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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is defending the recent deportation of 261 individuals to El Salvador. The administration claims they're members of violent gangs. A judge issued a written order over the weekend to try to get the plane turned around, but the White House says the planes took off before the order was entered.
There is an emergency hearing on the case in about an hour. NPR's Deepa Shivaram has the latest.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said of those who were deported, 137 were deported under the Alien Enemies Act, 101 were Venezuelan people deported under regular Title VIII proceedings, and 23 were members of the MS-13 gang. She calls the deportations a, quote, counterterrorism operation against Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang,
which President Trump designated as a foreign terrorist group last month. In response to concerns about lack of due process, Levitt said that DHS officials are, quote, sure about the identities of the individuals on the plane. The U.S. paid El Salvador $6 million to detain the people who were deported. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
President Trump says he will speak with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, tomorrow. The Trump administration continues to pursue a ceasefire deal in Ukraine. Trump has said he is cautiously optimistic about a peace deal. NPR's Charles Main says that's despite a list of concerns that Putin raised about the ceasefire plan.
President Putin is on record saying he supports Trump's ceasefire proposal in principle, but the Kremlin leader also laid out a laundry list of issues that he insists require further discussions. That includes how to keep Ukraine from using the ceasefire to rearm, who would monitor the agreement, and what penalties might exist for violating its terms.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of stalling for time to improve its battlefield position. Meanwhile, Moscow continues to demand what a senior Russian foreign ministry official called ironclad security guarantees, excluding Ukraine from NATO membership and ruled out NATO-aligned European peacekeepers monitoring any ceasefire, if and when it comes. Charles Mains, NPR News.
Parents can help their teenagers by talking to them about what they're watching online. That's a recommendation from a new report about screens and teens from the American Psychological Association. Here's NPR's Katie Riddle.
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This is the day of shamrocked top hats, caps and all other green apparel. As people around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day with parades from Dublin and London to Savannah and New York City. New York City where the Emerald Society of the NYPD marched down Fifth Avenue to loud cheers. The event was expected to draw millions of people. U.S.
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