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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2010, file photo, the headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is seen with U.S., RFE/RL and the Czech Republic flags in the foreground in Prague. The heads of three federally-funded international broadcasters were abruptly fired late Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, as the Biden administration completed a house-cleaning of Donald Trump appointees at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Two officials familiar with the changes said the acting chief of the USAGM summarily dismissed the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks just a month after they had been named to the posts. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP, File)

Court blocks Trump’s attempt to close Radio Free Europe

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday protecting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty from being shut down by President Trump, saying the government was too hasty in its attempt to shutter the outlet.

March 25, 2025
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, joined at right by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, answer questions as the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Intel leaders say leaked Signal chat didn’t include classified info

Trump officials on Tuesday described the leak of a high-level discussion about attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen as a "mistake" but said the president's critics were blowing the incident out of proportion to undercut the success of the airstrikes themselves.

March 25, 2025
In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP) ** FILE **

Trump invokes ‘state secrets’ to hide deportation details from court

President Trump on Monday invoked the "state secrets" doctrine to block the release of any more information about controversial deportation flights that carried more than 200 Venezuelan gang suspects to El Salvador earlier this month, despite a judge's orders to turn the planes around.

March 24, 2025
A dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepared, Nov. 4, 2021, in Barboursville, W.Va. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File)

Appeals court revives Coast Guard’s vaccine mandate case

A federal appeals court breathed new life into a lawsuit challenging a Biden-era coronavirus vaccine mandate against Coast Guard employees, ruling that the case is still live because the agency has never formally sworn off punishing people who refused.

March 21, 2025