As President Trump increases deportations of US immigrants, he faces backlash from Congressional Democrats, ground activists, and judges in court.
US District Judge James Boasberg recently imposed a temporary halt on deportation under the 18th-century wartime law of Alien Enemy Law. He ordered the government to prove it didn’t ignore his order to return a flight from Texas carrying Venezuelan migrants last weekend.
Boasberg claimed at a hearing that the government “avoided” providing information on deportations of migrants who flew to El Salvador. Trump and his close adviser, Elon Musk, publicly criticized Boasberg, calling for him to be fired.
“I can’t stop it,” Trump told journalists at the White House on Friday.
Trump signed an executive order to abolish the Department of Education (DOE) on Thursday, requiring Congressional approval. The president told Education Secretary Linda McMahon to achieve as much as possible.
Then on Friday, the commander announced that student loans will be handled by SMEs, an institution struggling with 40% workforce cuts. The Department of Health and Human Services oversees special needs programs.
“The useful features of the department are… saved and fully preserved,” Trump said Thursday.
McMahon previously said a significant reduction in the sector’s workforce would be a “first step” to completely dismantle Cabinet-level agencies. She will discuss the next steps the administration must take to abolish the department and what it can legally do to reduce it on CNN’s “The State of the Union.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is attracting a large number of liberal voters who have expressed dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s efforts to revamp the federal government, which has led to the firing of thousands of government workers.
The progressive senator will debate what Democrats need to do next to regain the losses they suffered in the 2024 election and his take-back from Arizona and Nevada rallies.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (NY) was criticized loudly by fellow Congressional colleagues about his willingness to advance the GOP-enhanced funds bill, which was signed by Trump. Some party members, including Maryland Rep. Glenn Evie (D), have suggested that longtime senators should resign from his leadership role. Schumer is set to appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and may respond to the criticism he received recently and talk about his new book, “Antisemitism in America: A Warning.”
Here’s a list of appearances for this Sunday show:
News Nation’s “The Hill Sunday”: Kentucky Lt. Colonel Jacqueline Coleman (D); Princeton Robert P. George, author and professor of the James Madison Program of the American Ideals & Institutions and director of the James Madison Program.
ABC’s “This Week”: White House Border Tum Homan; Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
NBC’s “Meet the Press”: Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and John Curtis (R-Utah).
CNN’s “Union Status”: Education Secretary Linda McMahon; Rep. Ro Khanna, (D-Calif.), and Jason Crow (D-Colo.).
CBS’s “Face the Nation”: National Security Advisor Mike Waltz; Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.); Scott Gottlieb, former Director of the Food and Drug Administration.
“Fox News Sunday”: Steve Witkoff, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D).
Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures: Attorney General Pam Bondy; Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Mo.) and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tish;
