Senator Chris Van Hollen is live! YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

I just met with the Vice President of El Salvador as we fight for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I’m speaking to the press now with the latest on our efforts.

Tune in here:

REPORTER: There are laws on the book that make it a criminal offense to harbor illegal immigrants, like sanctuary state leaders have been doing. Do you think they should be prosecuted and possibly put in prison?

HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.

Chief of NIH’s international center is latest director to lose job under Trump Kathleen Neuzil had led the Fogarty International Center for less than 1 year

Exclusive: Kathleen Neuzil, an infectious disease and vaccine specialist who was head of the Fogarty International Center, received an e-mail notice today from the Department of Health and Human Services that immediately put her on administrative leave.

Mahmoud Khalil addressing the judge today: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

WOW. ICE essentially admits to having fraudulently obtained a criminal warrant against Columbia University for an "investigation" for "harboring" undocumented immigrants while seeking to arrest Yunseo Chung, who has a green card!

You can't "harbor" someone here legally!

UPDATE: DOJ trying to cancel today's Abrego Garcia hearing and delay filing a response to the judge's order until next week.

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Providing medical care in Gaza is already incredibly difficult, but when medics and emergency responders are killed, it becomes extremely complicated. A field hospital cannot operate in isolation. Ambulances must reach the wounded, and patients need safe passage to other facilities. Civilians depend on these services in their most difficult hours. Medical personnel must be allowed to do their work. Lives depend on it.

"Providing medical care in Gaza is already incredibly difficult, but when medics and emergency responders are killed, it becomes extremely complicated", Grace Osumo, Hospital Programme Manager at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Gaza, shares 👇🏽

NEWS: Consumer sentiment PLUNGED 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952.

April’s reading was lower than anything seen during the Great Recession.

Who’s advertising on Twitter? One of its biggest investors: Saudi Arabia Elon Musk and his companies have deep ties to the kingdom's billionaire royals.

Another new story from me today: I reviewed the companies highlighted on X for Business, a hub meant to show how great Twitter is for advertising, and found that a big group of them are devoted to how great Saudi Arabia is. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.

The government acknowledges that it ripped our client Mahmoud Khalil from his home and his family solely because of his political beliefs and expression.

Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will require the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Good morning.

Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.

It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

EU, China start talks on lifting EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, Handelsblatt reports The European Union and China have begun negotiations on the abolition of EU tariffs on imports of Chinese electric cars, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Thursday.

The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

This is a major strategic failure for the United States.

Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).

The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.

ICE Pledges to Stop Illegal 'Ideas' From Entering U.S. -- Then Deletes the Post ICE pledged to stop illegal “ideas” from entering the United States in a social media post it deleted after receiving backlash.

Donald Trump’s Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has proudly announced that if it crosses the border illegally, they will stop it.

This includes people, money, products, and… ideas?

US intelligence investigating whether FBI involved in 2021 Capitol riot The top U.S. spy's chief of staff on Wednesday said the U.S. intelligence community is investigating whether the FBI was involved in planning the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.

The top US spy's chief of staff said the US intelligence community is investigating whether the FBI was involved in planning the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump reut.rs/44glAIf

The USDA’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detail There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden.

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NEW: DOJ is dropping its prosecution of a man it identified as an MS-13 leader and whose capture was celebrated with a huge press conference by AG Bondi, Kash Patel and Glenn Youngkin. w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Imagine that. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off?

They are laughing at us all.
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Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

France signs deals to help Egypt's economy in volatile regional climate France and Egypt signed strategic partnership agreements on Monday, in areas covering health, transport and energy, which French President Emmanuel Macron said would help shore up Egypt's stability amid volatility in the region.

France and Egypt signed strategic partnership agreements, in areas covering health, transport and energy, which French President Emmanuel Macron said would help shore up Egypt's stability amid volatility in the region reut.rs/4llPUqW

The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Saying the Trump administration’s “grievous error” “shocks the conscience,” a federal judge has rejected their call to lift her order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Try that in a small town ICE disappeared a mother and 3 children. Neighbors of Trump's Border Czar said hell no.

New — I spoke to the school principal of Sackets Harbor, NY, where ICE handcuffed and disappeared a mother and 3 kids (including a 3rd grader). It’s also the town Trump Border Czar Tom Homan calls home.

Cook tells me about how the small town is taking on enormous power to bring the students home:

💙 DC never disappoints. #handsoff

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu headed to meet President Trump.

Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu headed to meet President Trump.

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support Changes could break the system, former officials say.

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

They’re also cutting research on climate change, extremism, and disinformation. It’s like they want people to be as poorly informed and unwell as possible.