Pope Francis met with Vice President Vance for "a few minutes" on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said.
Why it matters: The previously unannounced meeting came one day after the Vatican said Vance had "an exchange of opinions" during a meeting with its top officials on matters including "countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations," in particular immigration and prisoners.
Some legal scholars are warning that Trump administration's reluctance — or outright refusal — to comply with court orders is setting the stage for a full-blown constitutional crisis.
Why it matters: In severalinstances,federal judges have said that the Trump administration is not taking sufficient steps to adhere to rulings. Courts aren't powerless. They can punish the executive branch in an effort to force compliance, experts say.
More than half of the top privately held AI companies based in the U.S. have at least one immigrant founder, according to an analysis from the Institute for Progress shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: The Trump administration is hammering out its AI policies against the backdrop of intensifying global competition and its own "America first" program and strict border policies.
Protesters participated in another grassroots, widespread action against the Trump administration on Saturday.
Why it matters: The 50501 movement takes momentum from recent protests to encourage Americans to become each other's "social support web" as the administration's policies target marginalized communities.
The Trump administration's legal battles continued this week following the president's push to control Harvard University and deport hundreds of thousands of people living in the U.S., including a man mistakenly sent to El Salvador.
The Supreme Court, working after midnight, blocked the deportation of more detained Venezuelan migrants under a 1798 wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, on Saturday.
The big picture: President Trump's administration is trying to deport the migrants held at Texas' Bluebonnet Detention Center in keeping with the president's campaign promise of mass deportations.
Stop trying to predict and appraise President Trump's tariffs policies based on economic theories or market realities. Tariffs are pure psychology for the president, fused into his brain like no other topic.
Why it matters: Trump's tariff brain is unpredictable to the outside (and to market analysts) but wholly knowable to those who know how his mind works.
