Tonight, President Trump's deportation legal battle, the president invoking a rarely used authority to deport hundreds of alleged undocumented migrant gang members.

A judge directing the flights back to the U.S., both sides facing off in court.

The South and Midwest reeling after days of extreme weather, leaving dozens of people dead as tornadoes ripped through 11 states.

Entire neighborhoods level, dust storms, wind and wildfires, wreaking havoc and making for dangerous conditions.

One step closer to home, the mission to bring astronauts, Butch Wilmore, and Sunny Williams back to Earth,

how they are preparing tonight.

The latest on the college student missing in the Dominican Republic and the legal battle of the American tourists seen with her just before she vanished,

why his lawyers say he should be released, and the FBI's new warning tonight for spring break travelers.

How federal funding cuts could slice into healthy school lunches across the country.

Forever 21 set to shut down.

The mall staple filing for bankruptcy as fast fashion rivals and economic challenges squeeze

the industry.

Plus the new details out just today on consumer spending.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

The Trump administration's widening crackdown on illegal immigration taking on new dimensions tonight,

including challenging the authority of courts to dictate such matters and arming

the president with new tools. In Washington this afternoon, a hearing concerning the administration's

decision over the weekend to use the Enemy Aliens Act to deport from the U.S. hundreds of individuals

said to be affiliated with Venezuelan and El Salvador in gangs without due

process. Today's hearing over whether the government violated a court's directive to order

deportation flights to return to the U.S. Those flights instead flown to El Salvador. The White

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