Key Events (10)
Hamas agreed to portions of President Trump's cease-fire plan for Gaza, and Trump called for Israel to immediately halt bombing. Netanyahu's office stated Israel is preparing for immediate implementation of the plan's first stage, though airstrikes reportedly continued despite Trump's call.
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, after the White House inadvertently revealed plans to send an elite 82nd Airborne unit to the city. The judge sided with Oregon and Portland officials who argued the deployment represented a presidential overreach.
A federal judge halted the Trump administration from detaining immigrant children after they turn 18 and transferring them to adult detention centers. The ruling temporarily prevents transfers that advocates said were planned for the weekend.
The Trump administration announced plans to offer unaccompanied immigrant minors $2,500 in incentives to voluntarily self-deport, according to a memo obtained by news organizations. Officials described the decision to incentivize children to leave as a new approach, though voluntary departure has long been an option.
The Trump administration announced plans to cut refugee admissions to a record low, with many slots designated for white South Africans and others facing what officials characterized as 'unjust discrimination,' according to documents and sources reviewed by The New York Times.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Jon Harrison, the Navy Chief of Staff who had been appointed in January and was key to broad policy and budgeting changes within the military branch.
The Trump administration is facing legal challenges and criticism over its implementation of immigration policy, with Democrats pushing back against what they characterize as misinformation about healthcare for undocumented immigrants at the center of a government shutdown dispute.
Small U.S. colleges, particularly in rural areas from Ohio to Florida, are experiencing threats to enrollment and sustainability due to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown on international students.
A national security prosecutor, Michael Ben'Ary, was fired from the Justice Department and warned colleagues in a note on his way out, saying he was terminated based on a social media post by a January 6 conspiracy theorist.
The Trump administration is considering minting a special commemorative $1 coin featuring the president with a raised fist and the words 'fight, fight, fight' for the country's 250th anniversary, according to the U.S. Treasury.