News for April 4, 2025

A Kansas City DACA recipient was deported to Mexico after returning from a short trip, even though he had valid travel papers, and his lawyer is now suing U.S. immigration authorities.

Judges sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s administration this week for how it handled several court cases, even as the Supreme Court gave it a key win on education grants.

The Supreme Court let the Trump administration keep blocking millions in federal education grants for now while the legal fight continues.

The Supreme Court let the Trump administration stop Education Department teacher training grants it said conflicted with its anti-DEI policy.

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s bid to move Rumeysa Ozturk’s detention challenge to Louisiana and said the case should be heard in Vermont.

A federal judge ordered Rumeysa Öztürk’s detention case moved from Massachusetts to Vermont and kept in place a ban on her deportation for now.

Robert E. Cole died in a suspected homicide at Mule Creek State Prison, and prison officials are investigating his death.

A North Carolina appeals court ruled that more than 65,000 challenged votes in Jefferson Griffin’s race against Allison Riggs must be verified, a decision that could change the outcome.

Bernie Sanders said the U.S. has become a "pseudo-democracy" because billionaires and money have too much power over politics, including under President Donald Trump.

Filmmaker Paul Schrader is accused in New York court filings of backing out of a settlement over claims that he sexually harassed and assaulted his former assistant, Jane Doe.

Idaho prison officials, led by warden Tim Richardson, obtained lethal injection drugs in secret roadside meetings as the state tried to keep its execution supply hidden.

Federal prosecutors in New York added two more sex trafficking-related charges against Sean Combs, raising the total against him to five.

President Donald Trump said he will give ByteDance 75 more days to find a buyer for TikTok, delaying a possible U.S. ban.

Austin Metcalf’s mother broke her silence after the 17-year-old was fatally stabbed at a Frisco track meet, saying the family is focusing on his funeral and the investigation.

Francius Marganda was sentenced to 18 years in jail in Brooklyn for running a $24.5 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 200 people.

A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump administration health funding cuts, and Minnesota officials said the ruling helps, but the fight is not over.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from an El Salvador jail after he was wrongly deported.

Marcy Rheintgen was arrested in Florida after entering a women’s restroom to protest the state’s transgender bathroom law, in what lawyers say may be the first arrest under such a ban.

Michael Branham was arrested and charged after police say he threatened to bomb the “Saturday Night Live” studio, though officials said the threat was not credible.

Donald Trump backed Marine Le Pen after a Paris court convicted her and barred her from running for office for five years.