Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen recently disclosed the improved conditions of Kilmar Ábrego García, who had been transferred from El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison to a detention center. Ábrego García, mistakenly deported by the Trump administration, faced threats and trauma in Cecot before being relocated. During their meeting, Van Hollen accused El Salvador’s government of staging a leisurely cocktail setting with margarita glasses between them. Ábrego García’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, expressed relief after learning of her husband’s safety following Van Hollen’s visit, despite Trump’s social media criticism of the senator’s actions in El Salvador.
In other news, Trump stated that the US would consider abandoning involvement in brokering a Ukraine-Russia peace deal if progress wasn’t made soon. Additionally, the White House replaced the informative Covid.gov website with content focusing on the “lab leak” theory of Covid-19 origins. Moreover, internal mission statements reveal a shift in focus within the justice department’s civil rights division towards Trump’s priorities, such as targeting non-citizen voters and protecting white individuals from discrimination. Finally, a federal court recently blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss a significant number of staff at a leading US consumer protection agency, pending investigation into potential violations of existing judicial orders.
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