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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. calling 1-800-424-2935. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia is back on U.S. soil. For months, the Trump administration has said it could not bring him back from El Salvador after he was swept up in an immigration raid and sent there by mistake. He's now in Nashville, Tennessee, where he faces federal criminal charges. NPR's Jimena Bustillo has more. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a press conference yesterday that a grand jury

in Tennessee had charged Abrego Garcia of federal crimes. The indictment has one count of alien smuggling and one count of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. She said that the grand jury found that over the past nine years, Abrego Garcia played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring. The indictment alleges that he made over 100 trips transporting people without legal status between Texas and Maryland and other states. NPR has not independently confirmed the smuggling accusations. Danielle Pletka NPR's Jimena Bustia. The Supreme Court has again handed the Trump administration a temporary

victory. By a six to three vote, the court overturned two lower court orders, allowing Doge, at least for now, to have unfettered access to information collected by the Social Security Administration. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. The court, in an unsigned order, temporarily overturned actions by two lower courts that had limited Doge's access to sensitive private information, including Social Security numbers, medical and mental health records, and family court records. The court's conservative supermajority sent the case back to the Federal Court of Appeals in Richmond for a ruling on the merits of the case, which likely will take months, while Doge digs into the records. Justice Kagan noted her dissent while the court's other two liberals accused the majority

of having, quote, truly lost its moorings. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Russia struck Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, in what the city's mayor says was the largest attack since the full-scale Russian invasion began. At least three people were killed. NPR's Joannika Kissis reports from Kyiv. The attack on Kharkiv comes the night after Russia launched a wide-ranging aerial assault targeting nearly all of Ukraine. Kharkiv is in northeastern Ukraine, about 20 miles from the Russian border. Overnight, on Saturday, the city was rocked by at least 40 explosions, said Mayor Ehor Tetehov, writing on Telegram.

He called it the most powerful attack since the full-scale invasion and said Russia used missiles, drones, and guided aerial bombs. Ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine have made little progress. Russia has increased attacks on Ukrainian cities, often hitting civilians, while Ukraine has destroyed bomber planes and military infrastructure targeting Russia's war machine. Joanna Kekesis, NPR News, Kiev. This is NPR News in Washington. Israel said today it has retrieved the body of a Thai citizen kidnapped during the attack on Israel

on October 7th, 2023. The man had come to Israel to work in agriculture. The Israeli military says he was taken to Gaza where he was killed by his captors. His body was recovered in the area of Rafa in Southern Gaza. Starting this week and for the first time ever, His body was recovered in the area of Rafa in southern Gaza. Starting this week and for the first time ever, Russians are able to watch the corruption

investigation videos of banned, now deceased, Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny on TV. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. Hello. Thank you so much for coming. Yulia Navalny, the widow of Alexei Navalny, helped launch the new channel called Russia's Future, which will be beamed in by French satellite UTELSAT. Project director Jim Filipov says Navalny used YouTube because television was always controlled by the Kremlin.

For more than 20 years, the Russian public has been bombarded with anti-Western, anti-Ukrainian, anti-democratic, anti-Ukrainian, anti-democratic, pro-authoritarian propaganda. Now he says the Navalny team will reach a bigger audience on TV and unlike with YouTube, the Kremlin will not be able to block the satellite. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron is to visit Greenland next weekend to meet with the prime minister of the Danish territory and the Danish prime minister.

The three leaders are expected to discuss security concerns as well as economic development and climate change. The meeting is also designed as an expression of solidarity in light of President Trump's interest in taking over Greenland. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.