https://nypost.com Your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:43:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 163456144 https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/supreme-court-blocks-new-deportations-of-of-venezuelans-under-18th-century-wartime-law-alien-enemies-act/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 02:28:28 -0400 2025-04-19T05:04:21-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/supreme-court-blocks-new-deportations-of-of-venezuelans-under-18th-century-wartime-law-alien-enemies-act/ Associated Press https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35669759 0 35669759 Venezuelan migrants react after arriving at the Simon Bolivar International Airport after their deportation from the US on April 11, 2025. The official portrait of the US Supreme Court taken on Oct. 7, 2022. Venezuela military guards stand guard in Maiquetia, Venezuela on April 11, 2025. A police officers gestures after the migrant flight was cleared on April 11, 2025. US District Judge James E. Boasberg stands for a portrait at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington DC on March 16, 2023. Armed Venezuelan military members stand guard during the arrival of Venezualan migrants in the South American nation on April 11, 2025. https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/trump-deportation-administration-contempt-proceedings-from-judge-james-boasberg-halted-by-appeals-court/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:48:52 -0400 2025-04-19T01:49:01-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/trump-deportation-administration-contempt-proceedings-from-judge-james-boasberg-halted-by-appeals-court/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35669079 0 35669079 President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in ceremony of Mehmet Ox as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Oval Office of the White House on April 18, 2025. US District Judge James E. Boasberg stands for a portrait at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington DC on March 16, 2023. Venezuelan migrants hold their hands in the air as they arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport after being deported from the US back to Venezuela on April 10, 2025. plane at King County International Airport on April 15, 2025. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/tufts-university-student-detained-in-louisiana-is-ordered-to-be-moved-to-vermont/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:55:37 -0400 2025-04-18T22:57:10-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/tufts-university-student-detained-in-louisiana-is-ordered-to-be-moved-to-vermont/ Associated Press https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35666701 0 35666701 People walk on College Avenue near Tufts University on March 27, 2025 in Medford, Massachusetts. This contributed photo shows Rumeysa Ozturk on an apple-picking trip in 2021. Rumeysa Ozturk is detained by government officers near Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, March 25, 2025. Demonstrators take part in a rally in support of Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, after Ozturk was taken into custody by federal agents, in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S. March 27, 2025 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/white-house-reveals-covid-lab-leak-theory-as-true-origins-of-pandemic-website/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:46:54 -0400 2025-04-19T02:18:51-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/white-house-reveals-covid-lab-leak-theory-as-true-origins-of-pandemic-website/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35668180 0 35668180 Several federal agencies and officials have also concluded that COVID-19 likely leaked out of a lab in China. The White House unveiling a sleek new landing page dedicated to the "true origins” of the pandemic on its COVID-19 information website. Chinese lab Anthony Fauci https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/james-comer-rips-dem-reps-for-wanting-taxpayer-funded-trips-to-visit-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-kilmar-abrego-garcia/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:40:04 -0400 2025-04-18T19:40:11-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/james-comer-rips-dem-reps-for-wanting-taxpayer-funded-trips-to-visit-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-kilmar-abrego-garcia/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35665014 0 35665014 This undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) speaks as protesters gather at Upper Senate Park on the U.S. Capitol grounds for a lunch break rally with the American Federation of Government Employees on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. In this handout provided by Sen. Van Hollen's Office, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (L) at an undisclosed location on April 17, 2025 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was illegally deported by the Trump administration and has been held in prison in El Salvador since March 15. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/confidence-in-democratic-leadership-plunges-to-all-time-low-poll/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:49:12 -0400 2025-04-18T19:21:39-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/confidence-in-democratic-leadership-plunges-to-all-time-low-poll/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35666521 0 35666521 Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer DNC 2024 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/ukraine-is-90-ready-to-agree-to-us-peace-proposal-now-its-up-to-russia-official/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:32:19 -0400 2025-04-18T18:53:22-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/ukraine-is-90-ready-to-agree-to-us-peace-proposal-now-its-up-to-russia-official/ Caitlin Doornbos https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35666008 0 35666008 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Russian President Vladimir Putin President Trump A Russian-bombed apartment complex in Ukraine. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/federal-judge-calls-emergency-hearing-amid-report-trump-administration-plans-imminent-deportations-under-alien-enemies-act/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:21:02 -0400 2025-04-18T20:47:45-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/federal-judge-calls-emergency-hearing-amid-report-trump-administration-plans-imminent-deportations-under-alien-enemies-act/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35666773 0 35666773 James Boasberg, chief judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia, attends a panel discussion at the annual American Board Association (ABA) Spring Antitrust Meeting at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025 Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, April 10, 2025. Detainees are transferred from buses operated by the GEO Group to a plane chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at King County International Airport on April 15, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/sen-van-hollen-claims-margaritas-were-planted-by-el-salvadorians-during-meeting-with-alleged-ms-13-gangbanger-kilmar-abrego-garcia/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:03:41 -0400 2025-04-18T18:12:42-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/sen-van-hollen-claims-margaritas-were-planted-by-el-salvadorians-during-meeting-with-alleged-ms-13-gangbanger-kilmar-abrego-garcia/ Diana Glebova https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35665864 0 35665864 Van Hollen was pictured next to margaritas in his meeting with Abrego Garcia, but is claiming the fruit drinks were planted. This was the first photo taken of Van Hollen and Abrego Garcia on Thursday, with no margaritas in sight. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) walks at Dulles International Airport after returning from a visit to El Salvador, where he advocated for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man deported from the U.S. without due process by the Trump administration, as an alleged MS-13 gang member and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a maximum security prison in El Salvador, in Sterling, Virginia, U.S., April 18, 2025. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/trump-upends-federal-workforce-with-threat-to-fire-policy-makers-opposing-him/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:55:53 -0400 2025-04-18T17:02:52-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/trump-upends-federal-workforce-with-threat-to-fire-policy-makers-opposing-him/ Diana Glebova https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35664989 0 35664989 President Donald Trump listens to remarks during a swearing-in ceremony for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 18, 2025. About 75 demonstrators rally during a press conference outside the Department of Labor headquarters on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/social-media-flooded-with-theories-about-kilmar-abrego-garcias-ms-13-tattoos/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:08:13 -0400 2025-04-18T18:31:54-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/social-media-flooded-with-theories-about-kilmar-abrego-garcias-ms-13-tattoos/ Jennie Taer, Emily Crane https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35662497 0 35662497 Social media has been flooded with theories that alleged gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia is covered in MS-13 tattoos after photos emerged of him meeting Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen in El Salvador on Thursday. Kilmar Abrego Garcia in black shirt and hat with Chicago Bulls logo Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his son in a photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, zoomed onto their hands Several users pointed out what they identified as a marijuana leaf, a smiley face, cross and skull inked on the father-of-three's knuckles. Senator Chris Van Hollen (C) meeting with Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia (L) at a mega-prison after he was wrongfully deported from the United States despite having legal status in the country, in San Salvador, El Salvador, 17 April 2025 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/irs-hunter-biden-whistleblower-gary-shapley-ousted-as-acting-commissioner/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:39:47 -0400 2025-04-18T16:18:33-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/irs-hunter-biden-whistleblower-gary-shapley-ousted-as-acting-commissioner/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35663771 0 35663771 Internal Revenue Service Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley (L) and IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler (R), who both worked on the federal investigation into Hunter Biden, testify before the House Ways and Means Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/business/ford-halts-shipments-of-f-150s-other-models-to-china-to-avoid-tariffs-report/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:16:34 -0400 2025-04-18T15:49:24-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/business/ford-halts-shipments-of-f-150s-other-models-to-china-to-avoid-tariffs-report/ Reuters https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35664235 0 35664235 Ford SUVs People look at a Ford Explorer SUV displayed at the China International Import Expo in November. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/trump-presser-comes-to-quick-end-after-girl-faints-in-oval-office/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:55:43 -0400 2025-04-18T16:20:33-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/trump-presser-comes-to-quick-end-after-girl-faints-in-oval-office/ Steven Nelson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35663090 0 35663090 The girl was related to Dr. Mehmet Oz, who had just been sworn in as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. Trump had read aloud allegations against Kilmar Abrego Garcia before the dramatic end to the event. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/kamala-harris-tentative-return-to-politics-is-a-dnc-fundraiser-where-tickets-start-at-25k-report/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:35:50 -0400 2025-04-18T13:42:34-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/kamala-harris-tentative-return-to-politics-is-a-dnc-fundraiser-where-tickets-start-at-25k-report/ Diana Glebova https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35662385 0 35662385 Kamala Harris speaks onstage during the HumanX AI Conference 2025 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on March 09, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. DNC chair candidate Ken Martin speaks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Doug Emhoff and Former Vice President Kamala Harris attend the 56th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2025 in Pasadena, California https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-will-study-whether-to-fire-fed-chair-jerome-powell-adviser/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:22:29 -0400 2025-04-18T13:51:17-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-will-study-whether-to-fire-fed-chair-jerome-powell-adviser/ Reuters https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35661655 0 35661655 Jerome Powell President Trump White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett answering questions on Friday. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/business/why-top-wall-street-attorney-jay-claytons-proven-track-record-makes-him-perfect-pick-for-vital-role/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:28:50 -0400 2025-04-18T11:29:03-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/business/why-top-wall-street-attorney-jay-claytons-proven-track-record-makes-him-perfect-pick-for-vital-role/ Charles Gasparino https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35648545 0 35648545 Jay-Clayton-interim-Attorney-Southern-District A potentially big hurdle is NY Democrat Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader. It should be noted that Schumer voted against him for the SEC post, but was significantly outnumbered 61 to 37. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/bill-maher-declares-himself-a-hero-over-trump-meeting/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:53:41 -0400 2025-04-18T10:53:43-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/bill-maher-declares-himself-a-hero-over-trump-meeting/ Fox News https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35660759 0 35660759 "Real Time" host Bill Maher's monologue Bill Maher said Donald Trump at dinner in the White House President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/trump-slams-sen-chris-van-hollen-for-meeting-with-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-kilmar-abrego-garcia/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:21:57 -0400 2025-04-18T15:20:40-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/trump-slams-sen-chris-van-hollen-for-meeting-with-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-kilmar-abrego-garcia/ Steven Nelson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35660539 0 35660539 Sen. Chris Van Hollen (center) meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia (left) in El Salvador. President Trump in the Oval Office on April 14. Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen shakes Garcia's hand. https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/ex-sanders-adviser-knocks-him-for-catering-to-white-liberals-with-aoc-anti-oligarchy-tour/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:59:15 -0400 2025-04-18T14:36:50-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/ex-sanders-adviser-knocks-him-for-catering-to-white-liberals-with-aoc-anti-oligarchy-tour/ Fox News https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35659801 0 35659801 Tezlyn Figaro on the Breakfast Club podcast U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a stop on the Fighting Oligarchy tour at the Dignity Health Arena, Theater in Bakersfield, California, U.S. on April 15, 2025. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) participate in a stop on the Fighting Oligarchy tour at the Dignity Health Arena, Theater in Bakersfield, California, U.S. on April 15, 2025. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during his "Fighting Oligarchy" rally at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, April 14, 2025. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during his "Fighting Oligarchy" event at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, Monday, April 14, 2025.