Day: March 15, 2025

At least 24 people were killed as the US launched large-scale strikes on Yemen, with President Donald Trump warning Iran-aligned Houthis that “their time is up”. Trump also warned Iran that it needed to “immediately” halt support for the group.

Donald Trump had invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping wartime authority that would have allowed him broader leeway to speed up mass deportations, on the basis that the US was being “invaded” by a Venezuelan gang.

The Trump administration immediately appealed the restraining order, warning it could set a dangerous precedent.

President Donald Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang.

A massive storm system moving across the country has triggered deadly dust storms, tornadoes and fanned more than 100 wildfires.