The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement was on standby to detain Ortiz if he was released after Thursday’s hearing.
President Donald Trump has notched a string of wins on the Supreme Court 's emergency docket, in part because the conservative justices believe that blocking executive policies is a blow that can't be easily fixed, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday.
The attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California said Thursday that his client was recovering after three surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds and that he denies being a gang member.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told NBC News' Meet the Press that he would not step down in his first interview with a U.S. network, a portion of which was broadcast Thursday.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that his signature campaign promise to make city buses free is not coming to fruition this year, citing funding obstacles and ongoing negotiations with Albany.
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants.
Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the country's mining as it seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups believed to have ties to the government.
A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.
President Trump on Thursday unleashed a lengthy personal attack on four conservative media figures who have broken with him over his Iran policy, calling Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones "stupid people" with "low IQs" in a post on Truth Social.