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Officials from the Trump administration could face criminal contempt charges for ignoring the orders of the judges to stop the deportation of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang, the judge said on Wednesday.

In a written ruling, US District Judge James Boasberg said there is "probable cause" to punish the officers. He accused them of demonstrating a "willful disregard" for his March 15 order that banned the deportations to El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act., according to BBC.

Lawyers and family members of the deported migrants has pleaded that they are not gang members and were never given a chance to challenge the US government’s claims.

The Justice Department is appealing the decision to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Boasberg stated that the administration can still avoid contempt by executing his order—specifically, by giving the migrants the opportunity to contest their deportation in court.

He gave the administration until April 23 to explain its next steps or name the officials responsible for ignoring the order, who could then face prosecution, BBC reported.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is heading to the US to meet Donald Trump – a visit that will see her walk a tightrope between representing the interests of the EU and remaining in the US president's good books.

Meloni, the first European leader to visit Washington since Trump imposed - then suspended - 20% tariffs on the EU earlier in April, will be seeking to persuade him of the benefits of a "zero-for-zero" tariffs agreement for the entire EU, BBC reported.

Italy is especially sensitive to any changes in US trade policy. Around 10% of its exports, worth approximately €67 bn (£57 bn; $76 bn), go to the United States, Italy's third largest non-EU trading partner, and the tariffs proposed by Trump earlier this month led Rome to cut its growth projection.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's spate of tariffs that have upended global trade.

The suit, which marks the first time a state has sued over the levies, challenges an emergency power Trump cited giving him authority to enact them, BBC reported.

California, the world's fifth-largest economy, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over tariffs, claiming they disproportionately harm the state's industrial and agriculture industries. Governor Gavin Newsom argues the levies—10% on most countries and 145% on China—damage California’s economy, which leads the U.S. in production. 

The White House dismissed the suit, defending the tariffs as necessary to address trade imbalances and a "national emergency" harming U.S. industries. California has already filed 15 lawsuits against Trump since January, according to BBC.

Legal experts note the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, cited for the tariffs, which has never before been invoked to impose tariffs.

Trump's tariff authority is also being questioned in other lawsuits filed by corporations and human rights advocates.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has said that the School Education Bill will be introduced soon through a fast track process to address education-related problems. 

Making public the decisions of the Council of Ministers meeting today, Minister Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the Government, said that the government is sensitive to the problems of teachers and shared that the government is preparing to pass the bill soon. 

According to Minister Gurung, the decision of the Council of Ministers held on April 18 has shown that the government is sensitive to the demands raised by the Nepal Teachers Federation and has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of the Federal Parliament for the purpose of passing the School Education Bill. 

Meanwhile, the government has called on the agitating teachers to return to their respective work stations, saying that it is an important time to enroll students in schools for the new academic session. 

The government has also urged the teachers to examine the answer sheets of the secondary education examination (SEE) and conduct the examination of Grade 12. 

On a different note, Minister Gurung shared that the government has held discussions to appoint Nepal Rastra Bank governor and assured that appointment will be made soon. 

He also clarified that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur had also held a discussion on the issue.

Likewise, the government has decided to form a negotiation team under the coordination of Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Finance to give in-principle consent to obtain a concessional loan of US$ 137 million for the third phase of the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project. The project is being implemented with the financial assistance of the World Bank. The team will also finalize the financial agreement and project documents related to the loan.

Similarly, the government has decided to receive additional grant assistance of 1.8 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland for small irrigation programs. 

The government has decided to prepare and submit an implementation action plan within seven days for the implementation of the report of the High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission. 

Similarly, Minister Gurung shared that the government has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament for April 25.