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What concerns do tradeswomen have about Trump's DEI crackdown?
President Trump says he wants to make America skilled again, but tradeswomen worry that his crackdown on DEI will undo decades of progress. You cannot look at the workforce of the construction trades and say they've taken DEI too far. This weekend on The Sunday Story, what role is there for women in the skilled trades renaissance? Listen now to The Sunday Story on the Up First podcast from NPR.
Live from NPR News in Washington, D.C., I'm Dale Willman. A federal judge has ordered the government to release a father and his five-year-old son who were taken into custody during the crackdown on immigration in a Minneapolis suburb earlier this month. Judge Fred Beery condemned what he called a perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty. Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton has more.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Fred Beery was a harsh rebuke of the Trump administration and ordered the release of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Alexander Conejo Arias. The two were detained in Minnesota by immigration officials. Local school officials and the young boy's mother say he was used as bait to get her to open the door of their home. They were taken to a detention center about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio. Last Wednesday, protests erupted outside the facility and two protesters were arrested. Judge Beery accused the Trump administration of ignoring the Declaration of Independence and, quote, traumatizing children. The order requires the pair's release to a public place no later than Tuesday.
I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio.
The Justice Department released more files related to Jeffrey Epstein Friday, weeks after a legal deadline set by Congress to release all the files. Some three million documents were published. That's about half of the remaining documents. NPR's Stephen Fowler explains why officials say they missed the deadline and why so many documents were left out of the release.
The Justice Department said it took time for them to comb through six million documents and make sure that they complied with existing laws around victim privacy and this new laws directive to share as much information as possible. That said, about half of those six million files will not be released because the Justice Department says they contain child pornography. deliberative internal process and attorney-client privileged information, duplicate information, or unrelated material.
That's NPR's Stephen Fowler. Venezuela's government has announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of political prisoners. The new acting president says lawmakers will take up the bill soon and it's expected to pass. Manuel Ruida reports from Caracas.
What did the federal judge say about the immigration crackdown?
On Friday night, activists cheered outside a prison in Caracas as they heard about the new amnesty bill announced by acting President Delcy Rodríguez. This is a ray of hope for us, said Mayra Morales. Her brother was accused of participating in an effort to overthrow the government and has been in prison for five years. The amnesty bill follows a U.S. raid on Venezuela in which President Nicolás Maduro was captured. Now, the Trump administration is pressuring Venezuelan officials to free hundreds of dissidents who were imprisoned during Maduro's rule. Opposition leaders welcomed the bill, but said that many more reforms need to be made to restore democracy in Venezuela. For NPR News, I'm Manuel Rueda in Caracas.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. In a vote that will narrow the slim majority Republicans hold in the U.S. House, Democrat Christian Menefee has won a special election in Texas. Menefee was the Harris County attorney. He beat Amanda Edwards in a runoff vote on Saturday. He replaces Representative Sylvester Turner, who died in March of last year. The seat has been vacant since then. Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott did not schedule the first round of voting until November. One of the biggest categories for the Grammy Awards is for Best New Artist, and this year, TikTok had a big effect on just who made the cut.
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