A federal judge demands answers from the Trump administration on a wrongfully deported

Maryland ban.

Plus, the White House plans to use tariff talks with dozens of countries to isolate China.

Everybody around the world has been trying to figure out what is the administration

trying to do. What's the

ultimate goal here? And increasingly, it is becoming clear that the real target is China.

And with global oil markets roiled by trade tension, we'll look at what it means for producers

and consumers. It's Wednesday, April 16th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

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The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

A federal judge in Maryland is demanding more answers from the Trump administration

about its efforts to return

a migrant wrongfully deported to El Salvador, setting up the biggest test yet of judge's authority

to rein in the government's actions. U.S. District Judge Paula Zinnis had previously ordered

the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia,

with the Supreme Court upholding her authority to issue the order.

But at a hearing yesterday, the judge said that nothing has been done to get Abrago-Garcia back,

leading her to trigger an expedited discovery process requiring the administration to produce documents

and have officials sit for questioning.

While lawyers for Obrego-Garcia have asked Zinnis to consider holding federal agencies and officials

in contempt, legal experts say the judge is already risking a constitutional showdown without

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