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• Daughter of German-American dissident whose body was mutilated by Iran calls on Trump to nix nuke talks

  13-04-2025 23:41 via foxnews.com
  
  The daughter of a German-American journalist who died in the custody of Iran and whose body was returned mutilated and missing body parts urged the Trump administration on Sunday to pull the plug on nuclear talks with the Islamic Republic.Jamshid "Jimmy" Sharmahd, 69, a California resident who was kidnapped while on a business trip in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 and taken to Tehran, was executed in October. His daughter, Gazelle Sharmahd, told Fox News Digital his body was returned bearing
  
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• US deports 10 more alleged gang members to El Salvador, says Rubio

  13-04-2025 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Secretary of state says ‘criminals’ were taken to country thanks to alliance between Trump and Nayib BukeleThe US has deported another 10 people that it alleges are gang members to El Salvador, secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Sunday, a day before that country’s president is due to visit the White House.“Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign Terrorist Organizations arrived in El Salvador,” Rubio said in an X/Twitter post. C
  
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• 'A fascinating contrast between team-mates and title contenders'

  13-04-2025 23:24 via bbc.com
  
  Lando Norris says "something is just not clicking" between him and his McLaren car so far this season.
  
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• Teen charged with killing parents also planned to assassinate Trump, FBI says

  13-04-2025 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 17-year-old Wisconsin teen charged with killing his parents is also accused of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to an unsealed affidavit from the FBI.
  
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• Bayindir's failed Man Utd audition offers Onana dilemma

  13-04-2025 22:51 via bbc.com
  
  Altay Bayindir failed his audition to become Manchester United's first choice goalkeeper after Andre Onana was dropped for the defeat by Newcastle.
  
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• Upstairs Downstairs actress Jean Marsh dies aged 90

  13-04-2025 22:41 via bbc.com
  
  The British star won an Emmy for her role in the Edwardian period TV drama she co-created in the 1970s.
  
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• 'A Minecraft Movie' stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend

  13-04-2025 20:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025.
  
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• Counter-terrorism police lead investigation into prison officer attack by Manchester bomber

  13-04-2025 20:31 via bbc.com
  
  Counter-terror police say they are keeping an "open mind" as they investigate the attack at HMP Frankland.
  
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• Helicopter in Hudson River crash lacked flight recorders, officials say

  13-04-2025 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  As crews continue to search for key parts of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River, they won’t find one piece of evidence that is usually critical to investigators.
  
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• Israeli air strike destroys part of last fully functional hospital in Gaza City

  13-04-2025 20:28 via bbc.com
  
  The Israel Defense Forces said the hospital contained a "command and control center used by Hamas".
  
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• Arrest warrant issued in Bangladesh for UK MP Tulip Siddiq

  13-04-2025 19:32 via theguardian.com
  Former City minister accused of illegally receiving plot of land from her aunt, ousted PM Sheikh Hasina An arrest warrant for the former City minister Tulip Siddiq has been issued in Bangladesh with a new allegation accusing her of illegally receiving a plot of land from her aunt, the ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.Bangladeshi media reported the warrant was issued by a judge for 53 people connected to Hasina, including Siddiq. There is no formal extradition treaty between the UK and
  
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• Trump is in 'excellent health,' White House physician says

  13-04-2025 19:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  White House physician Sean Barbabella released a memo detailing the results of President Donald Trump's annual physical on Friday, writing that the president is in "excellent health."
  
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• Civilian deaths in Sumy attack may force Washington to get tough with Putin

  13-04-2025 19:14 via theguardian.com
  Talks between US and Russia continue unabated as attacks on Ukraine’s cities appear to have stepped up Even by the warped standards of wartime, Russia’s Sunday morning attack on Sumy was astonishingly brazen. Two high-speed ballistic missiles, armed, Ukraine says, with cluster munitions, slammed into the heart of the border city in mid-morning as families went to church, waited for a theatre performance or were simply strolling about on a mild spring day.The death toll currently stan
  
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• 'Dazed and Confused' actor Nicky Katt dies at 54

  13-04-2025 19:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Nicky Katt, best known for roles in popular indie film “Dazed and Confused” and show “Boston Public,” has died at 54.
  
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• Former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy dead at age 24, university confirms

  13-04-2025 19:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy, who was facing criminal charges stemming from a fatal car accident in December, has died at age 24, a university athletics spokesman said Sunday.
  
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• 10 million at risk of fire weather across the Plains, West and South

  13-04-2025 18:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Around 10 million people remain under fire alerts in an area stretching from South Dakota down to Texas and Arizona on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• More than 200 civilians killed as Sudan’s RSF attacks Darfur displacement camps

  13-04-2025 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Relief International medics among dead as paramilitaries step up violence against region’s displaced peopleParamilitaries in Sudan have murdered more than 200 civilians in a wave of attacks in displacement camps and around the city of El Fasher, the last big city still in the hands of the Sudanese army in the Darfur region.The deaths include at least 56 civilians killed by the Rapid Support Forces over two days of attacks in Um Kadadah, a town they seized on the road to El Fasher. Continue
  
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• Palestinian medic attacked in Gaza is being detained in Israel, says ICRC

  13-04-2025 18:38 via theguardian.com
  Palestinian Red Crescent says Assad al-Nsasrah was ‘forcibly abducted’ while carrying out humanitarian workA Palestinian paramedic who has been missing since a massacre of medics and rescue workers by Israeli troops in Gaza last month is being detained in Israel, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).The whereabouts of Assad al-Nsasrah, a Palestinian paramedic, had been unknown for weeks since an incident on 23 March when workers from the Palestinian Red Cr
  
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• The Last of Us is back, and it's The Apprentice final: What's coming up this week

  13-04-2025 18:33 via bbc.com
  
  Warfare is also coming out, while new game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is released.
  
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• Trump’s tariff policy is ‘all chaos and corruption’: Sen. Elizabeth Warren

  13-04-2025 18:06 via abcnews.go.com
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Sunday that Trump has no tariff policy or plan to implement it -- "It's just all chaos and corruption."
  
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• Russian missile strike kills dozens in Ukrainian city of Sumy

  13-04-2025 17:55 via theguardian.com
  Volodymyr Zelenskyy decries attack on ‘ordinary city street’ while people were going to church for Palm SundayAt least 34 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people were going to church for Palm Sunday, in the worst attack on civilians this year.Two missiles landed in the crowded city centre on Sunday morning. One hit a trolley bus full of passengers. Footage from the scene showed bodies lying in the
  
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• Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary

  13-04-2025 17:55 via abcnews.go.com
  Lutnick said on "This Week" administration's exemptions on electronic devices from tariffs is temporary, with "semiconductor tariffs" likely come in "a month or two."
  
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• Stephen A. Smith says he has 'no choice' but to consider a run for president

  13-04-2025 17:37 via abcnews.go.com
  Stephen A. Smith, Host of ESPN's "First Take," hammered the Democratic Party and suggested he has "no choice" but to consider a run for president.
  
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• UK could target parts of Chinese state under new foreign influence rules

  13-04-2025 17:36 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Government is weighing up security concerns against economic benefits of closer ties with BeijingThe government could target parts of China’s security apparatus under new foreign influence rules, the Guardian has learned.Ministers are considering including parts of the Chinese state accused of interference activities on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme (Firs). Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Mysterious object crashes into New Jersey auto shop

  13-04-2025 16:38 via abcnews.go.com
  Security cameras of the owner's auto body shop captured a fireball as something crashed through the ceiling, leaving piles of debris.
  
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• Airstrike destroys parts of Gaza City hospital as Israel intensifies offensive

  13-04-2025 16:16 via theguardian.com
  Civil defence agency says al-Ahli hospital hit as IDF operations cut off access to southern city of RafahSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageAn Israeli airstrike destroyed parts of a hospital in Gaza City early on Sunday, as Israel continued its military offensive in the war-battered Palestinian territory and cut off access to the southern city of Rafah.The Palestinian civil defence agency said Israel’s air force fired missiles at al-Ahli hospital at around 2am. It was the only hospital st
  
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• Blue Origin unveils designer space suits for historic all-female crew

  13-04-2025 15:42 via today.com
  Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is scheduled to launch into space Monday carrying an all-female crew that includes music superstar Katy Perry and entrepreneur Amanda Nguyen, who will be making history as the first Vietnamese and Southeast Asian woman in space. NBC’s Priscilla Thompson reports for Sunday TODAY.
  
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• Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is worried about 'something worse than recession’: Full interview

  13-04-2025 15:36 via nbcnews.com
  Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, tells Meet the Press that Trump’s economic agenda could lead to a “breaking down of the monetary order” as the president ramps up tariffs on China.
  
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• Peter Navarro says ‘Elon and I are great’ after Musk calls him ‘dumber than a sack of bricks’

  13-04-2025 15:27 via nbcnews.com
  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro tells Meet the Press that “everything’s fine” between he and Elon Musk amid clashes between the two on X over President Trump’s tariff policies.
  
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• Pope Francis makes appearance after Palm Sunday mass at the Vatican

  13-04-2025 15:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis wished a "Happy Palm Sunday and Happy Holy Week" to the faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square following the conclusion of a mass presided over by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri on his behalf, according to the Vatican News. Francis, who is recovering from double pneumonia, greeted the crowds from his wheelchair for about 10 minutes. He stopped occasionally to talk with the faithful, including a group of delighted nuns.Unlike last Sunday, when he made his first public appearance si
  
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• Steel, China, and the MP Refused Entry to Hong Kong

  13-04-2025 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Lib Dem Wera Hobhouse is in the studio.
  
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• Trump admin makes new move to bring South African refugees to US as president blasts nation's rulers again

  13-04-2025 13:30 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. and South African groups have started to take action to "improve" the lives of Afrikaners, descendants of white, mostly Dutch settlers, after President Donald Trump said they could settle in the U.S. as refugees. On Friday, President Trump lashed out again against the South African government for its treatment of farmers, many, but not all of whom, are Afrikaners, positing on his Truth Social media platform via X, "they are taking the land of white Farmers, and t
  
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• More than 30 Ukrainians killed by Russian ballistics in Palm Sunday strike

  13-04-2025 13:30 via foxnews.com
  
  A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian city killed more than 30 people as civilians gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, officials said.Two Russian ballistic missiles struck the city of Sumy at around 10:15 a.m., according to Ukrainian officials. Images from the city show a building blasted to rubble, vehicles on fire in a street and several bodies on the ground."On this bright Palm Sunday, our community has suffered a terrible tragedy," Acting Mayor Artem Kobzar said in a statement on social med
  
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• Labour MPs push for Foreign Office to recognise Palestinian statehood

  13-04-2025 13:17 via theguardian.com
  Emily Thornberry calls for UK to join France, as Emmanuel Macron says June UN conference must be decisive momentThe Foreign Office is under pressure from Labour MPs to recognise a Palestinian state if Emmanuel Macron, the French president, presses ahead with plans to recognise Palestine at an international conference set for June.France is co-chairing the conference at the UN in New York alongside Saudi Arabia, and Macron has said the conference must be a decisive moment. Continue reading...
  
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• The hottest new social scene might be a book club

  13-04-2025 12:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Gen Zers and millennials are putting creative twists on book clubs, driven by a renewed love of reading and a growing desire for off-screen connection.
  
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• Fears of another narco-state rise as Latin American country readies for pivotal vote

  13-04-2025 12:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Ecuadorians go to the polls today in a runoff election between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and leftist challenger Luisa González. Noboa is seen as a pro-Trump conservative, while González is viewed as an ideological ally of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.Noboa refused to recognize Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela after his staged 2024 election and is also committed to fighting criminal gangs with all available resources to restore peace and security i
  
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• Ecuador to deliver verdict on ‘war on drugs’ in knife-edge presidential runoff

  13-04-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Leftwing challenger Luisa González in statistical tie with President Daniel Noboa who champions ‘iron fist’ policyEcuadorians go to the polls on Sunday in a vote seen as a referendum on a “war on drugs” offensive that has led to numerous human rights violations, as the incumbent Daniel Noboa faces the leftist Luisa González in a tightly contested runoff.Noboa, 37, edged out González, 47, in the first round in February by just 16,746 votes (0.17%) from
  
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• How a penguin in a cardboard box caused a helicopter crash in South Africa

  13-04-2025 04:56 via foxnews.com
  
  A penguin inside a cardboard box caused a helicopter crash in South Africa earlier this year, according to authorities. On Jan. 19, a pilot and three passengers transported a penguin back from Bird Island in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province while conducting an aerial survey of the area, the South African Civil Aviation Authority said in an investigation report this week. A specialist on board "requested that they transport one of the penguins back," the report said, adding, "
  
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• Trump confirms UFC 314 attendance, reveals his pick for the biggest winner

  13-04-2025 03:35 via foxnews.com
  
  MIAMI — President Donald Trump will be walking out at UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center on Saturday night. Trump is expected to be joined by DOGE policy advisor Elon Musk, who was seen walking down from Air Force One. Several other members of his administration, including FBI Director Kash Patel, will reportedly be with him as well. Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One, where he revealed who he believed would be the biggest winner in Miami. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COV
  
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• Tennessee's Josh Heupel sends clear message after QB fallout: 'No one is ever bigger than the program'

  13-04-2025 03:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Tennessee head football coach Josh Heupel spoke for the first time since leaving quarterback Nico Iamaleava off the Volunteeers’ spring roster, and his message was clear. Team first. Iamaleava made some college sports history as the first player to ever hold out during the NIL era after he didn’t show up to practice Friday while trying to negotiate a better payment at Tennessee next season.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTennessee removed the quarterback f
  
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• Bernie Sanders says largest ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally with AOC is making Trump, Musk ‘very nervous’

  13-04-2025 03:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Saturday his latest rally with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on their "Fighting Oligarchy" tour was also their largest with a stop in downtown Los Angeles before a massive crowd of supporters."Your presence here today is making Donald Trump and Elon Musk very nervous," the 83-year-old independent, who caucuses with Democrats, said to loud cheers, adding about 36,000 attended the event.Sanders mentioned that after their last rally in Denver, Colorado, in
  
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• Princeton president vows not to cave to Trump, yet acknowledges antisemitism on campus

  13-04-2025 03:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber recently told a New York Times reporter he identified "serious problems" with antisemitism on Columbia University's campus and even his own. But he noted it is "not appropriate" for the government to use its funding power to change the way universities conduct their research, teaching or admissions.Eisgruber sat down Wednesday with "The Daily" podcast host Rachel Abrams to discuss research funding freezes and antisemitism on university camp
  
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• Ex-ESPN employee Jemele Hill 'disappointed' Dodgers visiting Trump at White House

  13-04-2025 02:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Ex-ESPN employee Jemele Hill called out the Los Angeles Dodgers for visiting President Donald Trump at the White House to celebrate their 2024 World Series victory. Hill said on her podcast she was "disappointed" with the Dodgers for heading to our nation’s capital, and she brought up recent news of Jackie Robinson’s military service being briefly taken down from the Department of Defense’s website. "I’m not surprised the Dodgers went to the White House, but I&r
  
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• Trump team holds 'constructive' face-to-face nuclear talks with Iran, will meet again next weekend

  13-04-2025 02:25 via foxnews.com
  
  American and Iranian officials sat down for a first round of direct talks Saturday in Oman, a major step after years of rising tensions and stalled diplomacy that will continue with further discussions next weekend, according to a statement released by the White House. The meeting between U.S. Special Envoy Steven Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was the first face-to-face exchange since President Donald Trump returned to office as Iran continues to expand its nuclear pro
  
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• Mick Jagger engaged to 37-year-old Melanie Hamrick, but she says 'maybe' to marriage

  13-04-2025 02:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Mick Jagger's longtime partner Melanie Hamrick revealed she has secretly been engaged to the Rolling Stones frontman for years.During a recent interview with the French magazine Paris Match, the 37-year-old former ballerina shared the news of her engagement to the 81-year-old rocker. "We've been engaged two or three years," Hamrick said, via an English translation of the article published Wednesday. However, Hamrick told the outlet she is uncertain whether she and Jagger will ever tie
  
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• Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau paired in Masters' final round after brilliant third round

  13-04-2025 01:49 via foxnews.com
  
  The 89th edition of the Masters is in for a thriller Sunday. Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau are in the final pairing, and golf fans will remember how these two are connected after the 2024 U.S. Open. DeChambeau won the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, while McIlroy had an epic meltdown with the putter late in the round to throw away his potential title. This time, McIlroy posted yet another 6-under round at Augusta National Saturday after surging up the leaderboard Friday. C
  
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• The 381 books removed from library shelves at US Naval Academy

  13-04-2025 01:33 via abcnews.go.com
  Books on race, gender and national identity were taken out at the United States Naval Academy.
  
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• Trump orders military to take control of federal land at southern border

  13-04-2025 01:10 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. military will take control of a strip of federal land that spans three states along the southern border in an effort to stem illegal immigration, a memorandum Friday by President Donald Trump said. The memorandum, "Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions," directs the secretaries of Defense, Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security "to provide for the use and jurisdiction by the Department of Defense over such Federal la
  
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• Trump is 'going to run for a third term,' Steve Bannon tells Bill Maher

  13-04-2025 01:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon told Bill Maher that President Donald Trump is "going to run for a third term" on an episode of "Real Time" on Friday night.During a discussion on the January 6th committee and Bannon's recent release from prison, Bannon mentioned that he refused to testify before the committee, not to protect Trump, but to "stand up for the Constitution."Maher then told Bannon that he "brought a copy" of the Constitution to the show, and proceeded to read the 22nd Amendment alou
  
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• Trump lawyers confirm wrongly deported Maryland man in El Salvador prison

  13-04-2025 00:50 via theguardian.com
  Administration fails to show they have taken any steps to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego García The Trump administration on Saturday confirmed to a federal judge that a Maryland man who was wrongly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.However, the White House filing did not address the judge’s demands that the administration detail the steps it was taking to return Kilmar Abrego García to the United States. The White House only con
  
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