Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Wednesday, September 3, 2025. This is USA Today's The Excert.

Today, a court rejects Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, plus the U.S.

military strikes an alleged drug boat from Venezuela, killing 11 people.

And taking a closer look at Smithsonian Museums that the President alleges are too woke.

The Federal Appeals Court ruled yesterday that President Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans,

he alleged were part of a criminal gang.

A panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction that blocked the Trump administration

from removing a group of Venezuelans under the 18th century law.

It's the first federal appeals court to rule directly on Trump's March presidential proclamation invoking the law.

That law gives the government powers to detain and deport citizens of hostile foreign nations,

but only in times of war or during an invasion or predatory incursion.

The Trump administration could ask the entire Fifth Circuit to rehear the case,

and it's expected to eventually reach the Supreme Court.

The U.S. military killed 11 alleged trained Aaragua members aboard a suspected drug boat

originating from Venezuela in the Southern Caribbean yesterday. The move marked a milestone

in increasingly militarized U.S. counter drug efforts in the region. President Trump

secretly authorized military force against drug drug efforts in the region. President Trump secretly authorized military

force against drug cartels in early August. Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro alleged to reporters

earlier this week that a naval buildup in the Caribbean indicates that Trump is seeking regime

change through military threat. He claimed his country's military is super prepared to face off

with American troops if necessary.

Trump singled out Maduro in his true social post, claiming that Trained Aragua is operating

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