Trump After NATO, Abrego Garcia Latest, Senate Trump Agenda

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🗓️ 26 June 2025

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Summary

President Trump ended the NATO summit in The Hague with a warmer view of the alliance. A federal judge has ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the government wrongly deported to El Salvador. And Senate Republicans have hit some roadblocks in the race to pass President Trump's signature policy bill by next week.

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:01.7	I heard something.
0:02.9	I heard.
0:04.0	Is that you?
0:04.9	Hey.
0:05.6	Hey, good morning.
0:07.5	Low, though.
0:08.4	One, two, three, one, two.
0:09.4	I was feeling kind of low.
0:10.7	How did you...
0:11.4	Oh, you're talking about volume on the headphones.
0:18.2	President Trump left a summit talking differently about NATO.
0:21.4	These people really love their countries. It's not a rip-off. And we're here to help them protect their country.
0:27.7	What changed for a president who once said it was a rip-off?
0:30.5	I'm A Maine Martinez with Steve Inskeep. And this is up first from NPR News.
0:36.6	What happens next to Kilmar- Abrago-Garcia?
0:39.5	The U.S. mistakenly deported him, then brought him back, only to indict him.
0:43.6	A judge ordered his release while awaiting federal trial, and now the U.S. may deport him again
0:48.9	before trial.
0:50.0	Also, Senate Republicans have questions about the budget their leaders want to pass.
0:54.3	This is a really good start moving us all in the right direction, but all of us have some
0:59.9	concerns with the bill.
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