from participating in sports or housing them in prisons that do not align with their gender identity.
Republican lawmakers are applauding Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on social media, echoing the president’s “peace through strength” message and saying he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
Democrats have not yet shared statements on the apparent agreement. Israel and Iran have also not yet confirmed the terms of the agreement, and the White House has not yet issued a formal statement.
JD Vance reacted to the news that Donald Trump had announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran during a Fox News appearance this evening, saying the agreement was still in the works when he left the White House to appear on the show.
“While we have obliterated the Iranian nuclear program, our hope and our expectation is that they’re not going to try to rebuild that program,” Vance said, adding that the United States’ next goal was to “build a longterm settlement here where we can have peace in the region”.
Trump: Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement reached
Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, Donald Trump announced in a post on his social media platform. Under the terms of the agreement, Trump said, fighting will cease in 6 hours, or midnight ET.
“CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!” Trump wrote.
“Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR.’ This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!”
Canada signed a defense pact with the European Union today – the latest sign of the North American country’s shift away reliance on the United States amid strained relations with Donald Trump.
The Guardian’s Jennifer Rankin has more:
Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, on Monday joined European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and head of the European Council, António Costa, in Brussels, where they signed a security and defence partnership, pledged more support for Ukraine, as well as joint work on issues from the climate crisis to artificial intelligence.
At a cordial press conference, Carney described Canada as “the most European of the non-European countries” that “looks first to the European Union to build a better world”.
Costa spoke in kind: “The European Union and Canada are among the closest allies in the transatlantic space. We see the world through the same lens. We stand for the same values.”
Not mentioned was another leader in the transatlantic space: Donald Trump, whose disrespect for old allies appears to have galvanised what was an already healthy EU-Canada relationship.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says a war powers resolution is not necessary and dismissed efforts to advance such legislation, Reuters reports.
Last week, Republican representative Thomas Massie and Democratic representative Ro Khanna introduced a war powers resolution, which would prohibit US armed forces from taking direct action against Iran without explicit authorization from Congress or a declaration of war. Democratic senator Tim Kaine introduced a similar resolution in the Senate.
Massie and Khanna have both said the United States’ strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities this weekend require congressional authorization.
“I don’t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution, and I don’t think it’s necessary,” Johnson told Reuters.
Florida has asked the Supreme Court to grant the state an emergency appeal to enforce a law making it illegal for undocumented immigrants to enter the state, Politico reports. The news comes as the New York Times reports Florida is also building a migrant detention facility nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”.
US District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a stay on the state law in April. Although Florida attorney general James Uthmeier has appealed her ruling, he filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court to halt that stay while the case proceeds.
At the same time, Florida is constructing a tent facility on a remote airfield in the Everglades to aid the Trump administration in its proposed mass deportations. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told the New York Times that the facility will cost $450mn per year to operate, but that Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) funds could be directed to reduce those costs.
US supreme court: Trump can resume deporting migrants to countries not theirs
The US supreme court has ruled that the Trump administration can continue deporting migrants to countries that are not their homeland and without giving them an opportunity to share the dangers they might face.
The decision ended an injunction on such deportations issued by US District Judge Brian Murphy, who ordered the Department of Homeland Security to provide written notice to migrants explaining where they would be sent and stop deporting migrants to countries like South Sudan where the state department warns of “crime, kidnapping and armed conflict”, Reuters reports.
The court’s three liberal justices – Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – dissented.
Top Democrats are calling for a classified briefing on Iran after the United States launched military strikes on the country’s nuclear facilities, the Washington Post reports. Democratic members of “the Gang of Eight” – eight congressmembers who the president must brief on classified intelligence – say they have not been briefed on the situation yet, although Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson was briefed this morning.
“I’ve asked the Trump administration to give me a classified briefing to lay out the full threat picture, the intelligence behind Iran’s retaliation, and the details, scope, and timeline of any U.S. response,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement. “Most importantly, I’ve demanded they lay out exactly what measures they’re taking — right now — to keep our servicemembers safe.”
“I asked for a Gang of Eight briefing. It has yet to occur, and it’s not clear to me what the administration is hiding from the Congress and from the American people,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also said Monday.
All members of Congress will receive a classified briefing tomorrow.
Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared open to investigating threats against lawmakers, but also called Democrats incompetent during an appearance before the House Appropriations Committee today.
In the aftermath of shootings targeting two Minnesota state lawmakers, Bondi said she would be willing to provide more prosecutorial assistance to investigate similar threats against members of Congress, the New York Times reports.
Yet, when pressed on other Department of Justice policies, including proposed funding cuts and January 6 pardons, by Democrats, Bondi was confrontational, the Associated Press reports.
After Democratic congresswoman Madeleine Dean called the “three hallmarks” of the Trump administration “incompetence, corruption and cruelty”, Bondi responded: “You want to talk about in incompetence? You’re the one that said Joe Biden on PBS was competent. You had to retract those words. So don’t talk to me, don’t insult me publicly.”
