Wrongful Deportation and Legislative Budget Cuts

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he will not help return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. after Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. NBC News has more. And Rolling Stone reports on private White House considerations about sending U.S. citizens there as well.

Joseph Walker from the Wall Street Journal joins to talk about a possible way that Republicans could cut Medicaid funding. 

Anil Oza, Sharon Begley fellow at Stat News, discusses the rise in U.S. maternal mortality rates. 

Plus, Harvey Weinstein goes back on trial, an internal government memo refutes the narrative behind the detainment of a Tufts University student, UConn star Paige Bueckers was selected first in the WNBA draft, and why the IRS is extending the tax-filing deadline for certain states.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.