Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. A federal judge dismissed human smuggling charges against Kilmar, Abrago Garcia today. His wrongful deportation to El Salvador last year became an embarrassment for the Trump administration when it was ordered to return him to the U.S.

Abrago Garcia claimed the timing of the criminal charges and inflammatory statements about him by top Trump officials demonstrated that prosecution was invidictive.

He's still fighting efforts to deport him from the country.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there's still more work to do to reach a deal with Iran.

President Trump has been threatening more military action, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

After meeting NATO counterparts in Sweden, Secretary Rubio was asked about the prospects of a deal

with Iran. He says the goal is an agreement that covers Iran's nuclear program and reopens the

Strait of Hormuz. But we also have to have a plan B. And plan B is what if Iran refuses to open the

streets? What if Iran decides we refuse to open the straits, we're going to own the straits, and we're going to charge tolls for it? Okay. At that point, something has to be done about it. And he says this affects Europe more than the U.S. Rubio repeated his frustration that a few NATO allies did not let the U.S. use bases to launch the war

against Iran. The Strait of Hormuz was operating normally before the war. Michelle Kellerman,

NPR News, the State Department. Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from the Treasury

Department about the decision to settle a case over the leak of President Trump's tax returns.

NPR's Kerry Johnson reports.

Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon are writing officials at the

Treasury Department to get more detail about what they call an outrageously corrupt deal

that creates a nearly $2 billion taxpayer fund that could compensate January 6 rioters and other Trump allies.

The senators want the Inspector General for Tax Administration to probe whether any laws have been

broken that bar political interference in the audit work of the IRS.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending the settlement,

asserting Trump and his family will not receive any direct financial benefit.

But the deal also seems to shield Trump from any legal problems over his past tax returns.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

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