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The Trump Administration is digging its heels even more and is refusing to take any action to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. We are in a Constitutional crisis, and the United States Supreme Court is silent. As Chris Van Hollen said: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."
China has told its airlines to stop taking new deliveries of Boeing planes and to halt buying aviation parts from the U.S. The directive is a direct response to rising trade tensions, particularly after the U.S. sharply raised tariffs on Chinese goods. The decision is expected to affect the aviation sectors in both countries and strain economic ties even further.
The European Union has released a list of over 400 American products it plans to target with retaliatory tariffs if trade talks with the U.S. fail. Announced Monday, the list includes items like toilet paper, eye makeup, cigars, tobacco, and men’s and women’s clothing—all of which could face an additional 25% customs duty.
Harvard University is refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s broad demands for an ideological crackdown on students and faculty. In response, the administration has frozen $2.2 billion in federal grant funding to the university following its stance against efforts to suppress campus protests.
On Friday, Judge Hollander ordered SSA Administrator Dudek to appear at a hearing scheduled for April 15. But as of last night, the Trump administration announced it will refuse to make him available.
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is calling for a direct meeting with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele regarding the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen says if Abrego Garcia isn’t returned, he’s prepared to travel to El Salvador himself to press for his release.
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending programs early that allowed hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans to enter the United States.
The CIA has confirmed that when it scanned Director Ratcliffe’s phone for messages related to Signalgate, the messages had already been deleted.
The White House is reportedly preparing to ask Congress to revoke $1.1 billion in federal funding from public media organizations, including NPR and PBS.
The ACLU told a Colorado court it has reason to believe the Trump administration may be preparing to deport another group of men from Colorado under the Alien Enemies Act.
South Korea has announced a new budget of 12 trillion won (approximately $8.4 billion) to boost its economy and assist industries hit hard by Trump’s tariffs.
Former President Joe Biden is scheduled to give the keynote speech tonight at the 2025 Conference of Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) in Chicago, Illinois.
See you this evening.
— Aaron
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