Ayaan Silver

Liberals have the court now until at least 2030.

Even if they don't do well in each of these next few elections, they have a large enough majority, they're going to be in the majority for a while.

In a large part of the Central Plains through the Upper Great Lakes region, there's heavy snowfall, dangerously high winds, and whiteout conditions.

Meteorologist Taylor Patterson with the National Weather Service says it's not often you see such a large area experiencing a blizzard.

Meteorologists are expecting dangerous wind chills across parts of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota and power outages due to sleet and freezing rain in the overnight hours.

For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee.

Prosecutors argued it was a, quote, roundup when Dugan sent five federal agents to talk to her chief judge after they had staked out a hallway to arrest Eduardo Flores Ruiz.

Flores Ruiz was appearing in her courtroom on misdemeanor battery charges, and agents had an administrative warrant to arrest him for being in the country unlawfully.

Prosecutors then said Dugan created a, quote, escape route when she sent Flores Ruiz out a private jury door in her courtroom into a restricted hallway.

Dugan's attorneys argued she was trying to follow unsettled courthouse policy on ICE arrests, and that she never actually concealed Flores Ruiz.

The case reflects tension over President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts spilling over into courthouses.

For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee.

Prosecutors argued it was a, quote, roundup when Dugan sent five federal agents to talk to her chief judge after they had staked out a hallway to arrest Eduardo Flores Ruiz.

Flores Ruiz was appearing in her courtroom on misdemeanor battery charges, and agents had an administrative warrant to arrest him for being in the country unlawfully.

Prosecutors then said Dugan created a, quote, escape route when she sent Flores Ruiz out a private jury door in her courtroom into a restricted hallway.

Dugan's attorneys argued she was trying to follow unsettled courthouse policy on ICE arrests, and that she never actually concealed Flores Ruiz.

The case reflects tension over President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts spilling over into courthouses.

For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee.

Prosecutors argued it was a quote roundup when Dugan sent five federal agents to talk to her chief judge after they had staked out a hallway to arrest Eduardo Flores Ruiz.

Flores Ruiz was appearing in her courtroom on misdemeanor battery charges and agents had an administrative warrant to arrest him for being in the country unlawfully.