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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Indian forces fired missiles into Pakistani territory Wednesday, killing at least 19 people. It was in response to an attack on Indian tourists two weeks ago in Kashmir. President Trump says he hopes the cross-border clashes will end quickly. I guess people knew something was going to happen based on a little bit of the past. They've been fighting for a long time. You know, they've been fighting for many, many decades.
And centuries, actually, if you really think about it. No, I just hope it ends very quickly. A U.N. spokesperson says Secretary General Antonio Guterres is very concerned over the military escalation between the two nuclear powers and is calling for maximum restraint.
A second judge is blocking the Trump administration's use of the 18th Century Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants accused of being gang members. The law gives the president the authority to detain and deport migrants when there is a declared war between the U.S. and another nation or during an invasion. U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein says the administration has failed to demonstrate any of those reasons for deporting Venezuelan migrants.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says five Venezuelan opposition members are now in the U.S. after being rescued from the Argentine embassy where they sought refuge.
Details from NPR's Giles Snyder. In a social media post, Secretary Rubio thanked those involved in helping to get the five to the U.S., but he did not offer details about what he said was a precise operation. The five are close allies of opposition leader Maria Karina Machado, including her campaign manager and communications director.
The group took shelter at the Argentinian embassy in Caracas more than a year ago after the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro issued warrants for their arrest, accusing them of seeking to destabilize the government through violence. The decision by election officials to declare Maduro the winner of last year's disputed presidential election led to protests across the country.
Giles Snyder, NPR News. U.S. colleges are being warned they could lose access to the federal student loan program if too many of their former students go into default. NPR's Corey Turner reports. In a letter, the department warned schools they should reach out to former students and remind them of their obligation to repay their federal student loans. The letter made clear the stakes for colleges could be high.
Technically, schools with too many former students in default can lose access to federal student aid, which would be a death sentence for many colleges. More than 5 million borrowers are currently in default, with several million more headed in that direction. The Education Department even pledged later this month to calculate every school's rate of student loan non-repayment and publish it, a move clearly intended to push schools into helping the department recoup some of its debts.
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