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A federal judge appointed to his current position by Donald Trump during his first term has handed a roadmap to his colleagues on the bench to block the president from invoking the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to do whatever he wants.

That is according to conservative attorney George Conway who appeared on MSNBC's revamped "The Weekend" on Saturday.

Pointing to U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr's ruling, where he wrote Trump's use of the act "exceeds the scope of the statute and is contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning of the statute's terms," Conway suggested Rodriguez did the heavy-lifting other judges can invoke themselves.

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Speaking with host Eugene Daniels, the anti-Trump Conway pointed out, "The bottom line is it's a no-brainer."

"I mean, what the judge pointed out was the Alien Enemies Act –– the president has broad powers under the Alien Enemies Act –– but only if certain prerequisites are met. First is there a declared war? No declared war. Second is there a military invasion or incursion? You know, do we have troops or guerrillas going over the border taking property and taking land or blowing things up? That's not happening."

"These are people going here and there in different parts of the United states and allegedly engaging in criminal conspiracy –– that doesn't even come close," he exclaimed. 'The judge made clear to what is. what was supposed to be covered by this law and so it's so easy. The court, the judge made it so easy."

"It's going to be other judges in other districts are going to rule exactly the same way and everybody's going to," he predicted.

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Donald Trump's increasing use of his Truth Social account, with its limited reach compared to X (formerly known as Twitter), has allowed him to rant and rage in ways that may not be getting the attention his outbursts deserve.

That is the opinion of Guardian analyst Adam Gabbatt, who wrote on Saturday that the American president has been ramping up his overheated rhetoric more and more as he faces new setbacks to his second presidential term.

Buffeted by multiple court rulings overturning actions taken by his administration, Donald Trump took to Truth Social in the wee hours of Saturday morning to lash out at the legal system.

On Thursday, Trump-nominated U.S. District Judge Fernandez Rodriguez permanently blocked the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security from transferring or removing Venezuelans held under the Alien Enemies Act in the Southern District of Texas.

A progressive Texas Democrat raised some eyebrows late Friday on CNN, telling anchor Kaitlan Collins her Republican colleagues made "absolutely insane" moves behind closed doors this week.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) joined Collins on "The Source" late Friday to talk about the GOP's budget proposal.

President Donald Trump is merely "putting on a front" with his assurances he's not worried about the economy, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Friday evening.

This comes as Trump was roundly smacked down by fact-checkers for falsely claiming that gas prices are now down to $1.98 a gallon — a figure that appears to be fictional and not offered in any city in America.

Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-MO) evolution on his views on Medicaid — a government health insurance program for low-income people eyed for big cuts this year by the GOP — caught the attention of the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board.

In a cheeky piece titled, "Josh Hawley’s Medicaid Switcheroo," the Journal recalled that when Hawley ran for office in 2018, he campaigned on getting rid of the Affordable Care Act, the massive health care law that expanded Medicaid to cover more people, including low-income adults who aren’t disabled.

A mass exodus of air air traffic controllers assigned to Newark Liberty International Airport led a major airline to scrap dozens of flights, according to a report.

More than 20 percent of air traffic controllers assigned to the busy airport either walked off the job or went on medical leave, leading to a severe staffing shortage. The mass exit follows a pair of major system outages at the FAA's Philadelphia airspace operations center, which manages Newark's air traffic.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is facing tougher questions than ever about where he actually lives and whether he meets Alabama's residency requirements in his planned bid for governor, Kyle Whitmire wrote in an opinion analysis for AL.com published on Friday.

The far-right pro-Trump senator has faced accusations since at least 2023 that he has been secretly living in Florida rather than Alabama — and voting records only bolster these suspicions, Whitmire argued. The residency requirements to run for governor are stricter than for senator, requiring seven years in the state.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was shouted down by a protester at her town hall on Friday, Fox News reported, with the person attacking her over the Israeli occupation of Gaza.

"I am a health care worker and I want to know what you're doing about the genocide in Gaza!" the woman shouted. The crowd tried to drown her out, chanting "Shame!" at the protester.

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) goaded Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s so-called "border czar," to make good on his threats of a potential Justice Department investigation into her efforts to inform migrants about their rights when interacting with federal immigration agents.

Homan's repeatedly threatened Ocasio-Cortez in media appearances, and his comments were widely interpreted as attempts to intimidate or punish the congresswoman over her "Know Your Rights" seminars.

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a scathing opinion permanently blocking President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, which represented anti-Trump and anti-GOP clients in the past, declaring it in violation of the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and ordering the firm's access to federal contracts, buildings, and security clearance restored. But more than that, she took a swipe at other law firms that capitulated to Trump rather than fight.

Trump has struck deals with a number of other firms with which he had similar gripes, like Paul Weiss and Skadden Arps, getting promises from them to commit tens of millions of dollars to pro bono legal work on behalf of the administration, among other things, like agreeing to change their hiring and representation practices.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is under fire after he publicly condemned Germany’s decision to classify the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party as an extremist organization.

Rubio took to the X platform on Friday to opine that Germany "just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition."