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With a major shift in our politics underway in this country, 1A is drilling down on what's at stake for you and our democracy. In our weekly series, If You Can Keep It, we put these changes into focus and answer your questions about the impact of the Trump administration on the U.S. Join us every Monday for if you can keep it on the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The U.S. government plans to deport Kilmar Abrego-Garcia to Uganda next week. That's according to his lawyer's court filing this weekend, NPR's Kamila Domenoski reports. In an admitted mistake, federal officials sent Abrego-Garcia to a notorious Salvador in prison. On his return, the government charged him with human smuggling, which he denies.

Abrego-Garcia, who has not been convicted of any crime, left a Tennessee jail on Friday to return to his family in Maryland. The Department of Homeland Security responded to the release with a statement calling him monster. Abrako-Garcia's lawyers say that prosecutors have offered to deport him to Costa Rica if he pleads guilty to the charges. Now, immigration officials say he will face deportation to Uganda, a choice the lawyers call coercive. Camila Domenoski, NPR News. An explosion and fire at an auto supply company in southeast Louisiana Friday has now led to evacuations of some nearby residents. Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the fire is still burning and a one-mile radius around the site of the fire remains off limits.

the area of about 800 plus residents were affected in the Roseland community and beyond. Out of those, we have 42 in a local shelter. No injuries were reported from the fire. A bus carrying a football team from Alequipa Junior High to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh. 21 of the 28 people on the bus were taken to hospitals for evaluation. Police say the bus fell onto its side during the crash, which happened on what was described as a bad bend in the road. The accident is now under investigation.

Seven lawmakers from Taiwan's opposition party are declaring victory after this weekend's recall election. According to the latest results, they'll all stay in office. As Ashish Valentine reports from Taipei, that's a big win for the opposition, which favors closer ties with China. That's Yang Chongi, with the opposition KMT, celebrating her victory in footage by Taiwanese news channel TVBS. Results show she and six other opposition lawmakers. have all kept their seats in the second round of Taiwan's largest ever recall campaign. In both rounds, a total of 31 opposition lawmakers have survived their challenges.

Grassroots protesters had launched the elections, arguing the opposition, was blocking President Lai Qingdo's efforts to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion. President Lai recently pledged to boost defense spending to over 3% of GDP next year. These results indicate he'll have a tough time getting there. For NPR News, I'm Aschish Valentine in Taipei. The World Food Program says a drone attack on a 16-truck United Nations convoy that was carrying food to Sudan's North Darfur region destroyed at least three of the vehicles. North Darfur is facing major famine. WFP officials say everyone in the convoy was safe following the strike. They say it's not clear who is responsible for the attack.

Fighting has been underway in Sudan since April of 2023. This is NPR. Some 2 million people are expected this weekend at what's considered Europe's largest street party. It's a celebration of Caribbean culture. From London, Vicky Barker has more on this weekend's Notting Hill Carnival. Security at this annual celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture is especially tight this year, with facial recognition technology in use for the first time. Ahead of the Carnival, London police have already arrested people, they say, intended to disrupt the event. Scotland Yard says it wants to prevent last year's violence, which saw two murders and which left more than 60 police officers injured.

But Civil Liberties groups have condemned the use of facial recognition technology, and there have been jeers for one other edict, which forbids any of the 7,000 police officers patrolling the carnival from dancing along with the revelers this year. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. Maria Sharpova is one of the latest inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was introduced Saturday night by Serena Williams, who called Sharpova a former rival, former fan, and forever friend. Sharpova became the first Russian woman to reach number one in the rankings. She was inducted alongside doubles champions, Mike and Bob Bryan. College football got an early jump on the season. Saturday as number 22 Iowa State beat number 17 Kansas State 24 to 21 in Dublin.

Rocco Beck passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score in the win. Hawaii, meanwhile, won its home opener bidding Stanford 23 to 20, and UNLV beat Idaho State 38 to 31. I'm Dale Wilman and PR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and Cs Apply.