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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Senator Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador today to

check on the Maryland man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration. Van Hollen met with El Salvador's

vice president was denied access to Kilmore Arbrego Garcia in B.R's Lou Gehrrezmore.

Senator Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, told reporters in El Salvador that the Trump

administration is in violation of the Supreme Court, which ordered the White House to, quote,

facilitate, end quote, the return of Abrago Garcia.

The United States Embassy here has told me they've received no direction from the Trump administration

to help facilitate his release.

Van Hollen also met with Salvadorian Vice President Felix Uyowa, who denied the senator in-person

or phone access to Abrago Garcia.

President Trump's press secretary Caroline Levitt criticized Van Hollen for the trip. She called Abrago Garcia a terrorist and said,

quote, he will never live in the United States again, end quote. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is shutting down an office at the State Department that was reporting on Russian and Chinese disinformation.

M.B.R.'s Michelle Kellerman reports Rubio argues it was a ploy to crack down on conservative voices in the U.S.

In a statement, Rubio says he has closed what used to be called the Global Engagement Center. He says the office cost taxpayers more than

$50 million a year. It was renamed at the end of the Biden administration after Republicans

moved to defund the office, accusing it of silencing and censoring Americans. That ends now,

Rubio says in his statement. The office was set up to monitor disinformation campaigns by U.S.

adversaries, including Russia, China, and Iran. During the Biden administration, it reported on the

English-language news channel Russia Today's influence operations, which led to U.S. sanctions.

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