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Shae Stevens Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration program that would allow undocumented immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens to seek legal status. NPR's Jasmine Garst has the story. Jasmine Garst The Biden policy issued earlier this year is known as Keeping Families Together. It was aimed at mixed immigration status households. In addition to allowing spouses a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship, it would also provide work authorization.

About half a million undocumented immigrants would have been eligible, according to the Biden administration. In response to the program, Texas and more than a dozen other Republican-led states sued. U.S. District Court Judge Jay Campbell Barker, an appointee of President-elect Donald Trump, said the Biden administration lacked the legal authority to grant the immigrant spouses a benefit known as parole. The Justice Department can appeal. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York. President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to close the U.S. southern border. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports that Trump also said he would order mass deportations on his first day in office.

He has said he would use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to do those deportations of undocumented people. But there could be some really big hurdles to that. One is legal. You will have groups like the ACLU come together to fight deportation, to say, for example, that it's unconstitutional. And even if Trump did have a legal way to do it, there are also logistical problems. There just aren't enough ICE personnel to deport millions upon millions of people. NPR's Danielle Kirtley been reporting. Europeans are worried about Trump's return to the White House.

As Terry Schultz reports from Brussels, the future of transatlantic relations was the main topic at a European summit in Budapest. President-elect Trump has harshly criticized the European Union, both in his first term as president and more recently on the campaign trail. He's accused the bloc of treating the U.S. unfairly in trade while threatening to impose high tariffs on European imports. But European Council President Jean-Michel says the EU will make the best of it. We are ready on the EU side to deepen this alliance with the United States based on the

idea that we have to act as a respectful and respected partner. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also attended the gathering of European leaders, urging them to increase their support for his country, especially now, with an incoming U.S. president who suggested he'll cut off aid to Kiev. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels. Democratic Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey has lost his seat to Republican challenger David McCormick. Casey's loss gives the GOP a 53-seat majority in the Senate.

He is not conceding defeat, noting that at least 100,000 provisional ballots have not been counted. This is NPR. San Francisco Mayor London Breed is conceding defeat. The city's first black woman mayor lost her seat to Republican Daniel Loury, a political novice and heir to the Levi Strauss forging. Ukraine's president told EU leaders that his country will make no concessions to Russia. NPR's Joanna Kicces says Ukraine wants Europe to get tough on the Kremlin.

Speaking in Hungary's capital, Budapest, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia's war on Ukraine has intensified significantly and noted that North Korean soldiers have joined Russian troops. He said the escalation is suicidal for Europe. The concept of peace through strength has proven its effectiveness more than once. Now it's needed once more. Zelensky said he spoke by phone with President-elect Donald Trump and hopes the U.S., as he put it, grows stronger.

And this is the kind of America that Europe needs. And a strong Europe is what America needs. President Biden earmarked billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine. Trump and some of his allies in Congress have said they will stop it. Joanna Kekesis, NPR News, Kiev. Prosecutors in Argentina have charged three people in connection with the death of Liam Payne. The former One Direction singer and songwriter died last month after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. The suspects are charged with abandonment of a person followed by death,

along with supplying and facilitating illegal drugs. A judge says the unidentified suspects have been ordered not to leave Argentina. I'm Shea Stevens. This is NPR. Who's claiming power at this election? What's happening in battleground states? And why do we still have the electoral college?

All this month, the Throughline Podcast is asking big questions about our democracy and going back in time to answer them. Listen now to the Throughline Podcast from NPR.