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More than 250 people the U.S. government says are foreign gang members arrived in El Salvador by plane on March 16, where El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele confirmed they will be sent to the country's mega-prison CECOT.

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  • Law

Judge Boasberg voices skepticism over use of Alien Enemies Act deportations

Friday's hearing over the merits of the judge's temporary restraining order comes as the case has become a flashpoint between the judiciary and executive branches.

March 21, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Jasmine Garsd
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks to staff at DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28.

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  • Politics

Homeland Security makes cuts to civil rights and immigration oversight offices

DHS confirms it is implementing a reduction in force in three oversight offices as part of the effort to cut the federal workforce.

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
On average, the Americans surveyed by Pew said the best age to become a parent is 27.3 years old.

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  • National

What's the ideal age to reach a life milestone? Many Americans say it depends

Owning a home, starting a family or retiring: If these are things you want, what's the best age to do them? The Pew Research Center surveyed 3,600 U.S. adults to find out.

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
John Barnett's body was found last March in his bright orange Dodge Ram pickup truck in a Holiday Inn parking lot in Charleston, S.C. In a new lawsuit, his family says Boeing should pay damages.

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  • National

Whistleblower John Barnett's family files wrongful death suit against Boeing

The lawsuit includes a photo of a notebook found in John Barnett's truck when he died by suicide, bearing the message, "I pray Boeing Pays!!!" In response to the new lawsuit, Boeing said in a statement, "We are saddened by John Barnett's death and extend our condolences to his family."

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Healy Hall, the flagship building of Georgetown University's main campus in Washington, D.C., is seen in 2011.

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  • Law

What we know about the case of detained Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri

The Indian national and postdoctoral fellow is the latest scholar detained or deported by the Trump administration for speaking in support of Palestinian rights or criticizing Israel's actions in Gaza.

March 21, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Giant Sequoia trees with basal burns from wildfires are seen in the Giant Sequoia tree and mixed conifer forest of the Redwood Mountain Grove in Kings Canyon National Park on the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, on Aug. 24, 2023.

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  • National

International Day of Forests arrives amid concerns over Trump's sweeping logging agenda

The world celebrates International Day of Forests on Friday, but President Trump aims to expand American logging and roll back reforestation efforts.

March 21, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Responding to disasters like Hurricane Helene in North Carolina takes thousands government workers and millions of dollars, something states rely on the federal government for.

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  • Climate

Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared

President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.

March 21, 2025
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  • Lauren Sommer
President Donald Trump gestures to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts after his swearing-in ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20.

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  • Politics

Courts push back, wars heat up and 3 more takeaways from Trump's moves this week

Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.

March 21, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

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  • World

Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job

Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected to head the International Olympic Committee. The two-time gold medalist is marking a whole new set of 'firsts.'

March 21, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

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  • Education

Closing Education Department puts 'American competitiveness' at risk, expert warns

The Trump administration plans to gut the Education Department office that measures student success. An education expert says this could hurt American competitiveness in the long run.

March 21, 2025
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  • A Martínez and
  • Obed Manuel
President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press at the White House on March 11

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  • News

Elon Musk's Pentagon visit sparks more questions about his access to sensitive files

The New York Times reported Musk would be getting a briefing on U.S. plans for any potential war against China. The Trump administration pushed back, saying this is false.

March 21, 2025
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  • Greg Myre
Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya chat during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on July 13, 2023. President Trump fired both on March 18.

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  • Politics

How Trump's firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power

Already, lower courts have found President Trump's removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.

March 21, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
Mark (Adam Scott) and Helly (Britt Lower).

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  • TV Reviews

The 'Severance' finale asks: How far would your innie go for your outie?

This season of the Apple TV+ show has found new ways to explore subjugation. Next season, we need answers about logistics.

March 21, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Sudanese army members film themselves inside the presidential palace, as the Sudanese army says they have taken control of the building, in Khartoum, Sudan, March 21, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

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  • World

Sudan's army recaptures presidential palace in Khartoum

Sudan's army has taken control of the presidential palace in Khartoum, in a major turning point during the war. The palace and the capital had been occupied by the Rapid Support Force paramilitary since the start of the war, but over the last year the army have been making gradual gains.

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Emmanuel Akinwotu and
  • Kate Bartlett
Lady Gaga's <em>Mayhem</em>, which enters the chart at the top spot after a long windup that's included three top 40 singles.

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  • Music

Lady Gaga's 'Mayhem' shakes up the charts at No. 1

As expected, Lady Gaga's Mayhem storms to a No. 1 debut, becoming her seventh album to top the chart.

March 21, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
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