Marianna Bakayau
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57 appearances
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1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 27 Aug
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from El Salvador, where he had been mistakenly deported.
The court found issue with that delayed timing and dismissed the charges as vindictive.
Now the Trump administration is appealing, arguing that the judge did not follow Supreme Court precedent in his decision.
At the same time, a judge in Maryland has ruled that the Trump administration cannot deport Abrego Garcia to a third country until at least October.
For NPR News, I'm Mariana Baccayau in Nashville.
In a city just south of Nashville, voters are casting ballots in Tennessee's newly redrawn 9th Congressional District.
That district used to only consist of Memphis.
Now it stretches some 250 miles to the middle of the state.
Walter Owens is a military veteran who grew up attending segregated schools.
He calls the redistricting un-American.
Because, Owen says, he remembers a time before it.
For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bacayau in Nashville.
Two Republican frontrunners for Congress have both used AI against the other.
In one ad by former Congressman Van Hillary, he shows an AI-generated version of his opponent, Johnny Garrett, at a gay pride parade.
The ad intentionally misrepresents Garrett, who has campaigned against DEI and LGBTQ rights.
But Garrett also uses AI in his ad showing Hillary driving a campaign bus into a swamp.
For either candidate to face consequences, they'd either have to sue each other or a voter would have to formally file a complaint.
So far, neither has happened.
For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bakayau in Nashville.
A lawsuit challenging the new map is still underway.
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