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In this handout photo provided by the Salvadoran government, guards escort a newly admitted inmate inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

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  • Law

Trump administration admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison by mistake

This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Alexander Walk at Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., on April 7, 2024.

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  • Education

Why this Yale professor is fleeing America

NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Destinee Adams
The Supreme court appeared ready to allow religious charities to opt out of mandatory unemployment compensations laws.<br>

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  • Law

Supreme Court seems ready to let religious groups opt out of unemployment compensation laws

The case was brought by a chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin, which says that it should be able to opt out of the mandatory state unemployment compensation system.

April 01, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
A bed with straps used for capital punishment by lethal injection

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  • Law

Intellectually disabled could be shielded from Georgia’s death penalty, pending governor’s signature

Georgia is the only state with the death penalty that requires defendants to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are intellectually disabled to be spared execution. That could soon change.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through windows of an Eastern Airlines plane upon arriving at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

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  • Law

Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end deportation protection for Venezuelans

A federal judge on Monday paused plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, a week before they were scheduled to expire.

March 31, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on Sunday.

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  • Elections

Presidents can be elected twice. Trump could try end runs around that, experts say

The 22nd Amendment bans a person from being elected U.S. president more than twice. But some legal experts point to plausible strategies that President Trump could try to serve a third term.

March 31, 2025
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
The Supreme Court hears a challenge to Wisconsin's unemployment compensation system from a chapter of Catholic Charities that contends it should be exempted from the program because it's a charitable organization with a religious mission.

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  • Law

Catholic Charities tests Wisconsin's unemployment payment system at Supreme Court

A chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin contends it should be exempted from the state's unemployment compensation system because it's a charitable organization with a religious mission.

March 31, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
As a special adviser to President Trump, Kari Lake is overseeing the dismantling of federally funded networks that broadcast overseas. Federal judges have issued restraining orders blocking her from further actions against Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

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  • Media

Judicial rulings block Kari Lake's drive to shutter Voice of America

Trump senior adviser Kari Lake is regrouping after U.S. judges blocked her from taking further actions against the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

March 29, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Charlie Javice leaves federal court in New York on Aug. 23, 2023.

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  • Business

Startup founder convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase of $175M by faking firm's success

Charlie Javice, whose startup claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid, was convicted of defrauding the banking giant by exaggerating her customer base tenfold.

March 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
President Trump speaks at the White House on Thursday, when he signed an executive order targeting WilmerHale, marking the latest expansion of the president's campaign against law firms tied to his political enemies or investigations into his actions.

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  • Law

In back-to-back rulings, federal judges rule against Trump orders targeting law firms

The firms Jenner and Block and WilmerHale sued President Trump over executive orders targeting the firms for their clients and work, saying they undermine the overall legal system.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse is seen in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent agencies

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Trump can fire Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board after a lower court had them reinstated.

March 28, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
The director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Baltimore Field Office, Matt Elliston, listens during a briefing on Jan. 27 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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  • National

What basic rights do people have if ICE stops them? A lawyer explains

A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. A lawyer explains to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Obed Manuel and
  • A Martínez
A member of the Salvadoran army stands guard on a bus with inmates at CECOT on March 16 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

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  • National

Deported over a Real Madrid tattoo? Lawyer claims his client is not a gang member

Immigration attorney Linette Tobin shares details with NPR about the government's case against her client, Jerce Reyes Barrios, a Venezuelan soccer player and father of two.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
The Signal app is seen on a smartphone is seen on a mobile device screen Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Chicago.

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  • Politics

Judge orders government to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike

A federal judge barred administration officials from destroying messages sent over the encrypted messaging app about the sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemen's Houthis.

March 28, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Judge accuses Trump administration of trying to undermine judiciary

The Justice Department accused Howell of repeatedly demonstrating "animus" toward President Trump, after she paused enforcement of an executive order.

March 27, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
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