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Salvadoran president says he won't return wrongly deported man to U.S. — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he did not plan to return to Kilmar Abrego García to the United States. “How can I return him to the United States?” Bukele asked Monday during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
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The Trump Administration Is Sticking to Its Gulag Plan in Defiance of the Supreme Court — The Trump administration escalated its defiance of federal court orders over the weekend, adamantly refusing to reverse its illegal deportation of a Maryland father, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to an El Salvador prison.
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Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event — Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.
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Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines
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Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting
Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting
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El Salvador won't return wrongly deported Maryland man
El Salvador won't return wrongly deported Maryland man
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Won't Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. and El Salvador Won't Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
This evening, lawyers for the Department of Justice told a federal court that the administration does …
This evening, lawyers for the Department of Justice told a federal court that the administration does …
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Andrew Childers / Axios:
Trump again threatens to send Americans to prisons in El Salvador
Trump again threatens to send Americans to prisons in El Salvador
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Trump hosts El Salvador's Bukele amid deportation controversy
Trump hosts El Salvador's Bukele amid deportation controversy
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Rake-Stepping Through the Trade War
Rake-Stepping Through the Trade War
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Harvard Will Fight Trump's Demands — Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration's demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garber '76 announced in a message to affiliates Monday afternoon.
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Harvard rejects Trump administration's demands with federal funding at risk — The university's response comes after the government announced a federal review of nearly $9 billion in funding to Harvard and its affiliates. — With billions of dollars in federal funding at risk …

Harvard says it will not yield to Trump's demands — Lawyers for Harvard University said Monday the school will not comply with a new list of demands sent by the Trump administration on Friday, as part of what the government describes as a crackdown on antisemitism and alleged civil rights violations at elite universities.
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Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE — Mohsen K. Mahdawi arrived at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vermont, on Monday. A Palestinian student at Columbia University, he hoped that, after 10 years in the U.S. …
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Trump plan would slash State Dept. funding by nearly half, memo says — An internal document reviewed by The Post targets spending on humanitarian assistance, global health and international organizations such as the U.N. and NATO. — Just now — The Trump administration proposed to cut …
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No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
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Tufts University student and government argue in court whether she can challenge ICE arrest
Tufts University student and government argue in court whether she can challenge ICE arrest
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Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
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Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence being treated at hospital, police say — A man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor's mansion where he set a fire is in police custody …
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Josh Shapiro's Firebombed House Revealed in New Inside Pics
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Marjorie Taylor Greene bought thousands of dollars in stock right before Trump's tariff pause sent markets soaring — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the more frequent stock traders in Congress. — Just before Trump's tariff pause sent markets soaring, she bought thousands of dollars in stock.
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Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs as the world economy endures whiplash
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump aide Hassett says U.S. got ‘amazing’ tariff deal offers, recession ‘100% not’ happening
Trump aide Hassett says U.S. got ‘amazing’ tariff deal offers, recession ‘100% not’ happening
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President Trump says CBS and ‘60 Minutes’ should ‘pay a big price’ for going after him — President Donald Trump bitterly attacked “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him.
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Trump says CBS should lose license after ‘60 Minutes’ segments on Ukraine, Greenland
Trump says CBS should lose license after ‘60 Minutes’ segments on Ukraine, Greenland
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AP says journalists blocked from Oval Office after judge's order — The Associated Press on Monday said its journalists were barred from covering an Oval Office event featuring President Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in defiance of a court injunction.

EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones over spying fears — European Commission officials heading to IMF and World Bank spring meetings advised to travel with basic devices — The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage …
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Ex-January 6 prosecutors urge attorney disciplinary board to investigate Trump's controversial pick to be DC's top prosecutor — Five former prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are urging the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington …
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Kleptocracy, Inc. — Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system. — as the stock markets crashed on Friday, April 4, Donald Trump left Washington, D.C. He did not go to New York to consult with Wall Street. He did not go to Dover, Delaware, to receive the bodies …

HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say — The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency's staff and the safety of critical health data. — Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning …
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Trump's $1 Billion Law Firm Deals Are the Work of His Personal Lawyer — Boris Epshteyn, who doesn't work for the government, has negotiated with a series of law firms to cajole them into entering deals — President Trump has reached around $1 billion in deals with the country's top law firms …

National Press Club Statement on Mass Layoffs at Middle East Broadcasting Networks — PRESS RELEASE — WASHINGTON, April 14 — In response to the mass layoffs at Middle East Broadcasting Networks/Alhurra and the scaling back of its programming, National Press Club President Mike Balsamo issued the following statement:

Trump Just Defied the Supreme Court. What Is John Roberts Going to Do About It? — Is he scared, deluded, or clever? — ∙ Paid — Quick note: Tomorrow I'll be doing a Substack Live with Paul Krugman at 12:30 p.m. Eastern. It'll be here. — JVL + Krugman. Tuesday. 12:30.

North Carolina Republicans might just get away with stealing an election — If Republicans get away with all of it, this will be a stain on American democracy that will challenge the legitimacy of our elections for generations to come. — Well, it's probably happening.
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ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Home. Now His Son Is In Bukele's Mega-prison In El Salvador — Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.

Transcript: Trump Henchwoman Alina Habba's Vile New Threat is Ominous — The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 14 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. — Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.