{"id":133988,"date":"2025-04-17T02:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-us-senator-blocked-on-el-salvador-visit-fed-warns-on-tariffs-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T02:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T02:23:03","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-us-senator-blocked-on-el-salvador-visit-fed-warns-on-tariffs-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-us-senator-blocked-on-el-salvador-visit-fed-warns-on-tariffs-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: US senator blocked on El Salvador visit; Fed warns on tariffs – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat Chris Van Hollen says El Salvador refused his request to visit Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda; judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt \u2013 key US politics stories from Wednesday 16 April at a glance
A Democratic senator who says El Salvador\u2019s government refused to allow him to visit his constituent wrongly deported to the country has condemned an \u201cunjust situation\u201d. Chris Van Hollen said its vice-president told him it would not be possible for him to speak with Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda in person or on the phone
The senator\u2019s visit came as Democrats have seized on the deportation and the Trump administration\u2019s refusal to take any steps to return him, in apparent defiance of the supreme court, to argue that the president is plunging the US into a constitutional crisis.
A federal judge, meanwhile, threatened contempt proceedings against Trump officials for violating his injunction over the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members. The judge also warned that he could name an independent prosecutor if the White House stonewalled contempt proceedings.
And the Federal Reserve chair warned that Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs were likely to worsen inflation, while US stocks slid further and the value of Nvidia dropped by billions after the president imposed new restrictions on the chip giant.
Here are the key stories at a glance:
Maryland Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen says the government of El Salvador<\/a> has turned down his request to visit Kilmar \u00c1brego Garc\u00eda, his constituent who was wrongly deported to the Central American country last month.
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A federal judge ruled on Wednesday there was probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt for violating his temporary injunction that barred the use of the Alien Enemies Act wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Jerome Powell, the US Federal Reserve<\/a> chair, warned that Trump\u2019s tariffs were generating a \u201cchallenging scenario\u201d for the central bank and were likely to worsen inflation. His comments on Wednesday came as US stock markets had already been rattled by a new trade restriction on the chip designer Nvidia<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Numerous Democratic politicians and top universities across the country have rallied in support of Harvard, but the Trump administration has doubled down, threatening to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status and insisting that the university apologize.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
UK officials are tightening security when handling sensitive trade documents to prevent them from falling into US hands amid Trump\u2019s tariff war, the Guardian can reveal. In an indication of the strains on the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d, British civil servants have changed document-handling guidance, adding higher classifications to some trade negotiation documents in order to better shield them from American eyes, sources said.
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The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a>, said in his first press conference that the significant and recent rise in autism diagnoses was evidence of an \u201cepidemic\u201d caused by an \u201cenvironmental toxin\u201d, which would be rooted out by September. However, autism advocates and health experts have repeatedly stated the rise in diagnoses is related to better recognition of the condition, changing diagnostic criteria and better access to screening.
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Staff at Elon Musk<\/a>\u2019s so-called department of government efficiency (Doge) demanded to meet with an independent non-profit to discuss embedding a team within their organization, according to the non-profit, stating that refusal to take the meeting would mean a violation of Trump<\/a>\u2019s executive order empowering Doge.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
California<\/a> is preparing to ask a court to block Trump\u2019s \u201cillegal\u201d tariffs, accusing the president of overstepping his authority and causing \u201cimmediate and irreparable harm\u201d to the world\u2019s fifth-largest economy. The lawsuit, which was to be filed in federal court on Wednesday by California\u2019s governor, Gavin Newsom<\/a>, and attorney general, Rob Bonta, is the most significant challenge yet to Trump\u2019s flurry of on-again-off-again tariffs.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Trump administration is shuttering the state department\u2019s last remaining bastion<\/a><\/strong> to monitor foreign disinformation campaigns.
The Trump administration sued Maine<\/strong> for allowing transgender girls to compete<\/a> in school sports.
Seth Rogen\u2019s pointed criticism<\/a> of Trump\u2019s policies on science was edited out<\/strong> of the filmed coverage of an annual science awards show, it has emerged.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 16 April 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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