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The Latest Breaking News from James Boasberg

How is classified information typically shared and can officials declassify secrets whenever they want? A national security expert explains

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on March 27, 2025, ordered top Trump administration officials to preserve records of their messages sent on the messaging app Signal from March 11 to March 15 following a transparency watchdog group’s lawsuit alleging that the officials have violated the Federal Records Act.

The Conversation

New York Times reporter reveals reason Trump won’t fire Mike Waltz

White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman tells CNN that Trump ‘does not want to fire’ officials involved in the Signal group chat leak

The Independent UK

Why is Elon Musk so desperate to flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court?

Musk has been plowing campaign donations into the race to succeed retiring liberal justice, backing conservative candidate Brad Schimel and repeatedly stressing the importance of the outcome

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Trump news at a glance: judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be retained as tariff fallout deepens

Boasberg will later decide whether the disappearing messages in the Signal chat violated federal records retention laws. Here’s your roundup of key US politics stories from 27 March 2025

The Guardian - US

Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages

Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retained

The Guardian - US

Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal texts on Houthi attack

Judge James Boasberg issued a temporary restraining order against deleting any messages in the controversial chat.

Al Jazeera

Judge says he will order government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

A federal judge says he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of a text message chat in which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen’s Houthis

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Americans think Signal blunder is as big a deal as Hillary Clinton’s use of private email server: Poll

Americans view the Signal leak in at least as bad a light as Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State

The Independent UK

US stands on the brink of a constitutional crisis as Donald Trump takes on America’s legal system

As the 19th-century French political philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville, memorably observed, Americans have a tendency to fight their political battles in court. Barely two months into his presidency, Donald Trump is demonstrating increasing frustration as trade unions, civil rights organisations and states attorneys general challenge the implementation of his policies…

The Conversation

Judges rule against Trump in several cases including trans military ban

Court rejects administration appeal in fired federal workers case amid series of legal setbacks for White House

The Guardian - US

The Signal chat leak raises questions about accountability in Trump’s cabinet

High-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity

The Guardian - US

House Speaker Mike Johnson floats threat to shut down courts giving Trump trouble

Republicans are considering what actions to take when judges declare Donald Trump’s actions illegal

The Independent UK

Judge clashing with Trump over deportations is assigned new lawsuit over Signal chat

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who has blocked the president’s deportation of Venezuelan immigrants under the Aliens Exile Act, has been handed a new lawsuit to hear challenging the Trump administration over the leaked Signal chat on bombings in Yemen.

The Independent UK

Appeals Court Rejects Trump Bid To Lift Order Barring Deportations

A US appeals court on Wednesday denied a bid by the Trump administration to lift a lower court order barring summary deportations of Venezuelan migrants using an obscure wartime law.

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The Independent UK

Appeals court rejects Trump’s attempt to throw out order that blocks deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Judge James Boasberg is temporarily stopping the administration from ejecting immigrants under the centuries-old wartime law

The Independent UK

The 'state secrets privilege' sounds mysterious. Here's what it is and how it works

The Trump administration is invoking a powerful tool in seeking to cut off a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied his order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants being deported from the United States

Latin Times

Venezuelan Government Hires Lawyers To Defend Migrants As Fate Of Those Deported to El Salvador Remains Murky

Little is known about the legal status of Venezuelan migrants who were taken to El Salvador's mega-prison system. That may soon change.

Latin Times

Judge Berated By Trump As 'Radical Left Lunatic' Assigned Signalgate Lawsuit

Judge James Boasberg, on the receiving end of attacks by the Trump administration over his opposition to the use of the Alien Enemies Act to conduct swift deportations, has been assigned to a signalgate lawsuit

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Federal Court Rules Migrants Have Right to Hearing to Challenge Alien Enemies Act Deportations

Judge Boasberg ruled the migrants are entitled to due process in determing whether they really are "alien enemies" covered by the Act.

Reason

Justice Department Invokes State Secrets Privilege Over Deportation Flights

The move is an escalation of the White House's attempt to claim an unchallengeable and unreviewable amount of power.

The Independent UK

Trump administration refuses to answer judge’s questions over El Salvador deportation flights, citing ‘state secrets’

Officials tell Judge Boasberg that ‘no further information will be provided’ after a weeklong standoff

Latin Times

Trump Admin Invokes State Secrets Clause To Avoid Explaining Swift Deportation Of Venezuelans To El Salvador

In a Monday filing, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other DOJ officials argued that disclosing flight details would endanger national security and foreign relations

Reason

Deportation Standoff

Plus: Rehiring federal workers, using Signal to orchestrate bombing the Houthis, and more...

Al Jazeera

US appeals court weighs Trump’s deportations under Alien Enemies Act

One judge questioned whether Nazi defendants received more due process in the US than Venezuelans deported under Trump.

The Independent UK

Appeals court panel appears divided on Trump's deportation of immigrants under wartime law

A panel of appeals court judges appeared divided Monday on a Trump administration push to lift an order blocking deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law

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