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The idea comes as part of the administration's fight against illegal immigration. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports. S2 – A reporter asked White House aide Stephen Miller if President Trump is considering suspending habeas corpus. Miller said yes. S1 – Well, the Constitution is clear, and that of course is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So to say that's an option we're actively looking at. SONIA DARA, CNN CORPORAL CORPORAL CORPORAL CORPORAL CORPORAL CORPORAL CORPORAL CORPORAL

The Trump administration often characterizes the large number of people entering the U.S. illegally as an invasion. It's not clear how active the proposal is. This would be another extraordinary measure, joining the use of an 18th century law to deport alleged gang members to a prison in El Salvador and attempting to send others to Libya. Danielle Kurzlaven, NPR News, The White House. Danielle Pletka A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to pause its large-scale downsizing of the federal government. Judge Susan Ilston of San Francisco approved a temporary restraining order saying the administration

had failed to get congressional approval for the cuts as required by the Constitution. President Trump has fired all three Democrats serving as commissioners at the government's public safety agency. NPR's Jaclyn Diaz has more. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is responsible for keeping dangerous items out of Americans' homes, but that independent agency is now a little weaker. That's according to two former commissioners of the agency. Richard Trumka Jr., Alexander Hohensach, and Mary T. Boyle were fired from their roles on Thursday.

This was after they refused to provide people from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOJ, access to agency data. The now former commissioners said they also openly refused to cut staff despite pressure from DOJ to do so. Other attempts by the Trump administration to replace officials at independent federal agencies have drawn legal challenges. At least two of the Consumer Product Safety Commissioners say they'll sue over their termination.

Jacqueline Diaz, NPR News. India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire today. After the nuclear neighbors exchanged strikes on military targets for days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had spoken with both sides and said they agreed to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site. NPR's Diya Hadid reports from Mumbai. Things felt very different a few hours ago. India had struck air bases in Pakistan, including one right near the capital Islamabad.

And Pakistan began a military operation called Iron Wall, and soldiers were filming themselves firing projectiles into India. NPR's Diya Hadid, this is NPR News. The leaders of France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom are in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to show support for Ukraine's battle against Russia. They called for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire to begin Monday and said that impose new sanctions if Russia does not agree. They say they spoke by phone with President Trump, who supports the proposal.

A Russian spacecraft that has been orbiting Earth since 1972 has finally fallen. NPR's Amy Held reports its demise follows days of speculation about the uncontrolled entry. It didn't exactly end with a bang. Europe's space program says the craft entered Earth's atmosphere around 2 a.m. Eastern Saturday, last spotted by radar over Germany. Then it was gone. Aiming to probe Venus, the Russians built Cosmos 482 strong, but a rocket failure kept

it in low Earth orbit for 53 years. Slowly sinking through the decades, while speculation on Earth was building in recent days. Would the titanium encased half ton craft survive a fiery entry through Earth's atmosphere intact? A time capsule from the Nixon era Soviet space race. We may just be kept in suspense. Russia's space program says it came down west of Jakarta in the Indian Ocean.

Amy Held, NPR News. Pope Leo XIV held his first formal audience today. Speaking to the cardinals who elected him pope this week, he said he will continue the work of Pope Francis and will attempt to make the Catholic Church more inclusive. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.