President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had a good call with Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos following an angry reaction from the White House to reports that the e-commerce giant planned to show American consumers the impact of tariffs on prices on its site.
Amazon has since denied the report, saying it was an idea floated for one part of the business.
The president confirmed the call with Bezos as he departed the White House en route to give an “achievement speech” focused on the economy to mark 100 days in office.
Trump will speak at Macomb Community College, just north of Detroit, at 6 p.m. Earlier, on Truth Social, he touted his “100 VERY SPECIAL DAYS,” along with his trademark MAGA slogan.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a briefing that Trump’s first three months had been “the most historic start to a presidency in American history.”
However, new polling shows Trump faces the lowest 100-day approval rating in about eight decades, topping his previous record in 2017.
The president brushed off his waning approval ratings, stating: “The Polls from the Fake News are, like the News itself, FAKE!”
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Key points
- President Trump's first 100 days marred by worst approval rating in eight decades
- Trump signs executive orders targeting truck drivers and 'sanctuary cities'
- Trump rages at ‘fake polls’ as approval ratings nosedive
- Mark Carney makes dig at Trump in Canada election victory speech
- White House rips ‘hostile and political’ move by Amazon to display how much costs are for tariffs
Trump hails Bezos for scrapping plan to show Amazon shoppers tariff price hikes
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Oliver O'Connell
President Donald Trump thanked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos after the company reportedly scrapped a plan to display the added cost of tariffs on some products.
“Jeff Bezos was very nice. He was terrific,” Trump said Tuesday after the reportedly furious president called Bezos on the phone. “He solved the problem very quickly. And he did the right thing. He’s a good guy.”
Punchbowl News had reported that Amazon was set to “display how much of an item’s cost is derived from tariffs — right next to the product’s total listed price.”
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Watch: Trump doubles down on China trade policy
22:16
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Oliver O'Connell
President Donald Trump has given an exclusive pre-recorded sit-down interview to ABC News, which airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
In a clip released by the network, the president appears to double down on his trade policy toward China.
Pressed about how a 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports will raise prices for American consumers, Trump claimed: “You don't know that. You don't know whether or not China's going to eat it. China probably will eat those tariffs.”
Watch that moment here:
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump doubles down on China trade policy, saying they "probably will eat those tariffs."
— ABC News (@ABC) April 29, 2025
Watch tonight at 8/7c on ABC.https://t.co/j7Gka7pB3j pic.twitter.com/8c1WbsXW1X
Watch: Trump invites Democrat Gov Whitmer to speak at airbase event
22:13
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Oliver O'Connell
Trump invites Gretchen Whitmer to speak. She avoids praising Trump, but says "I am so grateful that this announcement was made today" and shakes hands with him pic.twitter.com/k6MhbWQeEL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025
ANALYSIS: With Canada’s stunning electoral rebuke and doubts over China trade talks, has Trump’s bluster reached its expiration point?
22:10
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Oliver O'Connell
John Bowden writes:
Republicans were hard at work this week in Washington as the party tries to sell their record of accomplishments over Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.
But on Monday night, Canada delivered a resounding rebuke of the United States and Trump’s trade agenda, leaving the end of his trade war appearing further away than ever. The administration, having yet to announce a single major deal resulting from Trump’s escalated “reciprocal” tariffs, is facing more and more scrutiny over its endgame.
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So, where are we with those trade deals?
22:06
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Oliver O'Connell
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday declined to confirm the Trump administration has reached a tariff deal with a trading partner country, saying no trade agreement was confirmed until President Donald Trump announces it.
“As you know, nothing is done till the president signs off on the 18 key trading relationships. The president described them to the trade team as bespoke,” Bessent told Fox Business Network. “Every deal is different, and he's going to be involved, so I'll wait to hear from him.”
Bessent is on Fox saying "bespoke" pic.twitter.com/iMx9tzKJ4g
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025
Earlier, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he had reached one deal with a foreign country, but declined to name it, adding he was waiting for the country's prime minister and parliament to give their approval.
Lutnick: "Treasury Secretary Bessent if focused on China. That's his portfolio. He's gotta get something done with China ... I have a deal done. But ... " pic.twitter.com/3ib0p9vF2m
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025
Lutnick also said it was time to train Americans to do the jobs of the future, in which generations of families work in factories.
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go… pic.twitter.com/kDqjMPTUvh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025
Trump announce Michigan base to get new Boeing F-15EX jets
21:53
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Oliver O'Connell
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan will get 21 Boeing F-15EX jets.
While the fighter jets were previously purchased by the U.S. Air Force, Trump announced the base would receive them in comments he made during a visit to mark the 100th day of his second term in office.
There has been a long bipartisan battle to keep the airbase open.
Joining the president at the announcement of the base’s new mission were Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Newsmax host claims the ‘Deep state’ is using two-term limit to keep Trump ‘under their thumb’
21:50
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Oliver O'Connell
Newsmax star Greg Kelly has claimed that the 22nd Amendment, which prevents a president from serving more than two full terms, “might be unconstitutional itself” and is “a way the deep state keeps the presidency under their thumb.”
Justin Baragona has the story.
Trump congratulated Carney on win in Canadian election
21:43
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Oliver O'Connell
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump, who congratulated the Canadian leader on Monday's election win, Carney's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The leaders agreed on the importance of Canada and the United States working together – as independent, sovereign nations – for their mutual betterment. To that end, the leaders agreed to meet in person in the near future,” it said.
Joe Sommerlad reports on what the Canadian prime minister has said about his U.S. counterpart, and how Trump’s rhetoric caused a surge of patriotism that pushed Carney to victory.
Hegseth boasted about killing a Biden-era DEI program — but it was Trump's
21:30
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Oliver O'Connell
Pete Hegseth announced he “proudly” put an end to a Department of Defense program — one that President Donald Trump signed into law in 2017.
It’s the latest blunder from within the Department of Defense, with Hegseth posting on social media Tuesday announcing that he “proudly ENDED” the Women, Peace & Security program.
Not only was it a Trump law, but it was co-sponsored by two of his now-Cabinet colleagues...
Kelly Rissman reports on the awkwardness.
Watch: White House economic adviser says they have seen 'sketches of deals'
21:25
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Oliver O'Connell
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, told CNN today that the Trump administration has seen “sketches of deals” when asked about progress on supposed trade deals being negotiated with other nations in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs plan.
"We've seen sketches of deals" -- Kevin Hassett pic.twitter.com/MFsKDij9XI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2025
White House scales back auto tariffs after industry panic
21:22
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Oliver O'Connell
President Donald Trump is planning to walk back some of the tariffs he imposed on certain auto parts after warnings from U.S.-based automakers.
The president plans to sign an executive order on Tuesday that will provide some relief for carmakers who pay a 25 percent tariff on imported vehicles by eliminating other levies such as those on steel and aluminum. The move would be retroactive, meaning that automakers could be reimbursed for tariffs already paid, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Ariana Baio reports.
Watch LIVE: Donald Trump delivers remarks at Selfridge Air National Guard as he marks 100 days in office
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Oliver O'Connell
Hillary Clinton mocks Trump's 100 days of accomplishments
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Oliver O'Connell
Former secretary of state, first lady, and 2016 Trump electoral opponent, Hillary Clinton, has weighed in on the “accomplishments” of the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency.
Posting a picture of Trump deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s appearance on Fox News’ Hannity alongside a list of the president’s supposed accomplishments so far [paper straws!], Clinton wrote: “In Trump's first 100 days, he alienated us from our allies, crashed the stock market, decimated U.S. cancer research, expelled American toddlers, lost the Canadian election by proxy, and threatened your Social Security checks. But at least he focused on the important stuff.”
MTG warns colleagues one thing will cost Republicans ‘bigly’ in midterms
21:10
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Oliver O'Connell
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has claimed that it will cost Republicans “bigly” in the 2028 midterms if they don’t fall into line with President Donald Trump’s agenda regarding taxes.
Katie Hawkinson has the details.
Trump purges Holocaust Memorial Museum Board of Biden appointees – including Doug Emhoff
21:05
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Oliver O'Connell
The Trump administration has begun firing at least some of former President Joseph Biden’s appointees to the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, The New York Times reports.
Among those who received an email this morning terminating their positions was Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Read my statement on my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. pic.twitter.com/S6ErnGAKdU
— Doug Emhoff (@DouglasEmhoff) April 29, 2025
“Today, I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council,” Emhoff said. “Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized. To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous — and it dishonors the memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazis that this museum was created to preserve.”
Mr. Emhoff is Jewish and an outspoken critic of the rise in antisemitism. His appointment to the council was announced in January as the Biden administration came to an end. Typically, such an appointment is for a five-year term.
The other officials who were dismissed include Ron Klain, Biden’s first chief of staff; Tom Perez, the former labor secretary and senior adviser to Biden; Susan Rice, the national security adviser to former President Barack Obama and Biden’s top domestic policy adviser who led a major national strategic effort to counter antisemitism; and Anthony Bernal, a senior adviser to former First Lady Jill Biden.
“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council is terminated, effective immediately,” Mary Sprowls, who works in the White House Presidential Personnel Office, wrote in an email. “Thank you for your service.”
The apparent purge of Biden officials comes less than a week after the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Some American Jews worry that President Trump is weaponizing genuine fears about antisemitism to suit his political purposes.
Trump is ‘starting to cool’ on Pete Hegseth after multiple security scandals
20:50
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Gustaf Kilander
James Liddell has the story:
Donald Trump is “starting to cool” on Pete Hegseth after the defense secretary was hit by a spate of national security scandals, it is claimed.
After texting sensitive war plans involving a wave of U.S. air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen to a Signal chat last month, The New York Times revealed last week that Hegseth allegedly shared details of military strikes in a second group on the messaging app, which included his wife, his attorney and his brother. Sources told the Associated Press last week that he did so on his personal computer via an insecure internet connection in his office.
The president insisted in a recent interview with The Atlantic that he thinks his embattled Pentagon chief is “going to get it together.”
But on Tuesday’s episode of Morning Joe, co-host Jonathan Lemire suggested Trump may be losing his enthusiasm for Hegseth behind closed doors.
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Senate confirms billionaire businessman Stephens as ambassador to Britain
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Reuters
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens to be ambassador to Britain, backing President Donald Trump's nominee by 59 to 39.
Stephens is chairman, president, and CEO of Stephens Inc., a privately owned financial services firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a longtime contributor to Republican candidates, including Trump, having donated millions of dollars to support his campaigns and the 2025 inauguration fund.
Presidents often name major donors to the prestigious post in London. During Trump's first term in the White House, Woody Johnson, the owner of the New York Jets National Football League team, held the post.
Stephens will represent the U.S. in London as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government seeks to reset ties with the European Union after Brexit, following Trump's upending of security and trade alliances.
Starmer's government is also seeking an improved economic deal with Washington to lower some of the tariffs Trump has imposed on imported goods.
Everything Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney has said about Trump
20:30
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Gustaf Kilander
Joe Sommerlad writes:
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal Party have won the country’s general election, a snap contest called after the sudden departure of Justin Trudeau.
The ex-governor of the central banks of both Canada and England saw off a challenge from Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to secure a mandate, completing an extraordinary couple of months in Ottawa.
At the start of this year, the Liberals looked all but certain to drift to defeat when the country next went to the polls amid growing frustration over their party’s failure to rein in inflation under Trudeau, with Poilievre waiting in the wings ready to pounce.
But the inauguration of Donald Trump across the border saw Canadians – angered by the American’s “51st state” rhetoric and imposition of 25 percent tariffs – band together in a surge of patriotism.
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Trump’s Michigan rally-goers line up while listening to ‘YMCA’ rewritten for ‘MAGA’
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AP
The line of people waiting to get into Trump’s rally in Warren, Michigan, began forming more than five hours before doors opened.
Some brought coolers and held small tailgating sessions among the metal barriers, to a soundtrack including a new version of Trump’s favorite ‘YMCA’ song.
“MAGA, there’s no need to feel down,” the rewrite goes, leading to the refrain “Make America Great Again.”
“The American dream, where a deal’s a deal,” the song continues. “You can do whatever you feel.”
The song wasn’t prompting anyone to dance yet. More hours in line could change that.
Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories
20:10
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Gustaf Kilander
Josh Boak and Alexa St. John write:
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers.
Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales and make U.S. production less competitive worldwide. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a Tuesday briefing that Trump would sign the order later in the day but declined to provide details on the order.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who joined Leavitt at the White House briefing, said the goal was to enable automakers to create more domestic manufacturing jobs.
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Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories
Amid tariffs showdown, Senate confirms Perdue as Trump's ambassador to China
20:05
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Oliver O'Connell
The Senate has confirmed former Senator David Perdue as Donald Trump’s ambassador to China amid the tariff showdown between the world’s two largest economies.
Perdue, a Republican who served one term as a U.S. senator from Georgia, was confirmed 67-29 with some Democratic support. At his confirmation hearing this month, the former business executive called the U.S. relationship with China the “most consequential diplomatic challenge of the 21st century.”
“Our approach to China should be nuanced, nonpartisan and strategic,” Perdue said.
While the Trump administration appears to be betting that the substantial 145% tariffs it’s imposed will be unsustainable for the Chinese economy and bring Beijing to the negotiating table, the Chinese leadership has vowed to “fight to the end.” China is readjusting domestic policies to expand the domestic market and reduce reliance on the U.S.
AP
Watch: Trump jokes 'I'd like to be Pope'
20:15
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Oliver O'Connell
Pres. Trump jokes: "I'd like to be Pope. That would be my number one choice. No, I don't know. I have no preference. I must say we have a cardinal that happens to be out of a place called New York who's very good. So we'll see what happens." pic.twitter.com/EnS7hTlOdT
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) April 29, 2025
Watch: Trump thanks Bezos for solving 'problem' of showing Amazon shoppers impact of tariffs
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Oliver O'Connell
The ‘f*** your feelings’ crowd is suddenly getting really upset over Democrats cussing
19:50
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Gustaf Kilander
Justin Baragona has the story:
For years now, conservatives have reveled in Donald Trump's abrasive and coarse behavior in the political arena, applauding him for profanely raging at his political opponents while proudly flying flags with MAGA catchphrases like “F*** Your Feelings.” At the same time, Trump supporters have embraced the meme “Let’s Go Brandon,” which is a euphemism for the phrase “F*** Joe Biden.”
However, now that Democrats and liberals have begun to openly curse in public with a little more frequency throughout Trump’s first 100 days in office, right-wing media is suddenly up in arms over the “undignified” language, claiming it’s “embarrassing” that they are “constantly swearing.”
Early last month, Politico noted that in the first couple of months of the new Trump administration, Democratic politicians were “cursing up a storm” as they “careened from strategy to strategy to respond” to the president and his chaotic White House. “But one unifying thread as they try to invigorate their connection to the American voter has been a reach for profanity,” Politico reported.
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Melania-backed bill to ban porn ‘deepfakes’ reaches White House for Trump’s signature
19:30
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Gustaf Kilander
Ariana Baio writes:
A bill that seeks to end the nonconsensual use of someone’s likeness to create deepfake pornography is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk.
In a rare display of bipartisan support, the House voted overwhelmingly to pass the Take it Down Act on Monday, a bill backed by First Lady Melania Trump and social media websites such as Meta, TikTok and X.
Hoping to crack down on revenge pornography, the bill criminalizes the dissemination of nonconsensual “deepfakes” in pornography – or using artificial intelligence to manipulate adult performers to appear like celebrities, average citizens, lawmakers and more.
Under the legislation, offenders could be subject to fines or imprisonment for publishing depictions of both real or computer-generated people without their consent or with harmful intent.
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Watch: King of Denmark visits Greenland
19:23
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Oliver O'Connell
The King of Denmark is visiting Greenland today. The friendly reception by the locals stands in sharp contrast to the protests during JD Vance's visit a month ago.
— Rasmus Jarlov (@RasmusJarlov) April 29, 2025
pic.twitter.com/5sVQQD68Xb
NAACP president laments ‘One hundred days of Making America Bigoted Again’
19:20
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Oliver O'Connell
NAACP President Derrick Johnson marked 100 days of the second Trump presidency by lamenting that it was “one hundred days of Making America Bigoted Again.”
“This trend cannot continue,” Johnson said in a statement. “We refuse to go back to Jim Crow. And we refuse to return to pre-1776, when America answered to a monarch. The rule of law matters. That’s why we’ve been fighting the Trump Administration for its unlawful and unconstitutional actions — and why we’re organizing nationwide to mobilize the masses.”
“This is no time to stay silent,” Johnson added. “Our democracy is on the brink of extinction. Everyone’s voice matters now more than ever.”
AP
Boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk urges Trump to ‘open his eyes’ over the war in Ukraine
19:10
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Gustaf Kilander
Niamh Cavanagh writes:
Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to “open his eyes” to the war in his country.
The heavyweight fighter called out Trump amid ongoing peace talks between Washington, Kyiv and Moscow. With no deal in sight, the president appears to be running out of patience with the process and the war continues to rage in the meantime.
“Hey, President Trump – open eyes, please,” Usyk said in a forthcoming interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored. “[What] Russia is do[ing], the whole world knows is bulls**t. Why [do] you take my country?”
“This is my territory, the territory of my country, it’s my people, of course.”
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Watch: Trump mocked for squandering America's 'leverage'
19:00
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Oliver O'Connell
Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk will stay in ICE detention in Louisiana - for now
18:50
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Gustaf Kilander
Alex Woodward writes:
Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk, for now, will remain in a detention center in Louisiana where she has been locked up for more than 100 days.
A panel of federal appeals court judges have temporarily blocked her transfer to Vermont, after a judge ordered her moved from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana by this Thursday.
The judges are pausing her transfer while they consider a challenge from Donald Trump’s administration to keep her in Louisiana. Oral arguments in the case are set for May 6.
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New: Reagan-appointed judge rejects Trump attempt to shut down First Amendment lawsuit over pro-Palestine campus protests
18:40
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Alex Woodward
A federal judge is giving a greenlight to part of a lawsuit against Trump’s policy of arresting international students who engaged in pro-Palestine protests.
Reagan-appointed Judge William G. Young is rejecting most of the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss the suit, which was filed by a group of university professors.
Crucially, he is allowing the plaintiffs to sue on the grounds that the government violated the First Amendment.
“Although this case raises novel First Amendment issues and the precise scope of the ideological-deportation policy is not yet clear ... Plaintiffs’ First Amendment claims survive,” he wrote.
