A federal judge is threatening to hold the Trump administration in contempt of court.

The lead starts right now.

A legal fight brewing over deportation flights to El Salvador as a Democratic senator is now in that country trying to speak with his former

constituent Kilmar Abrago Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly sent there

as the Trump administration today lays out new details about his background. Plus, the starkest

warning yet from the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the chances of a financial

downturn, the markets sure we're listening. why Powell says President Trump's tariffs could inflict lasting economic damage.

And a special focus today on veterans and mental health,

a father who lost his military veteran's son to suicide right in front of a VA hospital a few days ago.

We're going to hear his story. We're also going to follow up with a conversation with the Secretary of the VA hospital a few days ago. We're going to hear his story.

We're also going to follow up with a conversation with the Secretary of the Department

of Veterans Affairs.

Welcome to the lead.

I'm Jake Tapper and we're going to start with some breaking news.

The White House fighting back, planning to appeal today's

huge ruling from federal judge James Boasberg, who said, quote, probable cause exists,

unquote, to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders. You might

remember this all stems from the case last month when the Trump administration

sent three planes full of migrants, alleging that they were all gang members, sending all those

individuals to a prison in El Salvador. The same day that Judge Boasberg had held an emergency

hearing telling the Trump administration to pause the migrant removals. He even ordered the deportation

flights to return to the United States if they had already taken off. They had taken off,

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