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Seven times federal judges ruled against the Trump admin this week
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Federal judges are continuing their pushback against the Trump administration by issuing orders blocking a number of actions, including the deportation of the family of Mohamed Soliman, who is facing a hate crime charge in the wake of a firebombing attack in Colorado.
The rulings – some from judges appointed under the Biden administration – come after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said last week that «President Trump had more injunctions in one full month of office in February than Joe Biden had in three years.»
«The real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch, where district court judges in liberal districts across the country are abusing their power to unilaterally block President Trump’s basic executive authority,» Leavitt also has said.
Here are seven cases in which federal judges ruled against the Trump administration this week:
Deportation of Boulder attack suspect’s family is blocked, despite visa violations
A Biden administration-appointed federal judge in Colorado on Wednesday halted the deportation of the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, the Egyptian national under federal investigation for the Boulder firebombing attack on Sunday.
The temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher prevents federal immigration authorities from removing Soliman’s wife, Hayem El Gamal, and the couple’s five children from the country, at least for now.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that the wife and children of Boulter, Colorado terror suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman were arrested. (X/Sec_Noem | Boulder Police Department | AP)
The ruling will remain in effect until a scheduled hearing on June 13. It came after El Gamal’s friend, Susanna Dvortsin, sought emergency legal protection for the family and argued that they faced imminent deportation by the Trump administration without the opportunity to present their case in court.
According to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, citing sources, El Gamal and her five children have all overstayed their visas. However, an asylum application had already been submitted on their behalf by Soliman.
Judge rules against Trump administration twice in Abrego Garcia case
A federal judge granted a request Wednesday from more than a dozen major news outlets and publishers to unseal certain records in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Salvadorian migrant and alleged MS-13 member who was deported from Maryland to El Salvador in March in what administration officials have acknowledged was an administrative error.
Separately on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis granted a request from Abrego Garcia’s legal team to file a motion for sanctions against the Trump administration.
The one-two punch from Xinis could give plaintiffs new ammunition to pursue more formal punishments against the Trump administration if officials are found to have been acting in bad faith or knowingly defying court orders. The Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to «facilitate» Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S.
Effort to pull funding from local governments is slapped with a preliminary injunction
A federal judge in Washington state on Tuesday granted Denver and other local governments a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s threats to withhold federal funding for transportation programs.
Denver and dozens of other plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in May, claiming that the Trump administration’s threats to withhold an estimated $4 billion in critical federal grants exceed the Executive Branch’s authority and were thereby «unlawful and politically motivated funding conditions,» according to the injunction order.
President Donald Trump speaks to guests from the South Portico of the White House during an event on June 4. Trump held the «Summer Soirée» for guests, including staff, cabinet members and supporters, to visit the grounds. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The judge ruled that the Trump administration likely violated the Separation of Powers doctrine, and that its threats to cut funding constitute harm.
Trump administration ordered to restore funding to Clinton-era agency that gutted by DOGE
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars in grant funding for AmeriCorps and to reemploy thousands of employees, ruling that the administration’s abrupt dismantling of the organization violated federal law.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman agreed to reinstate thousands of terminated AmeriCorps employees across 24 U.S. states and D.C., which sued the administration earlier this year over the steep cuts to the agency ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
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She also ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in congressionally approved funding for AmeriCorps programs, which were also slashed by DOGE earlier this year.
Judge halts Trump administration’s moves to close Job Corps centers across nation
A federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order that stops the Trump administration from closing Job Corps centers.
The motion, filed by the National Job Corps Association, was to stop the Department of Labor’s closure of 99 Job Corps campuses nationwide, according to a news release.
Elon Musk meeting with members of the Senate DOGE caucus at the White House earlier this year. (Getty Images)
Job Corps was created by Congress in 1964 and allows 16- to 24-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds to obtain high school diplomas or an equivalent, vocational certificates and licenses, and on-the-job training. The program currently serves about 25,000 people at 120 Job Corps centers run by contractors.
When the Department of Labor announced it was pausing Job Corps center operations, it said the program was not cost-effective, had a low graduation rate and was not placing participants in stable jobs. The department also said there had been thousands of instances of violence, drug use and security breaches at Job Corps centers.
Judge tells ICE not to remove trans migrant seeking asylum from Washington detention facility
A federal judge in Oregon on Tuesday issued an order barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from removing a Mexican asylum seeker from a Washington detention facility, according to local reports.
The migrant, a 24-year-old transgender woman identified as «O-J-M» in court documents, was arrested outside a Portland courtroom on Monday and transferred to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio, a President Joe Biden appointee, also demanded that ICE provide the exact date and time of the removal from Portland and explain why it was deemed immediately necessary.
ICE is prevented from detaining Columbia University student
A federal judge on Thursday issued a fresh order blocking ICE from arresting Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old Columbia University student whom the Trump administration is seeking to deport back to South Korea after she participated in an anti-Israel protest earlier this year, according to the Washington Post.
The newspaper reported that federal agents first sought to detain Chung in March, yet were unable to locate her. She then sued to block them from doing so.
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«This is a win not just for Yunseo and for the legions of people who stand up for Palestinians and oppose the daily atrocities in Gaza that our government underwrites, but also for freedom of speech and the rule of law in our country,» Ramzi Kassem, co-director of CLEAR, a legal nonprofit at City University of New York that is representing Chung, told the Washington Post.
Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Cameron Arcand, Bill Melugin, Breanne Deppisch, Stephen Sorace, Pilar Arias, Michael Dorgan and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Latina House Republican asks Supreme Court to block Dems’ bid to ‘racially gerrymander’ her out of Congress
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New York City’s lone Republican lawmaker in the House of Representatives is asking the highest court in the land to stop a Democrat-backed bid to gerrymander her seat in Congress.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., filed a petition with the Supreme Court late last week asking it to halt a state court-ordered redraw of New York’s congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections.
The New York State Supreme Court ruled last month that Malliotakis’ district unfairly dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters, following a lawsuit led by Democrat lawyer Marc Elias’ law firm on behalf of four New York residents.
New York’s 11th congressional district (NY-11), which Malliotakis won in 2020, encompasses all of Staten Island and a sliver of southern Brooklyn. It’s the only district in the Big Apple represented by a Republican after Malliotakis defeated one-term former Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y.
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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is petitioning the Supreme Court to stop New York Democrats’ push to redraw her congressional seat. ( Andrew Harnik/Getty; Drew Angerer/Getty)
Malliotakis’ court petition argued that the Manhattan court «violated the Equal Protection Clause by prohibiting New York from running congressional elections until the state racially gerrymanders» her district.
The GOP congresswoman pointed out in a recent interview with Fox News Digital that she herself is Latino, with a mother who fled Cuba’s communist regime.
«The fact that they’re claiming somehow Hispanics and minorities are disenfranchised when I’m the first Hispanic elected to represent the district makes it even more ridiculous,» Malliotakis said at the time.
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The state court decision by Justice Jeffrey Pearlman found that «Black, Latino, and Asian Staten Islanders’ political representation and participation in politics still lags behind White Staten Islanders» in violation of the New York State Constitution.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Nov. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
«A demonstration of racially polarized voting shows that the minority groups at issue vote as a bloc, as do White voters, and that the minority preferred candidates ‘usually’ lose,» Pearlman’s decision said. «Petitioners have demonstrated that here.»
Malliotakis’ Supreme Court petition said, «The New York State Legislature adopted CD11’s current boundaries two years ago, with an overwhelming majority of the Legislature’s Black and Latino members voting in favor of it.»
It argued that the lawsuit was brought, however, «less than four months ago under the theory that the votes of CD11’s Black and Latino voters — who comprise about 23% of CD11 — have been unconstitutionally diluted because their candidate of choice wins only 25% of the time.»
The petition said the court’s decision to «racially gerrymander» the district is a «recipe for unconstitutional chaos, with no map in place and uncertainty as to whether nominating petitions can start circulating on February 24, with no end in sight.»
But Democrats have been salivating at the idea of drawing out the deep-blue city’s lone House Republican.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a statement last month, «This ruling is the first step toward ensuring communities of interest remain intact from Staten Island to Lower Manhattan.»
New York is one of several states plunged into the redistricting battle that has gripped the United States.
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It began last year in Texas, when the state’s GOP-led legislature redrew its congressional map to give Republicans an advantage of as many as five new House seats.
California soon followed suit, creating a new map giving Democrats the same advantage.
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Con la salida de José Jeri, Perú profundiza su inestabilidad política y tendrá nueve presidentes en una década
Con la destitución de José Jeri, Perú profundizó un ciclo interminable de inestabilidad política que tendrá este miércoles un nuevo capítulo cuando el Congreso elija al octavo presidente en menos de una década.
Pero no será el último de este 2026. El 12 de abril los peruanos elegirán a su noveno mandatario de los últimos 10 años. Será por voto popular. El ganador de las elecciones asumirá el poder el 28 de julio.
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Es un récord del que los peruanos no se enorgullecen. Si bien está lejos de los cinco presidentes en una semana que tuvo la Argentina a fines de 2001, Perú está inmerso en una interminable crisis institucional que convirtió a la sede de gobierno en arenas movedizas.
Una lista que se agranda cada año
Jeri fue el séptimo presidente del Perú desde 2016. Desde entonces la nómina se engrosa en medio de fuertes internas parlamentarias. Ninguno de ellos logró completar siquiera tres años de mandato. La lista es la siguiente:
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Gobernó entre el 28 de julio de 2016 y el 23 de marzo de 2018. Renunció en medio de una serie de escándalos que sacudieron su gestión. En diciembre, la fiscalía pidió ocho años de cárcel por corrupción.
- Martín Vizcarra. Asumió en reemplazo de Kuczynski, del que era su vicepresidente. Estuvo en el cargo entre el 23 de marzo de 2018 y el 9 de noviembre de 2020. Fue destituido por “incapacidad moral permanente”. En 2025, fue sentenciado a 14 años de cárcel por haber cobrado sobornos cuando era gobernador de Moquegua.
- Manuel Merino. Fue designado por el Congreso. Su gestión comenzó el 10 de noviembre de 2020 y culminó el 15 de noviembre de ese mismo año. Duró apenas cinco días. Renunció en medio de fuertes protestas.
- Francisco Sagasti. También fue nombrado por el Parlamento. El mandato inició el 17 de noviembre de 2020 y se extendió hasta el 28 de julio de 2021. Completó su gestión.
- Pedro Castillo. Asumió el 28 de julio de 2021 por el voto popular y fue destituido el 7 de diciembre de 2022 tras un fallido autogolpe. Tras su remoción se desataron protestas que dejaron decenas de muertos. Finalmente fue condenado a 11 años de prisión.
- Dina Boluarte. La primera presidenta del Perú reemplazó al destituido mandatario de izquierda en su calidad de vice. Comenzó su mandato el 7 de diciembre de 2022 y fue removida del cargo el 10 de octubre de 2025 por “incapacidad moral”. Fue la mandataria que más estuvo en el poder en la última década. Le faltaba menos de un mes para completar tres años. Hoy enfrenta varias causas en la justicia.
- José Jeri. Estuvo a cargo del ejecutivo desde el 10 de octubre de 2025 hasta el 17 de febrero de 2026. Fue removido por “tráfico de influencias”.
Francisco Sagasti, el único de los mandatarios que logró completar su mandato en la última década, responsabilizó a los distintos partidos con representación parlamentaria por las continuas crisis institucionales del país.
“Es un Congreso irresponsable con personajes que no están a la altura de las circunstancias. Los ciudadanos tenemos una enorme responsabilidad de no volver a elegir a candidatos de los partidos que son responsables del desorden total que hemos vivido en los ultimos años”, dijo Sagasti a la emisora RPP.
Cuál es el origen de la crisis institucional que golpea a Perú
La analista peruana Upi Torrado, directora de la encuestadora Datum Perú, dijo a TN que el origen de las crisis que golpean cíclicamente al país se basa en la debilidad parlamentaria de los últimos presidentes.
“En los últimos tiempos el Congreso ha adquirido mucha fuerza frente a la debilidad de los gobiernos. Los distintos mandatarios asumen con bancadas muy pequeñas o no tienen bancada, como le ocurrió a Dina Boluarte”, indicó.
Personas protestan contra el presidente interino peruano José Jeri frente al lugar donde los legisladores debaten su posible destitución en Lima, Perú, el martes 17 de febrero de 2026. (Foto AP/Gerardo Marín)
Además, explicó: “Entonces se desarrolla una dinámica muy fuerte de poder. Asumen el gobierno partidos débiles con bancadas pequeñas. Al no tener ese respaldo legislativo, los presidentes son frágiles”.
En el caso de Jeri, su partido Somos Perú es minoritario. “Todos los partidos con representación parlamentaria están postulando candidatos a presidente y a la reelección legislativa. Jeri estaba envuelto en distintos escándalos y todos quisieron marcar distancia” en plena campaña, señaló Torrado.
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En una reciente entrevista con TN, el expremier peruano Pedro Cateriano afirmó que la crisis comenzó cuando el Parlamento forzó la renuncia de Kuczynski en 2016 mediante “el mal uso de la vacancia por incapacidad moral”.
Según dijo, la vacancia presidencial solo puede ser fundamentada con acusaciones graves, como traición a la Patria, disolver el Congreso o impedir el desarrollo de las elecciones. Desde entonces se comenzó a usar el término “incapacidad moral” para remover a los presidentes por motivos diferentes. Se convirtió en un término elástico.
Además, en el caso de los presidentes encargados que asumieron tras la “vacancia” de su predecesor, el Congreso utiliza la “censura” que requiere de una mayoría simple porque en la práctica no se trata de un mandatario electo con el voto popular, sino de un titular del Congreso encargado del gobierno.
La “vacancia” propiamente dicha necesita 2/3 de los votos del Parlamento.
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A popular rock structure in Italy known as the «Lovers’ Arch» collapsed on Valentine’s Day following days of poor weather.
The natural formation, which was part of the Sant’Andrea sea stacks along southern Italy’s Adriatic coast, was often used as a backdrop for tourist photos and wedding proposals, according to Reuters.
«This is an unwanted Valentine’s Day gift,» Maurizio Cisternino, the mayor of the nearby town of Melendugno, was quoted as telling a local newspaper.
Cisternino described the collapse as a «very hard blow» for the area after days of heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas.
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The «Lovers’ Arch» near Melendugno in southern Italy is shown at left in 2018. On Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, the rock structure collapsed following days of bad weather. (DEA/V. Giannella; Paolo Manzo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
«Nature has taken back what it created,» Cisternino said.
Photos taken at the scene showed a pile of rubble in an area where the arch used to soar over the water.
RECORD-SETTING WAVE OF MOUNTAIN DEATHS ROCKS ITALY AFTER AVALANCHES STRIKE
The area where the «Lovers’ Arch» was located in Italy is a popular tourist photo site. (Paolo Manzo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Officials are now warning that other parts of the rocky coastline are at risk of collapse, with cracks visible along the cliffs, Reuters reported.
The arch collapsed on Saturday, Feb. 14, following days of poor weather, a local mayor said. (Paolo Manzo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The news agency also said storms and heavy rains in recent days have damaged other parts of Italy’s coastline along the Ionian Sea, damaging beach structures and causing small cliff falls from Gallipoli to Ugento.
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