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NPR News: 04-20-2025 6PM EDT

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🗓️ 20 April 2025

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0:00.0

Hey, it's A. Martinez. Even as the host of a news show, it can be hard to keep up with the headlines. That is why we make the Up First podcast. Every morning in under 15 minutes, we cover three major stories with context and analysis from reporters around the world. So you can catch up on what's going to while getting ready, making des making desa ysayuno, or going to work.

0:23.6

So listen to the Up First podcast from NPR.

0:29.1

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

0:35.6

Maryland, Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen says the U.S. is nearing a constitutional crisis,

0:39.1

saying the Trump administration is flouting the courts.

0:46.6

This stays after he returned from visiting Kilmar, Abrago Garcia, a Maryland man, illegally deported to a prison in El Salvador.

0:52.4

The courts ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return, but so far they've ignored the orders.

0:54.5

And the White House says Abrago Garcia,

1:00.1

whom they claim is a gang member, which he denies, will never come back to the U.S. And Pierce Domenico Montanaro has more. It feels like we really are nearing a constitutional crisis. The administration

1:05.2

continues to say it's following court orders and has found ways to walk a very fine line,

1:10.1

even if sometimes it seems to be violating

1:12.3

the spirit of the law or these emergency orders it's enacting. I mean, the administration's

1:16.8

claiming terrorist invasions, that there are state secrets for why they can't tell judges

1:22.5

specifics on deportations or what they did or didn't do to bring back someone mistakenly deported because

1:28.5

they can't tell a foreign country what to do.

1:31.0

And Pierce Domenico Montanaro reporting.

1:33.8

The Israeli military says the killing of 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza by its soldiers

1:39.5

was due to, quote, professional failures.

1:41.9

The military issued a report on its investigation

1:45.6

into last month's incident today. Impires Ahadil al-Sholchi has more. An Israeli military investigation

1:52.4

said poor night visibility led a deputy battalion commander to assess that a convoy of

1:57.7

ambulances belonged to Hamas and to shoot at it. It said that the commander would

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