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James E. “Jeb” Boasberg. (Photo via: dcd.uscourts.gov) / (R) TOPSHOT - Prisoners with MS-13 gang tattoos look out of their cell as unseen US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) as prisoners stand, looking out from a cell, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

CECOT deportation lawsuit returns to District Court following Appeals Court decision

A federal appeals court cleared the way for U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to continue overseeing the fate of hundreds of CECOT illegal aliens deported earlier this year by the Trump administration, according to recent reports.

(L-Top) Judge Ana Reyes. (Photo via: Senate Judiciary Committee) / (L-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 15: Washington, DC Mayor Murial Bowser listens as Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb speaks outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Court House following a court hearing on August 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Schwalb filed a lawsuit against the federal government claiming that the Trump Administration overstepped its authority when the federal government took over the Metropolitan Police Department and replaced the chief of police with a federal official. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator and newly named interim federal administrator of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia Terry Cole walks towards the West Wing of the White House on August 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Cole's appointment comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of D.C.'s police department to assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital, and that the National Guard will be deployed to DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Justice. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judge declares D.C. police chief is still in command, while D.C. Mayor Bowser returns from Martha’s Vineyard

After Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed DEA head Terry Cole as “emergency police commissioner” of D.C., bypassing Mayor Bowser and Police Chief Smith, it prompted Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Schwalb to sue, saying the move violated the 1973 Home Rule Act.

(L) US President Donald Trump (L) and Texas Governor Greg Abbott look on during a meeting with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas, on July 11, 2025, following devastating flooding that ocurred in the area over the July 4 weekend. At least 120 people are dead and more than 170 still missing, following July 4 holiday weekend floods that ravaged the central Texas Hill Country -- including a river bank cluttered with children's summer camp cabins. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) AURORA, ILLINOIS - AUGUST 05: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker listens as Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks during a press conference with Texas Democrats at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union hall on August 05, 2025 in Aurora, Illinois. Democratic Texas lawmakers left the state on Sunday to prevent a quorum from being reached during a special session called to redistrict the state in favor of Republican candidates. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Sources: Texas Democrats set to return as Gov. Abbott concludes special redistricting session

According to sources who reached out to the press, Texas House Democrats who left the state to block a vote on the proposed new congressional maps are now planning to return. They believe they have succeeded in their goal of stopping the first special session called by Governor Greg Abbott.

(Background) US President Donald Trump looks on as he hosts the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. According to the US National Park Service, the egg roll tradition dates back to 1878 when President Rutherford B. Hayes invited children to roll Easter eggs on the White House grounds. Children previously rolled eggs down a hill at the US Capitol in the early 1870s, but a law was passed in 1876 forbidding the Capitol property from being used due to the toll on the lawn. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for gathering data for business and governmental decision making. (Photo via: usa.gov/agencies/u-s-department-of-commerce)

Trump directs Commerce Department to initiate planning for new census: ‘People in our country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED’

President Donald Trump announced Thursday morning that he has directed the U.S. Department of Commerce to commence preparations for a new census, stressing that illegal aliens residing in the United States should be excluded from the final count.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: White House Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Gabbard: Russia ‘felt it was inevitable’ Hillary Clinton would win 2016 election, intentionally withheld info to later damage her reputation

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says that Russian officials privately anticipated Hillary Clinton’s triumph in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, characterizing her victory as inevitable. She expounded upon a recently released report during her appearance on Miranda Devine’s “Pod Force One” podcast.

(R) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 31: A flood watch warning inside 28 Street Subway station on July 31, 2025 in New York City. Widespread storms swept across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday, bringing bursts of heavy rain. Forecasters warned that multiple rounds of storms could lead to a "potentially significant flash flooding event" in some areas. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images) / (Background) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 31: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul attends the funeral of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam at Parkchester Jame Masjid on July 31, 2025 in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx borough in New York City. Thousands of members of the NYPD and other law enforcement agencies attended the funeral of Officer Islam, who was killed during a mass shooting while working a private security detail assignment in midtown Manhattan. He was one of four people killed that day in a shooting that also left one person critically injured. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

N.Y. Gov. Hochul declares State of Emergency, citing heavy rain and heightened risk of life‑threatening flooding

New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Thursday, citing heavy rainfall and a heightened risk of life‑threatening flash flooding across New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and multiple surrounding counties.