President Donald Trump heaped praise on the Supreme Court Tuesday for handing him a major legal win by allowing his administration to enforce the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expedite deportations of alleged gang members.
In an unsigned emergency order, the Court lifted lower court restrictions
and let Trump invoke the 226-year-old wartime law, greenlighting a dramatic escalation in his immigration crackdown. The Court emphasized, however, that anyone deported under the Alien Enemies Act must be given formal notice and a chance to challenge their removal in the federal court where they’re held.
Trump wasted no time celebrating the moment, blasting out an early morning Truth Social post in all caps: “A GREAT DAY FOR JUSTICE IN AMERICA.”
“The Supreme Court has upheld the Rule of Law in our Nation by allowing a President, whoever that may be, to be able to secure our Borders, and protect our families and our Country, itself,” Trump wrote.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh to form the five-justice majority — while Justice Amy Coney Barrett broke ranks and sided with the Court’s three liberals in a significant dissent.
The ruling, though temporary, is a clear signal from the Court’s conservative majority and a rebuke to District Judge James Boasberg, who had blocked Trump
from using the law to deport five Venezuelan migrants and others in the same category.
Trump officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, hailed the ruling as a vindication.
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Fox News received more than one billion views on YouTube in the first quarter of 2025 – its strongest in history – beating CNN, MSNBC, and other networks by hundreds of millions of views.
The network received 1.2 billion views in the first quarter of 2025 – a 26% increase over the fourth quarter of 2024, according to Fox News, citing data from Emplifi.
For comparison, MSNBC received 945 million views, followed by CNN with 489 million views, NBC News with 391 million views, ABC News with 357 million views, and CBS News with 172 million views.
Fox Business also beat its YouTube
competitors by several hundred million views, raking in 326 million views in the first quarter.
In the same quarter, CNBC received just under 90 million views, while Bloomberg received just under 30 million views.
January 2025 was Fox News’ second most-viewed
month in its history on YouTube, trailing only the election month of November 2024.
In January alone, Fox News received
more than 121 million unique visitors across all of its social media platforms, including 6.9 million unique visitors on the Fox News mobile app, 29.6 million interactions on TikTok, 21.4 million interactions on the Meta platform Facebook, 34 million on Meta’s Instagram, and 5 million on Elon Musk’s X.
Fox News was beaten on TikTok, however, by NBC News, with the network receiving over a billion views in January alone.
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough suggested that Elon Musk’s public rift with President Donald Trump over the administration’s aggressive tariffs policy could signal the billionaire’s “ultimate separation” from MAGA and the White House.
The take follows a Washington Postreport on Monday
that Musk personally appealed to Trump to scale back sweeping new tariffs that could hammer his businesses. The effort failed.
The new tariffs
— part of Trump’s escalating trade war — hit Chinese imports hard, raising the total tariff burden on Chinese goods to a staggering 54%. Though Tesla manufactures its U.S.-sold vehicles domestically, it still relies on parts sourced from China and other tariff-affected nations. Supply chain disruptions could severely impact production costs and timelines.
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, Scarborough said the increasingly strained relationship between Musk and Trump may soon reach a tipping point:
I do think one of the lasting impacts of this may be the ultimate separation, at least from the White House of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Elon Musk is again, based on reporting, just enraged that the tariffs are causing the damage that they’re causing specifically on his economy. It’s, you know, saying it’s dealing nearly a death blow to Tesla and is enraged at the way, based on reporting and enraged at the way that this is being done in such a haphazard way and taking aim at [Trump’s Aide Peter] Navarro and [Commerce Secretary Harold] Lutnick. Navarro publicly, but Lutnick privately as well, based on my reporting.
It’s very interesting how quickly that has changed, where Elon Musk is letting people close to him know he’s very upset with the direction that this is going.
Over the weekend
, Musk took to social media to slam Navarro and floated the idea of a U.S.-Europe free trade zone — a clear rebuke of Trump’s increasingly protectionist stance. Trump, meanwhile, has doubled down, threatening even more tariffs if China doesn’t meet his demands.
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped into several Fox News hosts on Monday after they urged viewers not to panic about the economic effects of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs.
“For those of us who have been tricked into believing that an economic crisis is a crisis, Trump’s people have an answer,” Stewart said on his show
, before playing a compilation of Fox News hosts and other commentators downplaying concerns:
Fox News host Laura Ingraham: “Don’t panic. Calm down. Everything is going to be okay.”
Fox Business host Charles Payne: “I would not worry at all.”
Fox News host Jesse Watters: “The Dow is actually in the same place it was in August.”
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk: “Do me a favor, don’t look at your stock portfolio.”
Fox News co-host Jeanine Pirro: “You know what? I don’t really care about my 401(k).”
Stewart pulled a face before imitating Pirro
, “Live, laugh, love. That’s what I always say! You know what I say to all of you? It’s 401(k) somewhere! [Mimes drinking].”
“When did the right become so chill? Aren’t you the ‘Bud Light is turning my kid trans’ folks? But economic meltdown and you’re getting all philosophical?” questioned Stewart, before playing a clip of Republican influencer Benny Johnson claiming, “Losing money costs you nothing. This is just the reality of life. Like, were you young and dumb? How much money did you lose? Everyone loses money. Everyone loses money. It costs you nothing.”
The Daily Show host mocked, “Except money. Losing money costs you money. That’s the definition of losing money. And I know you go, ‘Well it’s gonna be worth it to get the character of the country that we want back again,’ but we have no fucking idea if that’s actually what’s going to happen.”
He concluded, “You’re all acting like the tariff regime is a tried and true remedy. ‘Oh of course, this is the medicine that’s always prescribed!’ Except the last time it was tried a hundred years ago, we had a Great Depression. So how does this work?”
White House adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk personally appealed to President Donald Trump to change course on tariffs, according to The Washington Post.
It has not worked.
In a Rose Garden speech on Wednesday, Trump announced major tariffs on virtually all imports. That includes a baseline tariff of 10%, though he singled out dozens of countries for higher rates. That includes the European Union (20%) and China, which on Monday the president threatened with more tariffs, which could potentially mean a 104% rate
on Chinese goods.
Over the weekend, Musk criticized
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who have been fierce advocates of Trump’s tariffs.
“He aint [sic] build shit,” Musk tweeted of Navarro.
The Post reported:
Over the weekend, as Elon Musk launched into a barrage of social media posts criticizing one of the lead White House advisers for President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff plan, Musk was going over that same official’s head — and making personal appeals to Trump.
The attempted intervention, confirmed by two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private talks, has not brought success so far; Trump threatened Monday to add new 50 percent tariffs on imports from China to go along with the 34 percent taxes he announced last week. (The president did signal he was open to negotiations on some aspects of his policy.) Musk, meanwhile, posted a video to X in which the late conservative economist Milton Friedman touted the benefits of international trade cooperation — “the impersonal operation of prices,” as he put it — breaking down the sources of the materials that go into a simple wooden pencil.
The publication went on to add that Musk told Italy’s deputy prime minister he would like to see a “free trade zone” encompassing Europe and the U.S., which would be directly at odds with Trump’s position.
The tariffs have roiled markets, including Tesla stock
, which has shed nearly 18% over the last three trading sessions since Trump announced the tariffs.
In his announcement, Trump claimed that other nations had imposed drastically high tariffs on U.S. goods, which is why, the president said, “reciprocal” measures were necessary. However, those figures were arrived at by relying on an odd calculation
that had nothing to do with what, if any tariffs had been imposed on U.S. products.
A Newsmax guest defended President Donald Trump’s decision to play golf while the stock markets continued to tumble
on Monday, claiming it was a strategic move to prevent the president’s opponents from seeing him “stressed out.”
During a discussion
on Newsmax’s Wake Up America about the economic effect of President Trump’s tariffs, and the media’s reaction to them, guest Mark Kaye said:
The big thing I saw was they were all complaining that President Donald Trump was casually playing golf over the weekend. Well, when you’re in the middle of a negotiation, you don’t want people to see you stressed out. You don’t want them thinking that you’ve made a mistake. So Donald Trump goes, “Here’s the deal. It’s Liberation Day, you’re all getting reciprocal tariffs. I’m going to go hit the links,” and now all of the other countries realize that Donald Trump is not losing sleep over this, and that they are going to be losing a large portion of their GDP.
He continued, “So yes, whenever Donald Trump makes a move, whether it’s good or bad for the economy, the other networks, the Democrats, the mainstream media, or the legacy media, they are going to react negatively because they are trying their best to make Donald Trump, one of the most popular presidents in the entire history of our country, look bad and make their party, one of the most unpopular in the history of this country, look, I don’t know, not as bad as they actually are.”
Newsmax host Sharla McBride responded, “And you know what, is playing golf that bad when we saw our previous president laying on the beach every single weekend? At least this president is getting some exercise, right?”
Home Depot founder Ken Langone said he does not see the logic of the tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump last week.
In an interview
with The Financial Times published on Monday, Langone let fly on the measures, which impose a minimum 10% tariff on virtually all imports. However, the president singled out dozens of countries for much higher tariffs, which are paid by companies that import the goods. Those higher costs are subsequently passed on to consumers. Markets have reacted bearishly over the last three trading sessions and have lost trillions in value as concerns about a recession are rampant.
Langone told the Times that Trump is being “poorly advised” and homed in on the 46% tariff Trump placed on Vietnamese products, calling them “bullshit.” The billionaire said the president did not seem to give “serious negotiations a chance to work.”
“Forty-six per cent on Vietnam? Come on!” said the 89-year-old. “You might as well tell them, ‘Don’t even bother calling.’”
He later added that a more sensible approach would be to levy a 10% tariff on all imports and subsequently engage in one-on-one talks. Langone took particular issue with the figures the Trump administration used to justify its tariffs.
“I don’t understand the goddamn formula,” he said. “I believe he’s been poorly advised by his advisers about this trade situation — and the formula they’re applying.”
When rolling out the tariffs on Wednesday, Trump held up tables indicating that various countries had imposed large tariffs on U.S. goods.
For example, the table said there is an E.U. “tariff” on U.S. goods of 39%. In 2024, the U.S. exported
$370.2 billion to the E.U., according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Meanwhile, the U.S. imported $605.8 billion from the E.U. That means the U.S. ran a trade deficit with the E.U. of $235.6 billion
. The administration took the deficit ($235.6 billion) and divided it by the amount of imports from the E.U. ($605.8 billion), yielding a figure of 38.89%, which the administration rounded up to 39% and called a “tariff” even though that is not a tariff.
In response, Trump imposed a tariff on E.U. goods at roughly half the 39% figure. He replicated this approach to dozens of countries with which the U.S. runs a trade deficit.
White House senior counselor for trade Peter Navarro guaranteed Fox News viewers on Monday that there would be “no recession” as a result of President Donald Trump’s trade wars, amid growing concerns.
After Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked Navarro, “When do you think the market might turn around?” he replied:
It’s finding a bottom now. It’s finding a bottom now, but look, here’s the thing, it’s going to shift over and it’s going to be companies in the S&P 500 who are the first to produce here. Those are the ones going to lead to recovery, and it’s going to happen. Dow 50,000, I guarantee that, and I guarantee no recession. Okay? Why? Because, when we pass the biggest, broadest tax cut in history within a matter of months, that’s going to be a great stimulus. There’s not going to be any inflation. We’ve already had a significant drop, a huge drop in oil prices, Laura. That’s like a point off the CPI. We’re gonna have lower yields and mortgage.
“Alright Peter, great to see you, and we will be following Dow 50,000,” concluded Ingraham. “You heard it on The Ingraham Angle.”
The stock market nosedived
last week after Trump announced new tariffs against dozens of countries and territories, including uninhabited
islands.
The market continued
to drop over the weekend – prompting one reporter to ask
Trump whether he was “crashing the markets on purpose” – as the president urged
Americans to be patient and stop panicking.
“The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!),” he wrote. “Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!”
Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was accused of disloyalty by Trump after he warned
that the tariffs could result in a “political decimation” for the Republican Party.
Fox News host Jesse Watters dropped some self-deprecating humor on Monday while reacting to Democrats’ outrage over former President Donald Trump hitting the links over the weekend, despite a dramatic downturn in the stock market.
The conservative network mainstay
noted he had not joined Democrats in criticizing
Trump over the weekend for golfing amid the economic uncertainty of the past several trading days.
Trump announced his sweeping reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday of last week. Thursday and Friday the Dow lost 1,600 and 2,200 points, respectively.
The president
spent the weekend golfing at his resorts in South Florida. He also skipped the transfer of the bodies of four soldiers killed overseas in order to attend an event at his course. Democrats in Congress hit Trump for taking time to hit the links, as did protestors at nationwide rallies and MSNBC’s Jen Psaki.
On The Five, cohost Dana Perino aired clips of the blowback. Watters reacted by roasting himself and acknowledging his partisanship – saying he would have never been critical of former President Joe Biden if the roles were reversed.
Perino led with the criticism of Trump and said, “Jesse, one of the things I cannot stand is complaints about golf.” Watters replied with a grin:
Me too. And that’s not a middle finger to middle America. That’s a middle finger to all these foreign countries who are trying to get on the phone and negotiate these tariffs down. But if Biden was golfing during a stock market like this, I’m sure I wouldn’t say a word.
Cohost Greg Gutfeld joked, “You wouldn’t.”
Watters responded, “I would not. I know I’m not panicking, Dana, because I’m not looking. I haven’t looked at my bank account. I’m afraid.”
The host of Jesse Watters Primetime has never been shy about his conservative leanings – and how his politics differ from his mother, who he has told Fox viewers time and again is extremely liberal.
A student at the University of Florida is being held at a detention facility in Miami after he was pulled over and found to be driving with an expired license and registration tag.
Twenty-seven-year-old international student Felipe Zapata Velásquez, who is in the country on a student visa, was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department on March 28 over the infractions.
Zapata Velásquez, a Colombian national, was reportedly sent to the Krome Detention Center in Miami and has not been heard from since he was taken there on April 1. As noted by the Miami New Times, he does not appear in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee database
. The New Times reported
:
After graduating from Santa Fe College in 2023, the UF International Center assisted him with the transition to UF, according to the Independent Florida Alligator.
Under current regulations, the U.S. Department of State can revoke non-immigrant visas, including F-1 visas, for people arrested for driving under the influence or similar offenses.
According to NTN24, ICE gave Zapata Velásquez two options post-arrest: go to jail while his case is resolved in immigration court or sign his own deportation order.
Zapata Velásquez’s detention and pending deportation is just one of several instances in which university students in the country lawfully have been targeted for detention and deportation by President Donald Trump’s administration. Over the last several weeks, federal agents have arrested students who, despite not being charged with a crime, remain in federal detention facilities after they publicly criticized Israel. Last month, recent Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was apprehended
in front of his pregnant wife. Two weeks later, masked federal agents arrestedRumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student, on a sidewalk in Somerville, Massachusetts.
The Trump administration has also sent more than 250 Venezuelan nationals it says are gang members to a notorious prison in El Salvador without any discernible due process. On Sunday, 60 Minutesreported
that it could find no criminal record for at least 75% of the people sent there by the U.S. In one instance, the administration admitted it mistakenly deported a Maryland father of three named Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, but insisted it is under no obligation to bring him back
. A lawyer for Abrego Garcia successfully argued in U.S. District Court that the administration should return the deportee. The District Court ruling was upheld by a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, but on Monday, Chief Justice John Robertsstayed
the lower court’s order.
