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President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act against alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang and called for their immediate detention and removal from the United States. The deportation of more than 250 people over the weekend has been challenged in court. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their Oval Office last Friday. Zelenskyy left the contentious meeting without a deal. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump pauses Ukraine military aid

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Friday

President Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on Friday. A federal judge in Rhode Island has issued an order blocking the administration's efforts to freeze some federal spending. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA Director John Ratcliffe appears for a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Pete Hegseth, President Trump's choice to be defense secretary, appears during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan 14. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

A Nov. 29, 2024, photo shows President Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore while shopping in Nantucket, Mass. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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This combination of pictures shows special counsel Jack Smith in Washington, D.C., in August 2023 and President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., in November 2022. Saul Loeb/Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saul Loeb/Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images

Wednesday

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on Jan. 7 in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Fire vehicles surround the valet area where a Tesla Cybertruck caught fire at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Jan. 1. David Becker for the Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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President Biden is presented with a blanket by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (R) and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland (L) at the Tribal Nations Summit on Dec, 9, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Md. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Todd Blanche listens as his client former President Donald Trump speaks as he arrives at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30. Michael M. Santiago/AP via POOL Getty Images hide caption

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