Wrongly deported man not leaving El Salvador prison, Bukele says
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🗓️ 15 April 2025
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El Salvador's president says a wrongly deported man is not leaving a Salvadoran prison.
USA TODAY Money and Personal Finance Reporter Medora Lee discusses a positive day for the stock market, and what might be next for tariffs.
The U.S. exceeds 700 measles cases.
The Trump administration froze billions in funding to Harvard after the school rejected demands.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Tuesday, April 15th, 2025. This is the expert. |
| 0:14.9 | Today, El Salvador's president says a wrongly deported man will not be leaving a Salvador in prison. |
| 0:20.6 | Plus, we check in with the markets amid some positive stock indicators early in the week |
| 0:24.6 | and could Trump transform DC's African American History Museum. |
| 0:30.6 | El Salvador's president, Naïi Buckele, indicated he does not plan to send a wrongfully deported |
| 0:34.6 | Maryland man back to the U.S. after the Supreme Court ordered |
| 0:38.3 | the Trump administration to facilitate his return. Buckele said at an Oval Office meeting with President |
| 0:43.7 | Donald Trump that he does not have the power to return Kilmar-Abrego Garcia, a man he accused of |
| 0:49.3 | being a terrorist. How can I smuggle a terrorist to the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States. |
| 0:56.7 | But you could release him inside of trouble. Yeah, but I'm not releasing, I mean, we're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country. |
| 1:03.0 | The Trump administration says Abrago Garcia is a member of the criminal MS-13 gang. A claim a U.S. |
| 1:08.5 | District judge said the administration had not provided evidence to support, |
| 1:12.7 | according to court documents. Abrago Garcia's lawyers say the MS-13 chapter he was accused of being a part of |
| 1:18.5 | is based in New York, a state in which he has never lived. The court ruled he was wrongfully deported to a |
| 1:23.8 | Supermax prison in El Salvador where suspected members of MS-13 and the Train de Aragua gang are being held. |
| 1:30.6 | The Supreme Court ruled last week that the Trump administration must facilitate his return. |
| 1:35.1 | The administration has argued the High Court's ruling said it was their responsibility to facilitate his return, |
| 1:40.3 | but that the government did not have to bring it about. |
| 1:43.3 | Attorney General Pambondi said during |
| 1:45.0 | Trump's meeting with Buckele that it's up to El Salvador if they want to return him. |
| 1:53.8 | President Donald Trump yesterday floated another possible tariff exemption. I caught up with |
| 1:58.7 | USA Today money and personal finance Reporter Madora Lee to discuss |
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