Trump admin tells judge man wrongly deported to El Salvador is alive still detained NPR

After Bashar al-Assad's ouster, there are questions about the fate of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition that currently controls a third of Syrian territory.

Inspectors for the Department of Homeland Security found dangerous problems in immigration detention facilities. For years, the government fought NPR's efforts to obtain its often damning reports.

The department is withholding payment from its largest loan servicer as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.