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In the SpotlightCECOT prison becomes go-to destination for Washington As the battle over President Donald Trump's extrajudicial deportation agenda intensifies, lawmakers have begun descending on El Salvador's CECOT prison to stake their political claims on the White House's international outsourcing of its migrant detention program. Visits to CECOT have afforded Repub... -
QUOTE OF THE DAY'We are all afraid. It's quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before.' Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) noting that fear of retaliation from the Trump administration has become so pervasive that even she has become "very anxious myself about using my voice," in a statement to a room full of Alaska nonprofit leaders -
TODAY'S BIG QUESTIONTrump-Powell showdown: How will Wall Street react? President Donald Trump is talking about firing Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve. Powell's termination "cannot come fast enough," Trump wrote this week on Truth Social. But the firing of Powell could upend Wall Street's stability in what's already a turbulent time for the markets.Trump... - Statistic of the day 6 hours: The maximum amount of time someone can work before they have a "bad day," according to a study at Canada's University of British Columbia. Researchers also found that socializing for 30 minutes was important for people to have a "good day," but it didn't have any effect after two hours.
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the explainerHantavirus: rodent-linked pathogen that attacks lungs The recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, as well as three California residents, have brought attention to a rare rodent-borne virus that has the potential to turn deadly. While the risk of contracting the hantavirus remains relatively low compared to other sicknesses, it's still importa...
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