Chapter 1: What are the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Talks continue in Miami today as Ukrainian and American delegations attempt to advance peace in Ukraine. This as overnight Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones against Ukraine. The war is almost four years old. Ukraine officials say its air force reported shooting down numerous drones and missiles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said energy facilities were the main targets. The attacks occurred as Ukraine prepared to mark Armed Forces Day. The Trump administration is pledging support for European political parties that fight immigration. That has sparked criticism from some mainstream European parties. NPR's Lauren Frayer has more.
Germany's foreign minister, Johann Wadipool, dismissed this new White House document, telling reporters in Berlin that Europeans don't need advice on democracy from the Trump administration. In this document, the U.S. pledges to support what it calls patriotic parties that promote nationalism and fight immigration.
Chapter 2: How is the Trump administration influencing European political parties?
It does not name any such parties, but those are the platforms of far-right parties, including Reform UK and the Alternative for Germany. which is classified as extremist by German intelligence services. The White House says it's necessary to support such parties to promote, quote, European greatness and prevent a future where, quote, certain NATO members will become majority non-European.
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
A new member of Congress driving through her home district encountered an ICE raid. Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva got out of her car to step in as agents gathered outside a Tucson, Arizona neighborhood restaurant.
I literally walked up and this was happening in the middle of our streets.
She said she shouted to the agents.
You guys need to calm down and get out.
The agents then broke out the pepper spray, she said. The Democratic Congresswoman says she was directly sprayed by ICE, but Homeland Security says that pepper spray was for crowd control. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot use Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as a holding place for migrants targeted for deportation.
But the ruling stops short of telling the government to end that practice. NPR's Sasha Pfeiffer reports.
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Chapter 3: What happened during the ICE raid in Tucson, Arizona?
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which now plans to ask the court to shut down the migrant detention center at Guantanamo. The Trump administration began sending migrants there in February, and about 700 have been sent so far, usually for a few days or weeks at a time.
The judge said that's costing $100,000 a day per detainee, whereas it would cost about $165 a day per detainee to hold them in the U.S. The judge also said the administration is not legally permitted to use offshore military bases to hold detainees designated for deportation. The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sasha Pfeiffer, NPR News.
This is NPR. New details are emerging around the ICE arrest of a Massachusetts woman with ties to White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt. Agents arrested the mother of Leavitt's nephew last month. From member station WBUR, Simone Rios reports.
The Leavitt family denies any involvement in tipping ice off, but New Hampshire court records from 2015 reveal a heated custody fight with claims that Bruna Ferreira had threatened to leave the country with her child and that Michael Leavitt, Caroline Leavitt's brother, had threatened to call immigration authorities on her.
Michael Levitt told WBUR that he wants his 11-year-old son to have a relationship with his mother, who came to the U.S. from Brazil as a child. But he's also urging her to self-deport, saying that could allow her to later return to the U.S. Levitt says he did not ask his sister, the White House press secretary, for help.
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Chapter 4: What did the federal judge rule about Guantanamo Bay for migrants?
Ferreira's sister says she did call Caroline Levitt after the arrest and still hasn't heard back. For NPR News, I'm Simone Rios.
At the Kennedy Center in Washington this week, international soccer's governing body gave President Trump its first FIFA Peace Prize. The group was meeting to set groups and matchups to be played next summer in North America. Authorities in Japan say American actor and Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy Harris was arrested three weeks ago.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of the ICE arrest linked to a White House official?
at Neha Airport in Okinawa. The charge was violation of customs law. Officials say the author of slave play was arrested on suspicion of smuggling a small amount of the psychedelic drug ecstasy. I'm Louise Schiavone and PR News, Washington.