El Salvador meeting: Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said on Thursday night that he had met in El Salvador with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the man whose wrongful deportation has caused a standoff between President Trump and the courts. Mr. Van Hollen plans to speak about the meeting at a news conference on Friday morning. Read more ›

President Donald Trump accused Sen. Chris Van Hollen of political grandstanding after the Maryland Democrat managed to meet this week with an immigrant who had made a life in his state before being wrongfully deported to El Salvador last month.

A lawyer for President Donald Trump's administration argued on Thursday that Trump has broad authority over media access to the White House and asked a U.S. federal appeals court to keep a judge from lifting restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press.

President Donald Trump’s administration will ask a U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday to pause a judge’s ruling lifting access restrictions the White House imposed on the Associated Press for referring to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage.