What’s happening with the wrongly deported Maryland man?
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El Salvador’s president doesn’t plan to return wrongly deported Maryland man
There are no plans to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father and sheet metal worker who was wrongly deported by President Donald Trump’s administration, back to the United States. El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday during an Oval Office meeting with Trump that he does not have the power to return Abrego Garcia. The Supreme Court last week ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, who is currently being held in El Salvador’s supermax prison. Why Bukele said he can’t bring back Abrego Garcia.
- Trump is meeting with Bukele as El Salvador is opening the country's prison system to alleged gang members and detainees Trump wants out of the United States. Hundreds of immigrants accused of being part of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang or MS-13 gang members were sent to El Salvador’s prison, including Abrego Garcia.
- A federal judge on Friday ordered Trump officials to provide updates on what they are doing to return him. The Trump administration said in a federal court brief on Saturday that while Abrego Garcia is "alive and secure" in the facility, he is detained "pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador."
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Arson suspect was 'harboring hatred' toward Gov. Josh Shapiro
Authorities charged Cody Balmer, 38, who they say broke into the home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and set fire to a section of the residence, leading the official, his family and others to evacuate the mansion just hours after Shapiro hosted a Passover dinner. No one was injured in the arson attack on April 13, but there was extensive damage to the home. Balmer, of Harrisburg, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, aggravated arson, burglary, terrorism and related offenses. See the latest updates.
- On the attack, Trump told reporters that the alleged arsonist is “probably just a whack job and certainly a thing like that can not be allowed to happen.”
- Photos capture damage to Gov. Josh Shapiro's home after arson attack
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Could Trump transform D.C.'s African American history museum?
In the lower level of the National African American Museum of History and Culture, there is often just the shuffling of peoples’ shoes, hushed whispers, and the occasional sniffle from museum-goers as they walk through the exhibits that dive into the history of slavery and the Middle Passage. The museum has been lauded for its mission to share the good and the bad of the Black experience in America, including slavery. Now, it’s also in the sights of Trump, who called its work part of a “widespread effort to rewrite our nation’s history.” He recently signed an executive order to scour monuments, memorials and statues to remove language he says may "inappropriately disparage Americans.” How the executive order could affect the museum.
- What image should the National Museum of African American History and Culture present?
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