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[ad_1] The US Supreme Court on Monday quashed a lower court order that had blocked the deportation of undocumented Venezuelan migrants by the Trump administration under a wartime law called the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.In the 5-4 ruling, chief justice John Roberts and four other conservative justices voted to lift the district court’s temporary block, while the three liberal justices and justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed by Trump, dissented.President Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to authorise deportations through a proclamation aimed at the Tren de Aragua gang. In response, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of five Venezuelan nationals held in Texas, leading district judge Boasberg to temporarily block the deportations.BREAKING: SCOTUS clears path for Trump's deportations under wartime lawWho is Amy Coney Barrett?Amy Coney Barrett was a law professor at Notre Dame University for […]

[ad_1] US president Donald Trump and Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, will soon begin mediation in a $20 billion lawsuit Trump has filed over what he calls “news distortion,” reported New York Times.The case focuses on CBS’s editing of an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that aired on its flagship programme 60 Minutes. Trump claims the network altered Harris’s comments about Israel to make her look more coherent and polished than she actually was during the interview. He alleges that the edits misled the public and gave Harris an unfair advantage in how she was portrayed. CBS denied the accusations saying the interview was edited to fit broadcast time limits and that it had no intent to deceive viewers. In its defence, CBS pointed to its sister programme, Face the Nation, which had aired a longer […]

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: A tense standoff unfolded across Balochistan on Monday as a shutter-down strike and widespread road blockades sparked by nationalist leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal’s call for a “long march” from Lakpass to Quetta paralysed the Pakistani province.The protest by Akhtar’s Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), now in its second week, demands the release of detained Baloch activists, including women leaders of Balochistan Yakjehti Committee (BYC), amid escalating clashes with authorities.Shops businesses and schools remained closed in cities like Quetta, Kalat, Mastung Khuzdar, and Gwadar. Mengal’s supporters blocked key highways, including the Quetta-Karachi national highway.The provincial govt’s deployment of containers, trenches, and police checkpoints at Lakpass, roughly 30 km from Quetta, stalled the march, forcing demonstrators onto rugged mountain routes.Reports of police using teargas and shelling BNP-M workers have intensified the unrest.Mengal, addressing a sit-in at Lakpass, accused the state of […]

[ad_1] US president Donald Trump on Monday declared full support for the Senate’s newly approved budget plan.Posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the bill includes “all the elements we need”—from permanent tax cuts to major spending reductions and border security. "The budget plan just passed by the United States Senate has my complete and total endorsement and support. All of the elements we need to secure the border, enact historic spending cuts, and make tax cuts permanent, and much more, are strongly covered and represented in the bill. Thank you to Senate majority leader John Thune, and house speaker Mike Johnson for their hard work and attention to detail. There is no better time than now to get this deal done,” the president wrote in his post.""The House, the Senate, and our great administration are going to work tirelessly […]

[ad_1] Netanyahu became the first leader to meet Trump in the White House to negotiate tariffs. The White House Monday cancelled a scheduled press conference of Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid a major backlash over tariffs as the markets kept on bleeding for the third day in response to Trump's Liberation Day reciprocal tariffs. There was no explanation for the surprise cancellation, reports said, adding that a smaller Oval office pool spray with leaders is still scheduled to take place. This is Netanyahu's second visit to Trump since January and first after the tariffs were announced. Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to reach out to Trump in person to negotiate the tariffs while Israel pre-emptively canceled all tariffs on US products but was not spared from Trump's tariff list. Giving no relief to the markets, […]

[ad_1] Trump escalated his trade war against China with 104% tariff. As President Donald Trump threatened China with more tariffs on Mondayt, the White House confirmed that the new tariffs would take the total tariff of China to 104 per cent if China does not back down. Trump announced a 34 per cent tariff on China on 'Liberation Day' which took the total tariff to 54 per cent. With another 50 per cent added to it, the total tariff would reach 104 per cent. After his meeting with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said China is a massive surplus and they invest that extra money to te military which Trump does not want. "China is a massive surplus. That they take and they spend on their military. We don't want that. I don't want them to take $500 billion, […]

[ad_1] Austin Metcalf (left) was stabbed by Karmelo Anthony at track meet following an altercation over a seat. Karmelo Anthony, who was arrested on charges of murdering Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old Frisco Memorial High School student following an altercation over a seat, raised $160,000 for legal fund -- as the shocking incident remains at the center of major debate, conspiracy theories and fake news. Anthony claimed he acted in self-defense when he stabbed Metcalf as Metcalf pushed him first. The accident was given a racial color on social media as Anthony is black but Austin Metcalf's father claimed that it was not a racial or political incident but he questioned the upbringing on Anthony.Anthony's father claimed Anthony is a good kid, works two jobs and has no temperamental issue. Amid debate over the stabbing and what prompted it, the fundraiser […]

[ad_1] Meghan McCain condemned Donald Trump's tariffs and said it affects everyone. Conservative voice Meghan McCain, daughter of Republican leader late John McCain, expressed her disapproval of Trump's tariffs that she claimed pushed Americans to struggle. She said she's not a financial expert but neither are those who are going to television channel and claiming that they don't care for the financial pain for while. "Most of you are married to finance bros, come from rich families or have huge media contracts. You have a cushion if s**t goes south". "One of my best friends buys her groceries for her family based on what coupons each store has. I assure you a possible recession or huge rise in prices everywhere will be a different experience for her family than you."Calling herself the "emperorts new clothes", she said she had to […]

[ad_1] Tesla shares dropped to a record low on Monday. As Tesla's stock reached a new low Monday, investors revisited what Donald Trump's commerce secretary Howard Lutnick commented about Tesla stock a month ago. Last month, Tesla stock plummeted owing to the global protest against Elon Musk because of his influence in the Trump administration. Thousands of Tesla vehicles were set on fire in a global Tesla Takedown program. At that time, Lutnock said Tesla shares would not go down below this point and hence everyone should buy Tesla shares. But on Monday Tesla shares dropped to $214.80 down from $235.86 when Lutnick made his remarks. “I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, it’s buy Tesla,” Lutnick told on Fox in March, urging viewers to put their money in the company of a Trump administration […]