Trump news at a glance: President sees setbacks in the courts and Congress as controversial Gulf tour ends

The supreme court blocks White House bid to resume deportations as lawyers say Venezuelans face torture' in El Salvador. Key US politics stories from Friday 16 May at a glance

Donald Trump faced setbacks in the courts and Congress on Friday, as the president finished a visit to the Middle East that included stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates but not Israel.

Trump posted on social media: THE SUPREME COURT WON'T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!", after the court rejected the Trump administration's request to remove a temporary block on deportations of Venezuelans under a rarely used 18th-century wartime law.