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The decision to pursue the indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader’s decision told ABC News.

Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons, the sources said.

Schrader, who spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville, and was most recently the chief of the criminal division, did not respond to messages from ABC News seeking comment.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

The Trump administration can limit journalists from accessing certain areas of the White House based on their viewpoints, a federal appeals court said on Friday.

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit overruled a decision from a federal judge requiring the White House give the Associated Press full access to covering the president.

"The White House is likely to succeed on the merits because these restricted presidential spaces are not First Amendment fora opened for private speech and discussion. The White House therefore retains discretion to determine, including on the basis of viewpoint, which journalists will be admitted," the decision said.

Judges Neomi Rao and Gregory Katsas – both Trump appointees – said that forcing the White House to give the Associated Press full access "impinges on the President's independence and control over his private workspaces."

In a dissenting opinion, Judge Cornelia Pillard said her colleagues' decision may leave lasting damage to the freedom of the press and prevent "factually accurate journalism unflattering" of the president.

"Purporting to respect the First Amendment while allowing exclusion of journalists from the Press Pool based on viewpoint will quickly erode the independence of any press outlet hoping to retain the chance to cover the White House at close range," she wrote.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous and Steven Portnoy

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision on Friday, granted the Trump administration's request to effectively block efforts by a left-leaning watchdog group to access DOGE records and plans for overhauling the government.

The three liberal justices dissented.

The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, has sued DOGE under the Freedom of Information Act for public access to its records and plans for overhauling the government.

The administration has claimed executive privilege, insisting that DOGE, as a presidential advisory board, is not subject to FOIA.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority says the judge inappropriately tailored his order for discovery.

"Any inquiry into whether an entity is an agency for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act cannot turn on the entity’s ability to persuade," the Court wrote in an unsigned order.

--ABC News' Devin Dwyer

The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Friday granted DOGE the ability to access sensitive data inside the Social Security Administration, lifting a lower court injunction and affirming the Trump administration's broad assertion of power over the executive branch.

"The factors in this case warrant granting the requested stay," the Court wrote in an unsigned order. "We conclude that, under the present circumstances, SSA may proceed to afford members of the SSA DOGE Team access to the agency records in question in order for those members to do their work."

A federal employee union, which brought the challenge, accused DOGE of moving to expose Americans' highly personal information to unauthorized and untrained staffers in violation of federal law.

Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

"Today, the Court grants a stay permitting the Government to give unfettered data access to DOGE regardless—despite its failure to show any need or any interest in complying with existing privacy safeguards, and all before we know for sure whether federal law countenances such access," Jackson wrote.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer