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Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the US, charged with transporting people in the country illegally
The indictment also states that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member. Abrego Garcia has never been charged with being in MS-13 and has denied membership in the gang.
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What Trump ordering an investigation into Biden’s actions might mean legally and politically
Biden, 82, and now undergoing treatments for prostate cancer, dismissed Trump’s actions as “ridiculous.”
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Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday
President Donald Trump is again banning people from countries his administration deems dangerous from coming to America.
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Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to deficit, leave 10.9 million more people uninsured, CBO says
Over the next decade, the bill would cut taxes by $3.75 trillion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The president wants the bill on his desk by July 4.
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Trump promises to hike steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% starting Wednesday. Here’s what we know
Foreign-made steel and aluminum is used in household products like soup cans and paper clips as well as big-ticket items like a stainless-steel refrigerators and cars.
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Philadelphia organizers host people’s tribunal on war crimes in Gaza
Fridays at Fetterman’s, a group which holds weekly peace vigils for Gaza outside of Senator John Fetterman’s Philadelphia office, co-sponsored the event Saturday.
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Listen 1:19The Black hair industry imports products from China. Here’s what tariffs mean for braids and wigs
Stylists are considering raising their prices while the the U.S. and China negotiate new trade agreements.
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PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case
The lawsuits were filed on similar grounds, saying Trump's complaint that public media is biased against conservatives represents viewpoint discrimination.
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Supreme Court lets Trump strip legal protections from 500,000 people, exposing more to deportation
This pushes the total number of people who could be newly exposed to deportation to nearly 1 million.
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Air traffic control system must be improved to prevent problems like Newark airport, officials say
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's plan to overhaul the nation’s air traffic control system would cost “tens of billions” of dollars.
3 months ago
Discussing President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’
President Trump’s budget bill passed the House by a single vote and faces a legislative showdown in the U.S. Senate. Could the bill pass? And how would it impact our region?
Air Date: May 28, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 52:04WWII bomber crash left 11 dead and ‘non-recoverable.’ 4 are finally coming home
The World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was shot down off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944.
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Some of Trump’s loyalty-first picks for prosecutors draw opposition from senators who can block them
Some picks have drawn Senate pushback because of their politics and, in certain cases, lack of robust legal experience.
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Trump administration sues 4 New Jersey cities over ‘sanctuary’ policies
The Justice Department filed the suit Thursday against Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken in New Jersey federal court.
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What is Memorial Day and how has it evolved from its Civil War origins?
The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day. Veterans decorated war graves with blooming flowers.
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