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Live updates: Van Hollen says Trump administration paid El Salvador $15 million to detain prisoners – The Washington Post
Live updates: Van Hollen says Trump administration paid El Salvador $15 million to detain prisoners The Washington Post
Read MoreTrump moves to reclassify federal workers, making it easier to fire them
President Trump advanced his plans to make it easier to fire tens of thousands of federal workers. He said he would move forward with a rule, previously known as Schedule F, allowing agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions.
Read MoreNews Wrap: Negotiations to end Ukraine war stalled
In our news wrap Friday, the international effort to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine appears to have stalled, Houthi rebels say U.S. airstrikes killed at least 74 people and injured more than 170 others and power has
Read MoreDetained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont, judge rules
A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in Louisiana must be returned to New England by May 1 to determine whether she was illegally detained by immigration officials for co-writing an op-ed piece in the student newspaper, a federal
Read MoreFederal judge blocks Trump’s passport policy affecting transgender Americans
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
Read MoreBrooks and Capehart on Trump’s faceoff with the courts
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s continued faceoff with the courts, if Republicans will begin pushing back against the president and
Read MoreThe potential impacts of mining rare minerals from the ocean floor
Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric cars and other electronics. But mining for them in the deep sea is a controversial and potentially destructive process. Special
Read MoreProtest letters from former Israeli soldiers reveal major rifts over ongoing war in Gaza
The growing campaign, which accuses the Israeli government of perpetuating the war for political reasons and failing to bring home the remaining hostages, has laid bare deep division and disillusionment over Israel’s fighting in Gaza.
Read MoreAbrego Garcia told visiting US senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison – AP News
Abrego Garcia told visiting US senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison AP News Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia described being ‘traumatized’ at CECOT, has been moved to different detention center CNN Sen. Van Hollen pours
Read MoreChris Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador – The New York Times
Chris Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador The New York Times Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia described being ‘traumatized’ at CECOT, has been moved to different detention center CNN Wrongly deported Ábrego García traumatized at El Salvador’s
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