If buying a home feels out of reach, you might have more options than you think.

You might be able to, especially if you have a little bit of money saved up, and if you qualify for a low-down payment mortgage, maybe even with some down-payment assistance, it definitely could be a possibility for you.

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A federal judge in Texas ruled today.

President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport certain Venezuelan

immigrants from South Texas is unlawful.

Imperial Sergio Martinez-Baltron reports it's the first time a judge has ruled the act

cannot be used against people who are alleged gang members.

The Venezuelan men in this Texas case have been threatened with imminent removal under the

Alien Enemies Act.

They're accused of being members of Trent de Arawa, a Venezuelan gang that the president

describes as invading the

United States. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., a Trump appointee, wrote the administration

does not have the authority to detain the men. That's because the gang's criminal activities,

while harmful, do not constitute an invasion or predatory incursion as understood under the Alien Enemies Act.

His decision covers all of the Southern District of Texas, which includes Brownsville,

McAllen, and Houston.

Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.

President Trump could release an initial partial version of his 2026 budget proposal as soon as tomorrow. That's according to a White House official. MPO's Daniel Kurtzleben says what many are expecting is a bare-bone spending blueprint with more details to come at a later date. Details are still sketchy, but it could be what's known as a skinny budget. Now, that's a sort of outline that presidents sometimes release before they release

those big, thick, full budget books. Often a skinny budget gives us just the broadest strokes of

how much money is going to go to each department or agency, X billion dollars for defense,

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