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Lakshmi Singh
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The FBI has arrested a Milwaukee judge, accusing her of helping a man at her courthouse evade immigration authorities. She appeared in federal court on felony obstruction charges today. Maiyan Silver of member station WUWM reports.
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Ayan Silver
Last week, U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sought to apprehend a Mexican citizen who had a case before Judge Hannah Dugan. She's accused of directing him out of the courtroom through a side door. ICE has been stoking controversy in Milwaukee in recent weeks by arresting people at the courthouse. Here's County Supervisor Juan Miguel Martinez at a press conference organized by advocates and local elected officials earlier this month.
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Juan Miguel Martinez
The courthouse is supposed to be a safe place for people to come and be able to work with these systems that have been implemented.
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Ayan Silver
Dugan's arrest comes amid growing tension between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the White House's immigration enforcement policies. For NPR News, I'm Ayan Silver in Milwaukee.
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Lakshmi Singh
The Pentagon has named four new senior advisors to embattle Defense secretary Pete Hegseth. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports. Hegseth is under fire for leaking military attack plans.
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Quill Lawrence
The White House is seeking senior staff at the Pentagon to, quote, right the ship, according to a former Trump official who requested anonymity to describe internal deliberations. Five of Hegseth's key advisors left in the past two weeks amid infighting and accusation of leaks to the press. Meanwhile, four new senior advisors have been quickly named. They include Colonel Ricky Berea, a former junior military assistant, and Justin Fulcher, a 32 year old member of the Doge team embedded at the Pentagon. Chief spokesman Sean Parnell has been promoted to assistant secretary of defense and senior advisor. A Pentagon spokesman says regular workforce adjustments are a feature of any highly efficient organization. Democrats and at least one Republican in Congress say Hegsets should be replaced. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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Lakshmi Singh
With just hours left to pay their final respects to the late Pope Francis, tens of thousands more people streamed into St. Peter's Basilica today. They file past his open casket, many clasping hands in prayer while the choir's voices fill the basilica as heard via Vatican News. NPR's veteran Rome correspondent Silvia Poggioli long covered the papacy and reflects on the pope's legacy ahead of his funeral tomorrow.
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Silvia Poggioli
Well, I think everybody simply remembers him as the champion of the dispossessed, of the forgotten. And in fact, I think one of the most interesting things about tomorrow's events will be when the Coffin arrives at St. Mary Major. It will be welcomed by a gathering of representatives of the dispossessed and marginalized, the kind of people on the fringes of society that that he championed throughout his papacy.
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Lakshmi Singh
That's Silvia Poggioli speaking with NPR's here. And now you're listening to NPR News. The federal government is expected to restore the legal status of more than a thousand international students whose visas were set to be canceled, according to an attorney representing plaintiffs in one of the cases. Multiple judges have already issued temporary orders for the government to restore the student's records. In a federal database that tracks student visa. The National Weather Service warns of an elevated fire risk in New Jersey, where crews are still tackling the Pine Barrens fire in the southern part of the state. The Blaze is at 60% containment, but authorities are concerned the progress could be compromised by unfavorable weather conditions, low humidity, gusty winds and up to 80 degree temperatures. An Andy Warhol print of the former queen of the Netherlands has accidentally been thrown into the trash by the Dutch city that owned it. Terry Schultz reports the artwork was one of dozens misplaced during a renovation of the Dutch town hall.
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Terry Schultz
An investigation was launched when almost 50 pieces of art were missing after the reopening of the town hall of the southeastern Dutch city of Mashhorst. Among them was a 1980s era silkscreen by Andy Warhol depicting then Queen Beatrix. The probe found the art was stored in the building's basement during renovations and that some of it, including the Warhol print, suffered water damage at some point. It's still unclear when or by whom the pieces were put in a trash bin. The moss horsed mayor says it's regrettable. Last November, thieves stole four other Warhol prints, including another one of the former queen, by bombing a Dutch art gallery. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz.
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Lakshmi Singh
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