The federal panel ruled that Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, finding no invasion or “predatory incursion” had occurred.

A federal appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to use a 1798 law to swiftly deport Venezuelan immigrants he labeled members of a violent transnational gang. A divided three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said Trump had failed to justify claims that the Venezuelans targeted by his declaration had mounted an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” against the United States at the direction of the Venezuelan government.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves. Asked by reporters in the Oval Office if he had decided to send National Guard troops to Chicago,

Speculation that Trump might have died hit a fever pitch on social media over the weekend because of his decision to stay at the White House for the long holiday weekend and remain largely absent from the public eye.