Trump administration live updates: President to sign executive order to dismantle Department of Education – UK Times

It’s been about 90 minutes since the deadline and the Trump administration has not filed a public response to Judge James Boasberg’s questions about the El Salvador deportation flights. Lawyers had a noon deadline. It’s possible that they might’ve filed something via email directly to the judge himself to argue to keep that information under seal.

After the government pushed for a delay at the last minute yesterday, Boasberg agreed to give them a one-day deadline, “although their grounds for such request at first blush are not persuasive,” he wrote.

The administration has been stonewalling over the past week, arguing that the answers would compromise national security. Lawyers may have invoked a so-called state secrets privilege in an attempt to avoid having to answer them at all.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday announced that the Justice Department is bringing “severe” charges against three individuals accused of targeting Teslas with arson attacks, following the White House’s vow to treat such incidents as domestic terrorism.

Josh Marcus has the latest on this developing story.

An American man who was abducted by the Taliban more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan was released as part of a deal struck by the Trump administration, the State Department said.

George Glezmann, a 66-year-old airline mechanic from Atlanta, was on his way back to the United States on Thursday morning after being held by the Taliban since December 2022, when he was seized while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist.

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick used an appearance on Fox News to encourage viewers to buy stock in Tesla, as the company struggles amid Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration.

Although cabinet secretaries traditionally do not endorse individual stocks, Lutnick told viewers of Jesse Watters Primetime that Musk – a “special government employee” of President Donald Trump – was “the best person to bet on” and that Tesla’s stock will “never be this cheap again.”

Ariana Baio has the story.

The site reveals the names, addresses and phone numbers of Tesla owners on an interactive map and uses an image of a Molotov cocktail as a cursor. The operators of the site have stated that they will only remove the information of Tesla owners who prove that they have sold their cars, according to 404 Media.

A British backpacker’s ordeal in US immigration detention has prompted a warning from her father for travellers to meticulously check visa requirements before embarking on their journeys.

In his latest affront to the nation’s allies, President Donald Trump claimed the European Union has “raped and pillaged” the U.S.

Trump didn’t directly answer when asked if he would rule out the possibility of a recession, claiming instead that the country’s problems were fueled by their allies.

Slotkin responded by saying that her job is to be “more than just an AOC” and “more than just an activist.”