Trump blocked from using Alien Enemies Act; Houthis vow retaliation after US airstrikes

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A federal judge expanded his ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 on Saturday, preventing the removal of Venezuelan undocumented immigrants presumed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Houthis are vowing retaliation after the U.S. launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen.

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Trump administration official says peace talks with Russia were ‘positive’

BY LAUREN IRWIN

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff recently met with Russian officials about continued peace negotiations, and he said the meeting was “positive.”

“This morning, I met with President Putin,” Witkoff said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think the meeting was somewhere between three and four hours. It was positive.”

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Treasury Secretary says he’s ‘not worried about the markets’

BY TARA SUTER

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he is “not worried about the markets” after a rough week for the stock market.

“I can tell you that corrections are healthy, they’re normal,” Bessent told NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.” “What’s not healthy is straight-up, that you get these euphoric markets. That’s how you get a financial crisis.”

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GOP senator weighs in on Trump’s 1798 immigration law, judge’s attempt to block it

BY LAUREN IRWIN

Republican Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.) appeared on CNN where he spoke about President Trump’s decision to invoke a 1798 immigration law and a federal judge’s attempt to block it.

On Saturday, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. It was the first time it’s been used since World War II and allows the president to have sweeping powers to deport people. The action was targeted at the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

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Murphy says Americans want Democrats to ‘take risks right now’ to ‘save our democracy’

BY TARA SUTER

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said that Americans want Democrats to “take risks right now” to “save our democracy” after internal party divisions over a funding bill.

“While I totally understand my colleagues who didn’t want to catapult us into a shutdown, I actually think that the American people would’ve understood that Republicans have an obligation to negotiate with Democrats,” Murphy told NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”

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