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Day 91: Q&A – deportations, dollar bills and MAGA hats

JD Vance has ‘quick and private’ meeting with the Pope during visit to Rome

The meeting came amid tensions between the Vatican and the Trump administration over the US president's crackdown on migrants and cuts to international aid.

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Donald Trump’s deportations explained

A Supreme Court ruling is the latest roadblock to Donald Trump's immigration crackdown – but deportations have surged since he took office.
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Alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang in an El Salvador jail. Pic: Reuters

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Pic: CASA / AP

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Trump100 Day 90: What links Trump to a margarita in El Salvador?

Trump threatens to ‘take a pass’ on Ukraine peace talks

The US has suggested it could abandon its efforts to broker a permanent ceasefire within days, having seemingly grown frustrated by a lack of progress. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Vladimir Putin is not serious about ending the war.
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Donald Trump spoke about the war during a White House event on Friday. Pic: Reuters

Man wrongly deported to El Salvador ‘traumatised’ by mega-prison – as Supreme Court blocks new deportations

The US Supreme Court has ordered a temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. It comes after a US senator travelled to El Salvador to meet Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is being held in prison there after being wrongly deported from the US.
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Van Hollen (right) with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Pic: Press Office Senator Van Hollen/AP

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Chris Van Hollen speaks at Washington Dulles International Airport. Pic: AP

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs loses bid to delay sex-trafficking trial

The rapper's lawyer had asked for more time to prepare his defence to two new charges which were brought in the case on 4 April.
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A sketch of Combs during one of his court appearances. Pic: Reuters

Ten thousand pages of Robert F Kennedy assassination records released

The California senator was shot in 1968, five years after his brother John F Kennedy. His killer is still serving a life sentence behind bars, but conspiracy theories have persisted.

Luigi Mangione indicted on federal charges over UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s death

Mr Thompson died in Manhattan, New York City, on 4 December last year. Prosecutors allege Mangione, 26, targeted him in the shooting.

US senator meets man at centre of El Salvador deportation row

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation has been a flashpoint in the US, with Democrats casting it as a cruel consequence of Donald Trump's disregard for the courts.