How the White House Press Briefing Is Changing

For decades, 49 permanent seats in the White House press briefing room have been determined by the independent White House Correspondents’ Association. Now the Trump administration is considering taking control of the seating chart in its latest move to shape who covers the president.

Our reporter explains why this matters and notes how questions at the briefings have already started to change.

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Senator Tries to Visit Mistakenly Deported Man in El Salvador

Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, tried and failed on Wednesday to secure a meeting in El Salvador with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant and Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration. He remains held in a notorious maximum security prison known for human rights violations, despite court orders calling for his return to the U.S.

Van Hollen met with El Salvador’s vice president, Félix Ulloa, as well as officials at the U.S. embassy there, but he came away with no assurances that he would be able to see or even speak to Abrego Garcia.

Van Hollen’s trip was the latest chapter in an intensifying political battle over the case of Abrego Garcia, who was removed from the U.S. last month in what immigration officials acknowledged was an error.

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Why Is It So Hard to Stop a Measles Outbreak?

With falling U.S. vaccination rates and outbreaks that have been responsible for more than 580 cases and at least two deaths, health experts expect measles to spread.

Our reporter describes how a high rate of vaccination is needed to protect a community from a highly contagious disease like measles, a threshold known as “herd immunity.”

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What Trump’s Meeting With Bukele Means

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has found a spot on the global stage by opening the doors of his prison system to President Trump. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains how Bukele, a self-proclaimed dictator, has gone from a pariah to a partner of Trump. #elsalvador #trump

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Who Are the Venezuelans Deported to Salvadoran Prison?

Who are the 238 Venezuelans the Trump administration deported without due process to El Salvador’s maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center? Julie Turkewitz, a bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what her team’s investigation reveals about the deportees, whether they have criminal records and how they were selected for deportation.

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