Taylor Wilson
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first heard Mar 2025
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This was a great piece. Kathleen Wong covers consumer travel for USA Today. Thank you, Kathleen.
A federal court in New Jersey could determine whether the U.S. can deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Experts say it could be a landmark case on the civil rights of non-citizens. But first, Khalil will have to fend off a challenge to try and get his case moved out of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey.
The Department of Homeland Security argued in court yesterday that the case should be sent to Louisiana, where Khalil is being held, and where any appeals are likely to end up in a more conservative-leaning court. Khalil is one of a growing number of legal residents in the U.S. who are being targeted for deportations over pro-Palestinian speech or activity.
Trump administration officials say they can deport non-citizens they deem hostile to the country or its foreign policy. Civil rights advocates warn that the government's actions pose sweeping threats to free speech and the right to protest.
Federal agents swept up hundreds of Venezuelan migrants and sent them to a prison in El Salvador based in part on tattoos depicting stopwatches, sports logos, and other ink art they claim marks an allegiance to the trained-to-Iragua street gang.
But internal Department of Homeland Security and FBI documents obtained by USA Today reveal federal authorities for years have questioned the effectiveness of using tattoos to identify members of the gang.
The internal documents provided exclusively to USA Today by the open government advocacy group Property of the People come as pressure mounts on the Trump administration for refusing to provide information about the arrest and deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans they claim are TDA members. The group requested the documents under open record laws.
Attorneys for the detained migrants have said their clients have been swept up without due process and have been labeled gang members with flimsy evidence. In response to USA Today's request for comment, a White House official said Homeland Security's assessments go beyond tattoos, but that they cannot get into intelligence matters that can compromise their operations.
Purple streetlights cast a mysterious eerie glow across the country, and they're a photographer's dream. I spoke with USA Today national correspondent Elizabeth Weiss to find out what's behind them. Howdy, Beth. Hey, how's it going? Okay, thanks for hopping on. So another fun piece from you. What are you hearing from photographers in their quest to find purple streetlights?
I mean, what's happening here?
So I know we're talking right now on an audio platform, Beth, and folks should go check out some photos of this, but why are photographers so interested in this type of light? I mean, is it just cool looking? Is there anything more to it than that?
All right. So what's the science on kind of why this is happening?
All right, good explainer. So amid this phenomenon, is there any risk to the public with these funky, faulty bulbs, Beth?
Elizabeth Weiss is a national correspondent with USA Today. Thank you, Beth.
Tax season is in full swing, but there are questions about how cuts by Doge and the Trump administration will affect filers this year.
USA Today personal finance reporters Medora Lee and Daniel DeVise join my colleague Dana Taylor to hash out all the changes you can expect when filing your taxes this year. Listen to that episode of The Excerpt tomorrow morning, beginning at 5 a.m. Eastern Time. And thanks for listening to The Excerpt. You can get the podcast wherever you get your pods.
And if you're on a smart speaker, just ask for The Excerpt. I'm Taylor Wilson, and I'll be back Monday with more of The Excerpt from USA Today.
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