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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington.
A federal judge has ordered the release of Salvadoran National Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia as his legal fight continues.
U.S. District Judge Paula Zinnis ruled that immigration authorities lacked a clear legal basis to continue holding him after he was returned to the United States earlier this year.
White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt says the Trump administration is appealing.
The White House, the administration, opposed this activism from a...
judge. Abrago Garcia is present in our country illegally. He is a proven human trafficker. He is a
proven gang member. Abrago Garcia's lawyers dispute those claims. Kilmar has lived in Maryland
for years with his American wife, but he is not a legal resident. He entered the country
illegally in 2011, but an immigration judge later shielded him from deportation. The Trump
administration detained and deported him in error back in March of this year, and a legal battle
has continued since then.
A fight over the direction of the U.S. healthcare system is heating up once again on Capitol Hill.
A pair of dueling health care measures failed to pass in the Senate, with Affordable Care Act subsidies sent to expire this month.
A Democrat authored bill would have extended the COVID-era tax credits for three years, minority leader Chuck Schumer.
How can Republicans look themselves in the mirror knowing they have to go back home and tell people over the holidays?
I voted to send your premiums up.
But Republican leaders say Democrats just blocked a better plan,
Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
If it's really about affordability,
let's focus on affordability and driving down insurance premiums.
What the Democrats are doing is continuing to drive them up
and giving the money to the insurance companies.
The Republican plan would have replaced the expiring subsidies
with payments sent to Americans' health savings accounts.
U.S. and Japanese forces are stepping up joint air drills
as tensions with China continue to rise in the region,
world's Benjamin Iker has more.
American B-52 bombers flew alongside Japanese fighter jets this week
in exercises near Japan's western airspace.
Officials say the drills highlight the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance
and their readiness to respond to growing security threats.
The flights came just days after Chinese military aircrafts
locked radar on Japanese jets,
a move often seen as a warning or preparation to fire.
The drill also came after Chinese and Russian bombers flew together near Japan,
prompting Tokyo to scramble fighters.
Japan says the security environment is becoming more severe,
especially as China expands military activity near Taiwan and key sea lanes.
For World, I'm Benjamin Eichert.
And I'm Kent Covington.
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