Trump guarantees to make use of ‘overwhelming lethal force’ as he orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen: Live updates

The Crew-10 mission lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.

“Take two,” McClain wrote in a post on social media before the launch.

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To the south, the former governor of the UK’s Bank of England has to contend with the Trump administration, which has threatened then postponed crippling 25 percent tariffs on Canada, as well as taunted the country with the outlandish possibility of making it the 51st U.S. state.

Internally, Carney faces likely imminent federal elections, where he will need to convince Canadians he is different enough from his Liberal predecessor Justin Trudeau, but remains the best person, affiliated with the best party, to helm the country.

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Chief Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order on deportations under the wartime law on Saturday night. This order blocks the deportation of any non-citizens who are in custody and facing removal under the Alien Enemies Act for at least 14 days.

The decision comes in response to a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward challenging Trump’s order, which was filed hours before he signed it.

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The Trump administration has issued an unprecedented ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently revoke federal funding unless the institution relinquishes control of its international studies department and enacts sweeping policy changes.

In a letter sent on Thursday night, federal officials demanded Columbia immediately place its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years.”

The administration also stipulated a ban on masks intended to conceal identity or intimidate others, the adoption of a new definition of antisemitism, and the abolishment of the university’s current student disciplinary process.

These demands, described as “preconditions,” are necessary, the letter stated, to initiate “formal negotiations regarding Columbia University’s continued financial relationship with the United States government.”

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Jessica Tarlov pointed to a new Quinnipiac poll released this week that found 53 percent of voters disapprove of the president’s second term performance.

Voters responded to questions about trade policies with China and Canada, immigration issues, foreign policies, military issues and Trump’s handling of the economy and federal workforce.

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The Trump administration invoked a wartime law on Saturday to speed up the pace of deportations.

“I proclaim that all Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of TdA, are within the United States, and are not actually naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the United States are liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies,” the invocation on the White House site states.

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Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping war time authority that allows the president broader leeway on policy and executive action, to speed up mass deportations of people in the country illegally — potentially pushing his promised crackdown on immigration into higher gear.

Trump’s declaration targets Tren de Aragua, contending it is a hostile force acting at the behest of Venezuela’s government. The declaration comes the same day that a federal judge in Washington barred the administration from deporting five Venezuelans under the expected order, a hint at the legal battle brewing over Trump’s move.

Donald Trump stared down a reporter whose microphone hit him in the face as he spoke to journalists before departing for Mar-a-Lago on Friday, 14 March.

The president was speaking about Gaza to a group of press at Joint Base Andrews when a boom microphone made contact with his face.

Mr Trump looked towards the group of journalists before raising his eyebrows at the incident.

The Republican remarked, “She just became a big story tonight,” seemingly referring to the reporter.

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It was a satirical swipe at the multi-billionaire Tesla owner and world’s richest man. “We are holding Elon to account,” the group behind the poster said.

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