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Two federal judges may hold Trump in contempt as he defies courts in immigration crackdown
A second U.S. judge scolded the Trump administration on Tuesday night for failing to answer questions in an ongoing deportation case, raising the threat that some Trump officials could be held in contempt of court.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland upbraided Trump officials for failing to comply with the court’s requests for information in a case involving the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — accusing officials in a blistering eight-page order of submitting «vague, evasive and incomplete» responses that she said demonstrated «willful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations.»
She further described the Justice Department’s «false premise» objections as «a willful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations.»
Xinis is not the first federal judge to raise the possibility of holding the Trump administration in contempt for failing to abide by court orders. Just 15 miles away, at a courthouse in Washington, D.C., another judge had already threatened the same.
FEDERAL JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT OVER DEPORTATION FLIGHTS
Demonstrators gather in a nationwide «Hands Off!» protest against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in Boston on Apr. 5, 2025. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty)
At issue in both cases is President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime immigration law the administration invoked last month to immediately deport certain individuals from the U.S. to El Salvador.
Hours after Trump’s March 14 proclamation that he would use the law to deport certain migrants — including alleged members of the gangs MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, or TdA — the U.S. sent more than 260 migrants to El Salvador to be detained in the country’s maximum-security prison.
The weeks since have been characterized by a wave of frantic court proceedings, appeals, and emergency Supreme Court orders, as judges across the country weigh the administration’s use of the wartime law.
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U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
But Trump’s lawyers have appeared less than willing to share certain information with the courts. Their behavior has sparked fury from federal judges, who have accused them on more than one occasion of acting in bad faith and willfully defying their orders.
Xinis took umbrage Tuesday night at the administration’s refusal to respond to at least one interrogatory, saying their refusal is «based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody» in El Salvador.
She also rebuked officials for their failure to comply with her earlier order to return Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man and alleged MS-13 member who was wrongfully deported last month to El Salvador. «For weeks, Defendants have sought refuge behind vague and unsubstantiated assertions of privilege, using them as a shield to obstruct discovery and evade compliance with this Court’s orders,» she said.
Her earlier ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court in an emergency order. The ruling said the government must «facilitate» his release — a definition that was subsequently clarified again by Xinis and by judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
«‘Facilitate’ is an active verb,» U.S. Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Reagan appointee, said in authoring the circuit court opinion.
«It requires that steps be taken as the Supreme Court has made perfectly clear,» he added.
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The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
At a hearing last week, Xinis ordered an «intense» and expedited two-week discovery period to determine whether the Trump administration has acted in good faith to comply with her order to return Abrego Garcia. Should they fail to supply the required information, or indicate they acted in bad faith, she could have sufficient information to move to consider possible contempt proceedings.
Additionally, in a related case, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said there was probable cause to find Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for defying his order to return deportation flights to El Salvador on March 15.
In a 48-page ruling, Boasberg accused the government of «willful disregard» for court directives, citing missed deadlines to submit flight details and identify officials who knew about his emergency order halting removals. Although a federal appeals court in D.C. has paused the contempt proceedings, Boasberg has requested further declarations and warned that officials may be required to testify under oath.
If they fail to comply, the judge could refer the case to the Justice Department for prosecution or appoint outside counsel if DOJ declines.
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Gang members seen in a cell at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in Tecoluca, in San Vicente, El Salvador. Photo via Getty Images. (Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The appeals court that paused Boasberg’s contempt proceedings did so temporarily, requesting additional briefing from both the Justice Department and ACLU attorneys representing the plaintiffs.
What happens next remains uncertain. Trump officials have repeatedly railed against so-called «activist judges,» accusing courts of obstructing the administration’s immigration agenda. In an earlier emergency appeal, officials claimed Boasberg’s actions amounted to a «massive, unauthorized imposition on the Executive’s authority to remove dangerous aliens,» arguing those individuals «pose threats to the American people.»
Meanwhile, Judge Xinis’s order in Maryland comes amid a flurry of immigration-related legal battles nationwide, as Trump pushes forward with his border security priorities.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that the administration can continue using the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants, provided they receive due process protections, including the right to challenge removals in court.
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Separately, federal judges in New York and Texas temporarily blocked use of the Alien Enemies Act in specific cases, siding with plaintiffs who argued certain migrants could be removed without a chance to seek habeas relief.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on next steps in the Abrego Garcia case, or on the possibility that Xinis might move on possible contempt proceedings.
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that the FBI «may have to» round up a group of Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas to avoid voting on the state’s proposed redistricting map.
This comes as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and several Texas leaders, including Attorney General Ken Paxton, have demanded that the 50 Democratic members of the state legislature who fled the state return or face consequences.
The Democrats fled the state in an effort to deny Republicans the necessary two-thirds quorum required to vote on the redistricting map, which would likely give the GOP an edge in elections and potentially add five House seats to the Texas Republican congressional delegation.
National Democrats have praised the stunt. During a press conference on Sunday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a leading Democratic figure, shared his support for the Texas Democrats, describing their departure as a «righteous act of courage,» while claiming Republicans want to silence «millions of voices, especially Black and Latino voters.»
FBI URGED TO LOCATE OR ARREST TEXAS DEMOCRATS WHO FLED STATE TO STALL REDISTRICTING VOTE
President Trump said Tuesday the FBI «may have to» round up Texas Democrats who fled the state to block a vote on redistricting. At right, the group speaks to the press after leaving. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Scott Olson/Getty Images )
Abbott said the lawmakers’ commitment to voting as elected state officials is a duty and is «not optional.» The governor also said a legislator determined to have «forfeited his or her office due to abandonment» can be removed from office under the Texas Constitution, thereby creating a vacancy, which the governor can «swiftly fill» under Article III, Section 13.
After the Democrats failed to meet Abbott’s 4 p.m. CT Monday deadline to return, Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows announced he would sign arrest warrants against any absent Democrat lawmakers if authorized by a vote of the chamber. Shortly thereafter, the House did approve the warrants and Abbott then swiftly called on the Texas Department of Public Safety to arrest the «delinquent Texas House Democrats.»
The attorney general has stated that the lawmakers «should be found and arrested no matter where they go.»
Trump weighed in on the political intrigue Tuesday at the White House when he was asked by a reporter, «Do you want the federal government and the FBI to help locate and arrest these Texas Democrats who have left the state?»
‘ALL-OUT WAR’: FLEEING TEXAS DEMS SIDE WITH NEWSOM AS REDISTRICTING STANDOFF CONTINUES: ‘FIRE WITH FIRE’
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks at a press event in Illinois after he and dozens of fellow lawmakers fled Texas to block a redistricting vote, Aug. 3, 2025. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The president responded that it is a bad look for Democrats to «abandon» the state rather than fight it out in the legislature.
«Well, I think they’ve abandoned the state,» he said. «Nobody’s seen anything like it, even though they’ve done it twice before. And, in a certain way, it almost looks like they’ve abandoned the state. Looks very bad.»
Pressed further on whether the FBI should get involved, Trump answered, «Well, they may have to.»
«They may have to,» he repeated. «No, I know they want them back. Not only the attorney general, the governor wants them back. If you look, I mean the governor of Texas is demanding they come back. So, a lot of people are demanding they come back. You can’t just sit it out. You have to go back. You have to fight it out. That’s what elections are all about.»
‘BUTTER KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT’: DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER RIPS HIS PARTY’S STRATEGY IN REDISTRICTING BATTLE
A view of the Texas State Capitol in Austin as the GOP-led redistricting session continues without dozens of absent House Democrats. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Asked by Fox News Channel’s Peter Doocy whether he thought Texas’ redistricting plans were worth risking blue states similarly retaliating, Trump answered, «They’ll do it anyway.»
«Why, if we stop over there, they would have done it anyway,» he said. «Look, a lot of these states, you know, I watched this morning as Democrats are complaining and they’re complaining from states where they’ve done it, like in Illinois, like in Massachusetts.»
«The Democrats have done it long before we started. They’ve done it all over the place. They did it in New York. They did it in a lot of different states,» Trump went on.
CALIFORNIA GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM’S ‘HYPER-PARTISAN’ MAP IS ‘UNIQUELY CORRUPT,’ GOP LAWMAKER ARGUES
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said lawmakers who fled the state may be removed from office and may also be liable to felony charges. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
The president went on to praise Texas’ redistricting plans, saying, «There’s tremendous support for it.» He also praised Abbott, saying the future of the plans depends on him.
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«Texas is a place that’s done very well with a free enterprise kind of an attitude, with the exact opposite of what’s happening in New York with a communist mayor. And they know what they’re doing. And they’re doing the right thing,» he said. «So, we’ll see what happens. We have a wonderful governor in Texas. He feels strongly about it. It’s going to be up to him.»
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
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Russia and China tick Doomsday Clock toward midnight as Hiroshima bombing hits 80 years
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Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of when the U.S. employed the first ever nuclear bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed by the bombing of Nagasaki three days later on Aug. 9. But despite nearly a century of lessons learned, nuclear warfare still remains a significant threat.
«This is the first time that the United States is facing down two nuclear peer adversaries – Russia and China,» Rebeccah Heinrichs, nuclear expert and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told Fox News Digital.
Heinrichs explained that not only are Moscow and Beijing continuing to develop new nuclear capabilities and delivery systems, but they are increasingly collaborating with one another in direct opposition to the West, and more pointedly, the U.S.
TRUMP LIFTS VEIL ON US SUBMARINES IN WARNING SHOT TO KREMLIN IN ‘CLEVER’ REPOSITIONING MOVE
An aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan, shortly after the «Little Boy» atomic bomb was dropped in 1945. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)
«It’s a much more complex nuclear threat environment than what the United States even had to contend with during the Cold War, where we just had one nuclear peer adversary in the Soviet Union,» she said. «In that regard, it’s a serious problem, especially when both China and Russia are investing in nuclear capabilities and at the same time have revanchist goals.»
Despite the known immense devastation that would accompany an atomic war between two nuclear nations, concern has been growing that the threat of nuclear war is on the rise.
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – which collectively killed some 200,000 people, not including the dozens of thousands who later died from radiation poisoning and cancer – have been attributed with bringing an end to World War II.
But the bombs did more than end the deadliest war in human history – they forever changed military doctrine, sparked a nuclear arms race and cemented the concept of deterrence through the theory of mutually assured destruction.
Earlier this year the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved forward the «Doomsday Clock» by one second – pushing it closer to «midnight,» or atomic meltdown, than ever before.
In January, the board of scientists and security officials in charge of the 78-year-old clock, which is used to measure the threat level of nuclear warfare, said that moving the clock to 89 seconds to midnight «signals that the world is on a course of unprecedented risk, and that continuing on the current path is a form of madness.»
TRUMP CONFIRMS 2 NUCLEAR SUBMARINES ARE ‘IN THE REGION’ TO COUNTER RUSSIA
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a meeting in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2023. (Sergei Guneyev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Despite the escalated nuclear threats coming out of North Korea, and international concern over the Iranian nuclear program, the threat level largely came down to the three biggest players in the nuclear arena: Russia, the U.S. and China.
The increased threat level was attributed to Russia’s refusal to comply with international nuclear treaties amid its continuously escalating war in Ukraine and its hostile opposition to NATO nations, as well as China’s insistence on expanding its nuclear arsenal.
But the Bulletin, which was founded by scientists on the Manhattan Project in 1945 to inform the public of the dangers of atomic warfare, also said the U.S. has a role in the increased nuclear threat level.
«The U.S. has abdicated its role as a voice of caution. It seems inclined to expand its nuclear arsenal and adopt a posture that reinforces the belief that ‘limited’ use of nuclear weapons can be managed,» the Bulletin said. «Such misplaced confidence could have us stumble into a nuclear war.»
But Heinrichs countered the «alarmist» message and argued that deterrence remains a very real protectant against nuclear warfare, even as Russia increasingly threatens Western nations with atomic use.
«I do think that it’s a serious threat. I don’t think it’s inevitable that we’re sort of staring down nuclear Armageddon,» she said.
CHINA’S GROWING NUCLEAR ARSENAL AIMS TO BREAK US ALLIANCES AND DOMINATE ASIA, REPORT WARNS
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from an air field during military drills in Russia on Feb. 19, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
Heinrichs argued the chief threat is not the number of nuclear warheads a nation possesses, but in how they threaten to employ their capabilities.
«I think that whenever there is a threat of nuclear use, it’s because adversaries, authoritarian countries, in particular Russia, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to invade another country. And that’s where the greatest risk of deterrence failure is,» she said. «It’s not because of the sheer number of nuclear weapons.»
Heinrichs said Russia is lowering the nuclear threshold by routinely threatening to employ nuclear weapons in a move to coerce Western nations to capitulate to their demands, as in the case of capturing territory in Ukraine and attempting to deny it NATO access.
Instead, she argued that the U.S. and its allies need to improve their deterrence by not only staying on top of their capabilities but expanding their nuclear reach in regions like the Indo-Pacific.
A rocket launches from missile system from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia on Dec. 9, 2020. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
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«The answer is not to be so afraid of it or alarmed that you capitulate, because you’re only going to beget more nuclear coercion if you do that,» she said. «The answer is to prudently, carefully communicate to the Russians they are not going to succeed through nuclear coercion, that the United States also has credible response options.
«We also have nuclear weapons, and we have credible and proportional responses, and so they shouldn’t go down that path,» Heinrichs said. «That’s how we maintain the nuclear peace. That’s how we deter conflict. And that’s how we ensure that a nuclear weapon is not used.»
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El gobierno israelí afirmó que el Ejército deberá ejecutar cualquier decisión sobre la ocupación de Gaza
El ministro de Defensa de Israel, Israel Katz, reafirmó este miércoles que el jefe del Estado Mayor, Eyal Zamir, tiene derecho a expresar su opinión dentro de los foros apropiados, pero subrayó que las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) deberán ejecutar cualquier decisión adoptada por el gobierno en relación con Gaza.
La declaración, difundida en su cuenta oficial en X, responde a informaciones publicadas en medios israelíes que apuntan a que Zamir habría expresado su oposición a un plan del gobierno para una ocupación total de la Franja de Gaza.
Según esos reportes, el jefe del Estado Mayor manifestó su desacuerdo durante una reunión restringida celebrada el martes con el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu y altos mandos de seguridad.
La reunión, que se extendió por unas tres horas, tuvo como objetivo que Zamir “presentara las opciones para continuar con la campaña en Gaza”, según informó la oficina del mandatario.
En el encuentro también participaron el ministro de Defensa, Katz, y el de Asuntos Estratégicos, Ron Dermer, quien lidera el equipo negociador con los mediadores para un acuerdo de alto el fuego con Hamas, confirmó a EFE una fuente cercana.
Hasta el momento, Zamir no ha realizado comentarios públicos sobre el asunto, aunque la oficina de Netanyahu emitió una nota señalando que “Las FDI están preparadas para implementar cualquier decisión tomada por el gabinete político y de seguridad”, en una respuesta directa a las filtraciones que apuntan a un desacuerdo entre las fuerzas armadas y el primer ministro sobre el curso de la ofensiva.
Según un alto funcionario israelí que informó a los medios hebreos este lunes, Netanyahu pretende proponer al gabinete de seguridad israelí “la continuación de los combates y su expansión a zonas donde se teme que haya rehenes”, además de “la ocupación total de la Franja de Gaza”.
El primer ministro se enfrenta, sin embargo, a la oposición del Ejército, que es reacio a operar en lugares donde se encuentran retenidos los rehenes por temor a que las milicias palestinas en Gaza los ejecuten ante el avance de las tropas, como ya ocurrió a finales de agosto de 2024 con seis cautivos, hallados el 1 de septiembre.
En este contexto de tensión, la oficina de Netanyahu emitió una nota señalando que “Las FDI están preparadas para implementar cualquier decisión tomada por el gabinete político y de seguridad”, en una respuesta directa a las filtraciones que apuntan a un desacuerdo entre las fuerzas armadas y el primer ministro sobre el curso de la ofensiva.
“Es el derecho y el deber del jefe del Estado Mayor expresar su posición en los foros apropiados, y una vez que el liderazgo político tome decisiones, las FDI las ejecutarán con determinación y profesionalismo, hasta alcanzar los objetivos de la guerra”, escribió Katz el martes. “Como ministro de Defensa responsable del Ejército en nombre del gobierno, debo garantizar que estas decisiones se cumplan, y así será”, agregó.
Katz también reiteró su respaldo personal a Zamir, recordando que fue él quien lo recomendó para dirigir el Estado Mayor, con la aprobación del primer ministro y del gabinete. “Creí que en la encrucijada en la que se encontraban las FDI, él era el candidato más adecuado para construir y operar la fuerza frente a los numerosos desafíos de seguridad que tenemos por delante, debido a su perspectiva de seguridad, sus capacidades y su amplia experiencia”, señaló.
El ministro de Exteriores de Israel, Gideon Saar, expresó este martes su respaldo a Zamir en redes sociales. “El jefe del Estado Mayor debe expresar su opinión profesional de forma clara e inequívoca ante la cúpula política”, escribió Saar en su cuenta de la red social X.
Sin embargo, Katz advirtió de que se asegurará de que el Ejército cumpla con las decisiones políticas que se tomen sobre la ofensiva en Gaza.
En su mensaje, Katz destacó que, bajo el mando de Zamir y con la dirección del liderazgo político, las FDI han operado ofensivamente en varios frentes: Líbano, Siria, Judea y Samaria, Gaza y otras regiones, y encabezaron un ataque “asombroso, sin precedentes y victorioso contra Irán”.
Respecto a Gaza, subrayó los avances alcanzados en el marco de la Operación “Carros de Gedeón”, mencionando la conquista de zonas enteras y la destrucción total, por primera vez, de la infraestructura terrorista de Hamas, tanto subterránea como en superficie.
Sin embargo, Katz advirtió que la negativa de Hamas a liberar a los rehenes obliga al liderazgo político a tomar decisiones adicionales. «Es necesario continuar promoviendo los objetivos de la guerra: eliminar a Hamas, liberar a los rehenes y garantizar la seguridad de las comunidades israelíes de forma permanente“, sostuvo.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, afirmó el martes que una posible ocupación total de la Franja de Gaza por parte de Israel es una decisión que “dependerá en gran medida de Israel”.
“Realmente no puedo decir nada. Eso dependerá en gran medida de Israel”, dijo Trump al responder sobre la postura de Washington ante una eventual expansión militar israelí en el enclave palestino. Añadió que su administración está enfocada en tareas humanitarias.
“Estados Unidos donó recientemente 60 millones de dólares para suministrar alimentos para la población de Gaza, que obviamente no está pasando por un buen momento en lo que respecta a la alimentación”, expresó.
El mandatario estadounidense indicó que espera cooperación internacional para distribuir esa ayuda. “Israel nos va a ayudar tanto en términos de distribución como económicos”, aseguró, al tiempo que mencionó que “también” cuenta con el apoyo de “los países árabes”.
(Con información de AFP)
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