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From deportation to court, key events in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s fight with the Trump administration

Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it. His complicated legal fight since then has galvanized both sides of the debate over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. There is a civil case in Maryland where he has been […]
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The Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. is seen Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, the opening day of t...

Minnesota’s Legislature braces for a federal immigration fight as the enforcement surge winds down

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats hope to rein in the power of federal immigration officers in Minnesota as the state’s legislative session gets underway Tuesday, while Republicans will focus on combatting fraud in taxpayer-funded programs that President Donald Trump cited to justify the recent immigration enforcement surge. While White House border czar Tom Homan […]
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Trump administration backs Kalshi, Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is throwing its support behind the prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket in a critical legal battle between the growing prediction market industry and states that wish to ban these platforms. The move by Michael Selig, the recently appointed chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could have […]
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Church explosion in upstate New York injures 5 people, including a firefighter

BOONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A fiery explosion ripped through a church in upstate New York on Tuesday, injuring five people including a firefighter who was badly burned while responded to reports of a gas odor in the building, officials said. New York State Police were investigating the cause of the blast, which occurred around 10:30 […]
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, smiles before signing legislation that prohibits immigration enfor...

New state laws force some sheriffs to stop cooperating with Trump’s immigration crackdown

Over the past 18 years, officers at Maryland’s Frederick County jail have asked thousands of inmates two standard questions: What country are you a citizen of? And where were you born? If the answer was anything other than the United States, local officers deputized with special federal authority launched an investigation into whether the person […]
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Actor Shia LaBeouf arrested after alleged fight during Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Actor Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after being accused of hitting two men early Tuesday morning during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, police said. LaBeouf was charged with two counts of simple battery, New Orleans police said in a statement. Officers were called to a business around the French Quarter at about 12:45 a.m. […]
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Georgia students recall horror of being shot as father of accused school shooter goes on trial

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia high school students on Tuesday testified in court about the horrors of being shot during their algebra class 2 years ago, and recounted through tears seeing a classmate in a pool of blood, then seeing blood on their own bodies and fearing they might die. Various students took the stand at […]
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Driver fleeing ICE officers crashes, killing a Georgia teacher, authorities say

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Guatemalan driver fleeing a Georgia traffic stop by federal immigration officers crashed into another vehicle, killing a teacher who was headed to work, authorities and school officials said. Oscar Vasquez Lopez, the driver accused of causing the Monday crash just outside of Savannah, remained jailed Tuesday on charges including vehicular […]
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FILE - Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks during a rally ahead of a mandatory check at the Immigration and...

Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities

GREENBELT, MD (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The Salvadoran national’s case has become a focal point in the immigration debate after he was mistakenly deported to […]
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Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president’s name

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump family company has filed to trademark the use of the president’s name on airports but says it doesn’t plan on charging a fee — at least for a proposed renaming of one near his Florida home. Applications filed by the Trump Organization with the federal trademark office are seeking […]
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New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in a Florida-based investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. An initial wave of subpoenas in November asked recipients for documents related to […]
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Strikes on 3 more alleged drug boats kill 11 people, US military says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s monthslong campaign. The series of strikes conducted Monday brought the death toll to at least 145 people since […]
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Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have forced park service staff to remove or censor […]
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FILE - Subramanyam Vedam walks outside the Centre County Courthouse, Feb. 6, 2025, in Bellefonte, P...

Pennsylvania man cleared after 43 years in prison for murder denied bail during deportation fight

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who spent 43 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned — only to be taken straight into immigration custody — was denied bail Tuesday while he fights deportation. Subramanyam Vedam, 64, will remain in custody while he appeals a 1999 deportation order. The Board of Immigration Appeals […]
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Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled James Talarico interview over FCC equal time fears

Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night’s broadcast over network fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration on giving equal time to political candidates. “He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our […]
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There was ‘a bridge called Jesse Jackson’ across decades of civil rights advocacy

CHICAGO (AP) — From the moment the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward as torchbearer to what was then a largely Southern civil rights struggle — a movement with much unfinished business — he created a bridge. From the South’s fight with Jim Crow to the North’s battle with systemic racial inequality, from the buttoned-up, conservative […]
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KIMBERLEE KRUESI, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game leaves 3 dead, including shooter, and 3 more wounded

A shooting during a Rhode Island youth hockey game left three people dead, including the shooter, and three more hospitalized Monday night in critical condition, authorities said.
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Police credit a good Samaritan for ending a deadly shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink

A shooter unleashed a flurry of bullets during a Rhode Island youth hockey game, killing two people and injuring three others, in an attack that was cut short when a spectator stepped in to help stop the tragedy, authorities said. Investigators had spoken to nearly 100 witnesses as of Monday evening as they attempt to […]
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Reactions to the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson

Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate was 84. ___ “He was a gifted negotiator and a courageous bridge‑builder, serving humanity by bringing calm into tense rooms […]
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The Latest: Reaction is pouring in to the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Reaction is pouring in after the death of t the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate was 84. As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was called to meet with King at the […]
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SOPHIA TAREEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday. He was 84.
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FILE - President of Hyatt foundation Thomas Pritzker is photographed in Buenos Aires, Friday, May 2...

Pritzker steps down from Hyatt board saying he deeply regrets association with Jeffrey Epstein

Thomas Pritzker will retire as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation of ties the notorious sex trafficker had to the elite and powerful. Pritzker, in a prepared statement, said he deeply regrets his association with Jeffrey Epstein and […]
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CEO of the Chef Ann Foundation, Mara Fleishman, a winner of this year's Elevate Prize, chops apples...

Elevate Prize winners gain more than $300K in funding. They learn to better tell their own stories

For Mónica Ramírez, being named one of this year’s 10 Elevate Prize winners means so much more than the monetary and structural support that comes with it. It means the work she does with her Fremont, Ohio-based nonprofit Justice for Migrant Women, which advocates for the rights and needs of migrant women and other marginalized […]
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Delaware man married in the 1970s to former first lady Jill Biden set for plea in wife’s death

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The long-ago first husband of former first lady Jill Biden is set to appear in court Tuesday in Delaware on charges he killed his current wife. William Stevenson, 77, is expected to enter a plea in the first-degree murder case. He was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to 1975. A […]
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