Kat Lonsdorf
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695 appearances
75 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 25 Aug
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But in March of 2025, he was arrested by ICE and detained, accused of stoking anti-Semitism contrary to U.S.
foreign policy interests.
The newly filed lawsuit alleges that officials in the Trump administration, the conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation, and two online surveillance groups coordinated to suppress his constitutional rights.
The White House did not respond to NPR for comment on the lawsuit, but instead accused Khalil of obtaining a visa by, quote, fraud and misrepresentation.
Khalil is facing deportation, a case that could end up before the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
National Guard members are currently deployed in D.C., Memphis, and New Orleans, all as part of broader efforts by President Trump to fight crime in those cities.
Violent crime was already trending down in all of those cities before Trump took office in 2025 and before those deployments began.
Those trends have continued, and the study found they would have likely continued without the presence of the National Guard.
The total cost of these deployments, if extended through the end of 2026, will exceed $1.7 billion, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
The number of troops in D.C.
recently doubled to more than 5,100 as part of a federal, quote, summer surge of law enforcement.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
National Guard members are currently deployed in D.C., Memphis and New Orleans, all as part of broader efforts by President Trump to fight crime in those cities.
Violent crime was already trending down in all of those cities before Trump took office in 2025 and before those deployments began.
Those trends have continued, and the study found they would have likely continued without the presence of the National Guard.
The total cost of these deployments, if extended through the end of 2026, will exceed $1.7 billion, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
The number of troops in D.C.
recently doubled to more than 5,100 as part of a federal, quote, summer surge of law enforcement.
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