The Excerpt

Trump says recent Venezuelan deportees are hardened gang members. Evidence is thin.


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USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes takes a closer look at the Trump administration's claims that recent Venezuelan deportees are tied to the prison gang Tren de Aragua.

President Donald Trump demands that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the high court rein in federal judges who have issued injunctions that have impeded his policies. Plus, how secrecy sits at the center of Trump's clash with courts.

Federal employees who work at a tiny agency that funds the nation's libraries and museums expect to be put on administrative leave.

USA TODAY Congress Reporter Riley Beggin talks about angry constituents who met lawmakers at recent local town hall meetings.

George Foreman has died at 76.

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