A Maryland senator in El Salvador

Good morning!🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert. Check out USA TODAY Studio IX, our exciting new hub for women’s sports. Here’s the news to know on Thursday: Maryland senator travels to El Salvador The Trump administration defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a union sheet metal worker and Maryland father of three who the Trump administration admitted … Read more

Iran’s Abbas Araqchi in Moscow ahead of US nuclear talks

Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi  |  Reuters MOSCOW/DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei sent his foreign minister to Russia on Thursday with a letter for Russian President Vladimir Putin, aiming to shore up support from Moscow ahead of a second round of nuclear negotiations with the United States. U.S. President Donald … Read more

Oklahoma City bombing: 30 years later, what we learned

The deadly blast toppled American notions of safety, exposed anti-government rage and unified a grieving city. Its lingering impacts are mixed. What qualifies as domestic terrorism isn’t always clear Not all mass shootings or hate crimes in the U.S. are considered domestic terrorism. Here’s why. USA TODAY Just after 9 a.m. on April 19, 1995, … Read more

Moscow plans to use Glavprodukt to feed Russian army, document shows

Anna Hirtenstein and Alexander Marrow  |  Reuters LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Plans are afoot for an American-owned company seized by the Kremlin and placed under state control to be used to supply food to the Russian army, a document seen by Reuters showed, potentially threatening Moscow’s warming relations with the U.S. As the U.S. and the Kremlin negotiate to stop the war in Ukraine, the … Read more

Anger erupts at town halls held by Republican lawmakers

Two tased at Marjorie Taylor Green town hall in Georgia At a town hall in metro-Atlanta, Marjorie Taylor Greene was interrupted multiple times by protesters. Republican lawmakers are continuing to face fired-up crowds at the few town halls held during the current congressional recess as President Donald Trump fires tens of thousands of federal employees, … Read more

Is Trump sending Americans to foreign prisons legal?

How an error landed a legal US citizen in El Salvador’s CECOT prison Mistakenly arrested in mid-March, the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is fighting to get him back from El Salvador’s most notorious prison. President Donald Trump said on April 14 that he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, … Read more

What to know about the costly standoff

Trump freezes Harvard funding after university rejects demands President Donald Trump has threatened to freeze federal funding for multiple elite universities if they do not adhere to his demands. Harvard University is in a fierce standoff with President Donald Trump’s administration after refusing federal directives. Trump has threatened to withhold funding from several universities in … Read more