The U.S. has sent people it has detained — people it calls terrorists — to a prison overseas — indefinitely.
This is true in 2025, after the Trump administration deported at least 261 foreign nationals to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
And it was also true two decades ago, following the attacks of Sept. 11, after the U.S. government began to house captured Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the military prison at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
During the George W. Bush administration, John Yoo wrote the legal justification for the treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now widely referred to as "the torture memos."
Yoo argues that there are key legal differences between what the Bush administration did – and what the Trump administration is attempting in El Salvador.
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Marketplace All-in-One - Supply chain strain, redux
It’s been one month since President Trump raised tariffs on goods from China. Already, the global supply chain is struggling. In this episode, we’ll hear about plummeting container ship traffic to the U.S. and how small retailers are dealing with limited stock. Plus, how the drayage sector is faring and what all these tariff negotiations will mean for the global economy going forward.
The Gist - Funny You Should Mention: Michelle Buteau
Michelle Buteau stops by to talk about getting high in the reptile house and why she caught flak for doing spon-con souptroversy. We also get into her Dutch husband, the spirituality she doesn’t buy into, and whether her socialism can coexist with her ambition to get paid. Plus, we ask: can a Buteau-pian society have luxe throw pillows?
Produced by Corey Wara
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Marketplace All-in-One - Economics on Tap: Airport Edition
On today’s episode, Kimberly joins "Economics on Tap" from the Toronto airport. We’ll unpack President Trump’s elimination of a tariff loophole known as the de minimus exemption that went into effect today, meaning low-cost shipments will no longer enter the United States tariff-free. Without it, Americans could start to feel some serious tariff pain. And, President Trump is renewing threats to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
-"Trump's tariffs come for fast fashion, and the blowback could be fierce." from Politico
-"Harvard President Says Any Move to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status Would Be ‘Highly Illegal’" from The Wall Street Journal
-"Trump aims to cut $6 billion from NASA budget, shifting $1 billion to Mars-focused missions" from CNBC
-"Visit this store for a free iris scan to ‘prove’ you’re human, not AI" from The Washington Post
-"MoviePass’ Next Big Bet: A Fantasy Box Office App" from The Hollywood Reporter
-"A little retirement, as a treat" from Marketplace
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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: We Needed a New President, Not ‘Comprehensive Immigration Reform’
Why did Joe Biden let 10-12 million illegal aliens into the U.S.?
The Good News:
We’ve gone from over 120,000 people a month coming across the border illegally in April 2024 to fewer than 10,000 in April 2025.
The Bad News:
The Left operates under a simple principle: “It is lawful to be unlawful if you're Joe Biden—according to the courts—but it is unlawful to be lawful if you're Donald Trump. And the result is that we've got these 10 to 12 million people. Are we going to have an immigration hearing for each one of them? Or are we just going to pick people?”
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: May 2, 2025
Mayor Johnson visits Springfield, neighbors protest a proposed luxury hotel near the Obama Center, Sen. Duckworth backs Lt. Gov. Stratton for Senate seat. Reset goes behind the headlines of those stories and much more in our Weekly News Recap. This week's panel features Axios Chicago reporter Carrie Shepherd, Chicago Tribune criminal justice reporter Sam Charles and WBEZ statehouse reporter Alex Degman.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
The Bulwark Podcast - S2 Ep1034: Derek Thompson: Trump’s War on Dolls
Just imagine Fox's histrionics if a President AOC had said that American kids have too many dolls and that she's raising the price on them. Now the supposedly pro-family administration is doubling down on 'just pay more’ for toys, while it waits for China to blink on tariffs—an unlikely event given that it makes a lot of the things the world needs and wants. Meanwhile, AI's economic threat may be here for recent college grads, Marc Andreessen has deep thoughts on VC, and the NIH (and future American Nobel Prizes) are being burned to own the libs. Plus, the Dems should zero in on how Trump is making America less affordable—and very much like 2020 again.
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1A - The News Roundup For May 2, 2025
As dropping approval ratings rolled in at the end of his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to claim that America is currently living with Biden's stock market and not his.
A Vermont judge ordered the release of Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi this week. He had been detained by ICE during a final interview for his American citizenship.
As Donald Trump's trade war continues, traditional U.S. trading partners are seeking to make connections with other global economic powerhouses.
The U.S. announced a deal this week that will see it receive a share of the revenue from Ukraine's mineral deposits and the creation of a joint investment fund shared by the two countries.
We cover all the biggest headlines from the week for this installment of the News Roundup.
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A Vermont judge ordered the release of Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi this week. He had been detained by ICE during a final interview for his American citizenship.
As Donald Trump's trade war continues, traditional U.S. trading partners are seeking to make connections with other global economic powerhouses.
The U.S. announced a deal this week that will see it receive a share of the revenue from Ukraine's mineral deposits and the creation of a joint investment fund shared by the two countries.
We cover all the biggest headlines from the week for this installment of the News Roundup.
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CrowdScience - Why can’t I fall asleep?
Some people fall asleep almost as soon as their head touches the pillow, while for others it can take hours of tossing and turning. CrowdScience listener Assia needs at least 45 minutes to get to sleep: it's always taken her a long time to drift off no matter how tired she is, and nothing seems to make a difference. She asked us to investigate.
Presenter Caroline Steel turns to experts to find out what happens in our bodies when we fall asleep, and why it’s more difficult for some than others. Eus van Someren explains how our bodies know when it’s time to get some rest and what can influence the difficulty of getting to sleep from our earliest years. Morten Kringelbach reveals that there may be more stages of sleep than we thought, and Ada Eban-Rothschild tells us why we have something to learn from the birds and the bees about getting a good night’s rest.
Caroline has trouble getting to sleep herself, and volunteers to have her sleep monitored in Cardiff University’s sleep lab. And we share some expert tips on falling asleep more easily.
Presenter: Caroline Steel Producer: Jo Glanville Editor: Cathy Edwards Studio Manager: Jackie Margerum Production co-ordinators: Jana Holesworth and Josie Hardy
With thanks to Professor Milton Mermikides for permission to include his composition ‘Transitions’.
(Photo: Caroline Steel takes a nap in Cardiff University’s sleep lab)
CoinDesk Podcast Network - How Unichain Is Improving the DeFi Experience
Alexander Karys, product lead at Uniswap Labs for Protocols & Platform, joins CoinDesk to discuss the advancements and challenges addressed by Unichain. Plus, how Unichain aims to improve user experience in decentralized finance (DeFi).
This interview is presented as partner content.
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Thanks to deep liquidity on Uniswap Protocols, you get minimal price impact on every trade, now with even greater efficiency through Uniswap v4.
Swap, send, on-ramp, off-ramp, and bridge into a bright future — get started at https://app.uniswap.org/.
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