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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chris Van Hollen has scheduled a news conference for Friday in which he is expected to reveal more details about his meeting with a Maryland father who was wrongly deported and is being held in a violent El Salvador prison. The Maryland Democrat met Thursday night in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego … Read more

Vice President JD Vance, family in Rome for Easter

Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia | The Excerpt

ADEN, Yemen – U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Ras Isa fuel terminal on the Red Sea coast have killed at least 74 people in the deadliest attack since the U.S. started its bombing campaign against the Houthis last year, according to the Houthi-run health ministry. President Donald Trump ordered the intensification of strikes last month in the … Read more

Kanishka Singh  |  Reuters Harvard protests Trump’s threats to international students Harvard students and staff push back against Trump administration threats. Aljazeera WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration said it sought Harvard University’s records on foreign funding going back a decade and on some foreign ties, in the government’s latest escalation against … Read more

Chris Prentice  |  Reuters RFK Jr. praises Trump’s move to declassify JFK, RFK and MLK files Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised President Donald Trump’s decision to declassify documents on the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King Jr. unbranded – Newsworthy NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Archives has released thousands … Read more

Hegseth: ‘Diversity is our strength’ is dumbest phrase in military history U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called ‘diversity is our strength’ the dumbest phrase in military history. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has eliminated nearly 200 jobs related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the last year, killing the Biden-administration’s effort aimed at providing “everyone an … Read more

Pope Francis returns to Vatican after 5 weeks in the hospital Pope Francis made his first public appearance since being hospitalized. He blessed a cheering crowd of thousands before returning to the Vatican. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Rome on Good Friday with second lady Usha Vance and their three children on the first … Read more

Good morning!🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert. I can’t stop using ChatGPT to turn my dog into a human. Close out the week with Friday’s news: Maryland senator meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a union sheet metal worker and father of three who was wrongly deported to … Read more