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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

The Abrego Garcia case pulls Democrats into the immigration debate Trump wants to have

April 18, 2025 at 6:03 p.m.

This is playing out as Democrats double down on their defense of Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who was living in Maryland and was mistakenly deported and imprisoned without communication.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, right, speaks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, in a hotel restaurant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Press Office Senator Van Hollen, via AP)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia told visiting senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison

April 18, 2025 at 4:57 p.m.

The senator who visited El Salvador told reporters the case is more than just about Abrego Garcia.

President Donald Trump returns to his Mar-a-Lago club from Trump National Golf Club, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel

April 6, 2025 at 7:38 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he won't back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the U.S.

In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC aircraft collision takes its toll

January 31, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

Police boats combed the banks of the Potomac River on Friday morning, moving slowly and scanning the shoreline as part of the investigation into the midair collision that killed 67...

Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Andrew Harnik/Getty)

Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century

January 30, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions...

Billionaires, tech titans, presidents: A guide to who stood where at Donald Trump’s inauguration

January 21, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

The crowded dais in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, tech titans and business moguls, and two foreign leaders...

FILE – Han Kuo-yu of the Nationalist Party speaks during a media event in Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Donald Trump’s inauguration will be first attended by foreign leaders

January 19, 2025 at 1:07 p.m.

For the first time in U.S. history, a president-elect will welcome foreign leaders for one of the most American political traditions — the peaceful transfer of power.

FILE – President-elect Donald Trump arrives for a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump calls Mar-a-Lago the ‘center of the universe.’ It’s a magnet for those seeking influence.

December 31, 2024 at 8:14 a.m.

For the people Donald Trump has selected for his administration — and those who seek to get jobs or curry favor with the incoming president — Mar-a-Lago is the place...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Trump vows to pursue executions after Biden commutes most of federal death row

December 24, 2024 at 5:45 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from...

FILE - Alina Habba speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Allentown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Donald Trump taps his attorney Alina Habba to serve as counselor to the president

December 8, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing one of his defense attorneys in the New York hush money case as counselor to the president.

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