TIM SULLIVAN

A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
Takeaways from Trump’s move to send Venezuelan migrants in the US to a prison in El Salvador
President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war. His use of the Alien Enemies Act was aimed at the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
April 5
A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison
President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war. His use of the Alien Enemies Act was aimed at the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
April 5
A doctor, using a laser, removes tattoos from an ex-gang member deported from Los Angeles at a clinic in San Salvador, Wednesday, June 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Luis Romero, File)
Everyday tattoos got Venezuelan men ID’d as gang members and deported, lawyers say
Defense lawyers say some of the roughly 200 Venezuelan men the U.S. deported after accusing them of being gang members were targeted because of their everyday tattoos.
March 20
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use a 1798 wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport Venezuelan migrants it accuses of being gang members, ending the temporary halt on deportations ordered by a federal district judge.
April 9
In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with her daughter who was born in the United States, but was denied a birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
The Trump administration pushes again to restrict birthright citizenship. What does that mean?
The Trump administration is pushing for the the U.S. Supreme Court to allow some restrictions on birthright citizenship even as legal battles continue over President Donald Trump’s orders to end what has long been seen as a constitutional promise.
March 13
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
What is the Immigration Act of 1952 and why do Trump officials keep talking about it?
Again and again, the Trump White House has turned to a 73-year-old legal statute to defend its immigration crackdown.
March 12
New York City Mayor Eric Adams takes his seat at the witness table during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Republicans hammer mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York over ‘sanctuary city’ policies
Republican members of Congress hammered four Democratic mayors about their so-called sanctuary city policies, accusing them of endangering Americans and threatening to prosecute local officials.
March 6
Idaho Gov. Brad Little listens at a press conference about border policies in Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb. 4, 2024. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
Immigrant labor fuels US economy but Trump’s crackdown mostly ignores it
President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce illegal immigration have not included going after the businesses that hire workers in the U.S. illegally.
March 4
Three children play where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States meets the Pacific Ocean, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Immigration officials say everyone living in the US illegally must register. What does that mean?
Immigration officials are saying that anyone living in the U.S. illegally will soon have to register with the federal government, and those who fail to do so could face fines, imprisonment or both.
February 26
National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy speaks during a news conference at NTSB headquarters Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
February 15
In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, a building in Cuba carries the Spanish message "Republic of Cuba. Free American Territory," behind a gate marking the border with the U.S. Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, June 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’
President Donald Trump says he will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay to hold tens of thousands of criminal immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
January 30
The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges against any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
January 23
A member of the National Guard patrols along a stretch of border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll
An AP-NORC poll finds many U.S. adults support the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some deportations.
January 22
Stephen Miller attends the Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Trump-allied group’s warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Two days before Christmas, a group led by President-elect Donald Trump’s chief architect of immigration policy wrote to state, county and city officials in so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions to threaten criminal prosecution, jail time and their personal finances.
January 19
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
Do you know the 3 branches of US government? Many don’t, leading to a push for civics education
Many people think it’s time for a new push for civics instruction in college. A recent survey shows a third of people can’t name the three branches of government.
September 16, 2024
Benedictine College students, from left, Madeline Hays, Niki Wood, Ashley Lestone and Hannah Moore gather for evening prayers in a room which they converted to a chapel in the house they share Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. Across the U.S., the Catholic church is undergoing an immense shift. Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
‘A step back in time': America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
Across the United States, the Catholic church is undergoing an immense shift. Generations of Catholics are increasingly embracing religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change.
May 1, 2024
Executive Senior Editor Steve Bonta, left, and former writer Daniel Natal, with the John Birch Society's New American magazine, film a live broadcast at the organization's headquarters in Appleton, Wis., Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Back when the Cold War was looming and TV was still mostly in black and white, the Society was a powerful presence in American life. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
In small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory
The once-powerful John Birch Society is largely forgotten today, relegated to a pair of squat buildings along a busy commercial street in small-town Wisconsin. But that is only part of their story.
January 21, 2024
FILE - This handout photo provided by the Israel Prime Minister Office shows Shoshan Haran speaking on the phone upon her arrival in Israel after being freed. Shoshan was one of the 13 Israeli hostages that Hamas released late Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in the second round of swaps under a cease-fire deal. Step by step, the newly freed and their families are testing the ground for a path to recovery. No one, including the physicians and psychologists who have been treating them, is sure how to get there or how long it might take. (Israel Prime Minister Office/Handout via AP, File)
‘Shadows of children:’ For the youngest hostages, life moves forward in whispers
After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come back from captivity are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper.
August 6, 2024
‘Mama, are you OK?’ In Waukesha, minutes of terror recounted
Participants like the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies were in the holiday spirit as they stepped off for the Waukesha Christmas Parade.
November 23, 2021
Death toll in Mumbai fire rises to 8
Indian officials say the death toll from a fire that swept through a Mumbai hospital has risen to eight.
December 18, 2018
The effects of India’s currency reform? “Chaos” say analysts
India’s dramatic currency reform was designed to reign in tax dodgers and the underground economy, but many analysts warn that it’s likely to fail and could cause serious troubles.
November 18, 2016
In death, a Kashmir rebel becomes what India has long feared
In death, a Kashmir militant has become something that India has long feared: a homegrown fighter openly lionized across the embattled region and a powerful symbol against Indian rule who has united Kashmir’s many factions.
September 6, 2016
India could have worst Olympic performance since 1992
Indian officials, who vowed a strong showing at the Rio Games after years of dismal Olympic results, have seen their hopes crumble with a medal count that stands at zero.
August 17, 2016
Will we ever know if North Korea detonated an H-Bomb?
January 7, 2016
Religion in India bubbles over into politics
NEW DELHI (AP) — In small-town northern India, Muslims are offered food and money to convert to Hinduism. If that doesn’t suffice, they say they’re threatened.
December 30, 2014
Everest avalanche a reminder of risks Sherpas face
But they couldn’t get there quickly enough.
April 20, 2014
Russian troops take over Ukraine’s Crimea region
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops took over Crimea as the parliament in Moscow gave President Vladimir Putin a green light Saturday to use the military to protect Russian interests in Ukraine.
March 1, 2014