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Rule of Law A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

Government Overreach The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Department of Defense’s school system for children of military families, asserting that the removal of race- and gender-related books and curricula violated students’ First Amendment protections against government censorship. The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in northeast Virginia said the Department of Defense Education Activity nixed educational materials in line with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in January.

A group of military families filed suit this week seeking to reinstate books and curriculum removed from Defense Department schools, following Pentagon orders to sideline materials that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-16/aclu-sues-dodea-over-book-ban-17486877.html Source - Stars and Stripes

A sampling of disability claims filed under the 2022 PACT Act found that roughly one-quarter listed incorrect start dates, resulting in improper payouts of about $6.8 million to some veterans and shortchanging an estimated 2,300 others, the Department of Veterans Affairs' internal watchdog found.

Lack of Transparency Fresh from a courtroom loss over The Associated Press’ access to the presidency, the White House on Tuesday put forward a new media policy that sharply curtails access to Donald Trump by news agencies that serve media outlets around the world. It was the latest attempt by the new administration to control coverage of its activities.

In considering this unfortunate event, I can’t help but to think of the relentless attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs that Trump and his acolytes have levied. For example, Hegseth authored a book titled “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free.” In it, he questioned the bona fides of former Joint Chiefs Chair CQ Brown: “Was (he promoted) because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt — which on its face seems unfair to CQ. But since he has made the race card one of his biggest calling cards, it doesn’t really much matter.” Brown, who is a four-star general, is universally praised by those who are qualified to assess his accomplishments. This highlights the irony and hypocrisy of Hedgehog, who self-evidently was chosen for his current role based upon his race, his gender, and his unflinching fealty to Donald Trump.

Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday said he would launch proceedings to determine whether Trump administration officials should face criminal contempt charges for defying his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the country based on the wartime Alien Enemies Act.

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At Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall in her district in Georgia, three people were removed from the event minutes after it started. Almost immediately after the congresswoman took the stage, a man was dragged out by police officers. Shortly after that, another attendee shouted from the audience. Greene ordered him to leave, and he exited, trailed by an officer. Moments later, a third man was tackled and dragged out by police. When he attempted to reenter, officers tased him.

The federal judge overseeing the case of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador said she would allow for expedited fact-finding to help her figure out whether the Trump administration is complying with her order that it “facilitate” his return from one of the country’s notorious mega-prisons. “I do need evidence in this regard because to date what the record shows is nothing has been done,” US District Judge Paula Xinis said in a tense hearing Tuesday afternoon in Greenbelt, Maryland.

President Donald Trump is exploring whether he can legally deport U.S. citizens to prisons in Central American countries, the White House said Tuesday. “It’s another question that the president has raised,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said when a reporter asked if Trump currently has the power to send Americans to foreign prisons or would need to change the law to do so.

At around noon on 14 April, 2025, America ceased to have a law-abiding government. Some would argue that had already happened on 20 January, when Donald Trump was inaugurated. On Monday, however, Trump chose to ignore a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling to repatriate an illegally deported man. He even claimed the judges ruled in his favour. The US president’s middle finger to the court was echoed by his attorney-general, secretary of state, vice-president and El Salvador’s vigilante president Nayib Bukele. The latter is playing host to what resembles an embryonic US gulag.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – For service members and their family members living overseas, challenges like language barriers and unfamiliar health systems may make getting medical care stressful. But getting health care overseas doesn’t have to be difficult. Luckily, TRICARE offers a program to help.

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At the heart of the legal debate is the Posse Comitatus Act, a Reconstruction-era law that prohibits the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic laws unless expressly authorized by Congress. The law is designed to uphold civilian control over domestic law enforcement and prevent the military from acting as a national police force.

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??? This one doesn't make any sense but I'm posting as it is an accusation from Beijing. BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police in the northeastern city of Harbin have accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) of launching "advanced" cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in February, targeting essential industries.

In a rare admission, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that the Chinese hypersonic missiles can destroy all US aircraft carriers in just 20 minutes.

Abuse of Power The Trump administration was accused of breaking the law in a recent lawsuit after taking down a website meant to show the public how federal funding is disbursed to agencies.

Abuse of Power Harvard University has rejected demands from the Trump administration that it eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and make significant changes to its admissions and hiring practices, among other policy changes. At stake are about $9 billion in federal funding for the university.

Illegal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, a move that experts said would violate U.S. law. Trump's comments marked the clearest signal yet that the U.S. president is serious about deporting naturalized and U.S.-born citizens, a proposal that has alarmed civil rights advocates and is viewed by many legal scholars as unconstitutional.

Third Reich KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Parents and students say that administrators initiated an unannounced lockdown drill to stop a planned walkout at Netzaberg Middle School on Thursday, a claim school officials dispute. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-04-11/student-walkout-cut-short-dodea-school-17441044.html Source - Stars and Stripes