Stephen Skeap

The first plane load arrived yesterday. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt gave this reason.

The president has said he wants to make room for 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo.

The president has said he wants to make room for 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo.

The president has said he wants to make room for 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo.

Yeah, the workers are told to go on administrative leave by Friday at 11.59 p.m., according to a new directive sent to agency staff globally and posted on the website. This comes after more than two weeks of chaos at the agency, as the president and Elon Musk said they were in the process of shutting it down.

Yeah, the workers are told to go on administrative leave by Friday at 11.59 p.m., according to a new directive sent to agency staff globally and posted on the website. This comes after more than two weeks of chaos at the agency, as the president and Elon Musk said they were in the process of shutting it down.

Yeah, the workers are told to go on administrative leave by Friday at 11.59 p.m., according to a new directive sent to agency staff globally and posted on the website. This comes after more than two weeks of chaos at the agency, as the president and Elon Musk said they were in the process of shutting it down.

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Wildfires in Southern California reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes.

Wildfires in Southern California reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes.

Wildfires in Southern California reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes.

Does the region have the resources to bring the ongoing disaster under control? I'm Stephen Skeap with Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Biden delivers the eulogy today at funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter here in Washington, where even remembrances can carry political messages.

Does the region have the resources to bring the ongoing disaster under control? I'm Stephen Skeap with Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Biden delivers the eulogy today at funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter here in Washington, where even remembrances can carry political messages.

Does the region have the resources to bring the ongoing disaster under control? I'm Stephen Skeap with Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. President Biden delivers the eulogy today at funeral services for former President Jimmy Carter here in Washington, where even remembrances can carry political messages.

How will the former president be remembered?

How will the former president be remembered?

How will the former president be remembered?

The fires have sometimes destroyed whole neighborhoods. They wrecked the homes of celebrities. Billy Crystal says he lost the house where he's lived with his wife since 1979. Several people are dead that we know of so far, and new fires appear as desert winds blow embers around the region. We're joined now by NPR's Adrian Florido in Los Angeles.