Back here at home, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to remove

deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of migrants.

They want the justices to block a district court order that upheld temporary legal status.

The order relates to more than half a million people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Those protections were granted

by a Biden-era policy that allowed people to fly to the U.S. if they had a financial sponsor

and passed security checks. In their filing, Justice Department lawyers argued that the lower

court, quote, nullified one of the administration's most consequential immigration policy

decisions. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says his agency is reviewing the visa status of protesters

who clashed with security guards at Columbia University.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators chanted and hung flags at the school's main library as students were studying for finals. Police say at least 80 people were taken into custody.

Colombia's acting president called the protest utterly unacceptable,

adding that she is, quote, deeply disturbed that at a moment when our international community feels particularly vulnerable, a small group of students would choose to make our institution a target.

President Trump is pulling his pick to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital after it became clear he did not

have the votes among Republican senators.

Ed Martin Jr. has been acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia since Trump's

first week back in office in January.

A leading figure in Trump's Stop the Steel Movement following the 2020 election, Martin represented several January 6

defendants in court. He also stirred controversy by firing and demoting a number of prosecutors

who worked on politically sensitive cases. The Trump administration is replacing the acting head

of FEMA. Cameron Hamilton was removed from his post

just a day after making the case for the agency's relevance before a congressional committee.

President Trump has floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA altogether. Hamilton's dismissal

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