News for March 25, 2025

Oscar Henao-Montoya was sentenced to 24 years in prison for helping plan a scheme to smuggle more than a ton of cocaine into the United States from Colombia, with help from the DEA and federal prosecutors in New York.

President Donald Trump is facing questions after reports that his officials used the Signal app to discuss a sensitive military plan.

The United States said Ukraine and Russia agreed to a Black Sea ceasefire and to stop attacks on energy facilities, but both sides still doubt the deal will hold.

Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe told senators that no classified information was shared in a Signal group chat about U.S. military plans, even as the White House called the incident a mistake.

The Trump administration invoked the state secrets privilege in a deportation fight, while Judge James Boasberg and a federal appeals court weigh whether to stop removals of Venezuelan migrants under wartime powers.

Trump officials say attacks on Tesla are coordinated and will be punished, but federal intelligence says the incidents mostly look like work by lone actors.