Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

Former Cuban President Raul Castro is facing charges in the U.S. for his alleged involvement

in the deaths of humanitarian workers 30 years ago.

President Trump told reporters today that Cuba is free.

I think it was a very big moment for people that, not only Cuban Americans, but people that came

from Cuba, that want to go back to Cuba, people that want to see their family in Cuba, I think

there's a very big day, very important day.

They supported me to the endth degree.

The Justice Department says Castro played a role in shooting down two planes carrying members

of the

Exile Group, Brothers to the Rescue, in 1996. Four people, including three U.S. citizens, died.

And the Justice Department has indicted a former federal prosecutor for sending herself a copy of

Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the investigation into President Trump's classified documents case.

NPR's Jacqueline Diaz has more.

Prosecutors alleged that Carmen Mercedes-Lineberger emailed a copy of the report to her personal

email in January 2025 and tried to hide the fact that she was doing this.

The grand jury indictment says she downloaded the documents and emailed them with titles like

chocolate cake recipe. p.d.f. The indictment doesn't say what Lineberger planned to do with the documents.

At the time, a federal judge had ordered the report sealed. Judge Eileen Cannon has since ordered

the report permanently sealed.

Lineberger served as the managing assistant U.S. attorney in Fort Pierce, Florida.

She pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including theft of government property.

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