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President Trump has repeatedly shared an image of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's finger tattoos in an effort to link the Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador on March 15, to the notorious MS-13 gang.
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite court orders, is affiliated with the MS13 gang. He shared a photograph of the man’s hand tattoos online, but experts say it appears to have been digitally altered. Others point that tattoos do not constitute proof of gang affiliation.
US President Donald Trump has insisted that a digitally edited image of the tattoos on the hand of Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García, deported to El Salvador, is irrefutable proof of his alleged ties to the MS-13 gang.
The Trump administration has asserted time and time again that the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador had finger tattoos who proved he was a member of the MS-13 gang. But experts are casting doubts on those statements.
The Trump administration has asserted time and time again that the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador had finger tattoos who proved he was a member of the MS-13 gang. But experts are casting doubts on those statements.
Over the past two decades, literary fiction has become a largely female pursuit. Novels are increasingly written by women and read by women. In 2004, about half the authors on the New York Times fiction best-seller list were women and about half men; this year, the list looks to be more than three-quarters women. According to multiple reports, women readers now account for about 80 percent of fiction sales.
51ԹϺ will participate in a program to find ways to create a more inclusive environment for Jewish students, the university announced this week. 51ԹϺ will join 18 other colleges and universities taking part in Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative.
The Rev. Kelcey West, senior pastor at Nehemiah Ministries in Las Vegas, knows when the national climate becomes stark, people often resort to invoking a higher power, finding solace in phrases like “In God we trust,” or “May God bless America.”
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Douglas Unger’s Dream City is the most ambitious novel ever written about Las Vegas. It’s an audacious attempt to explain what makes the city tick. Unger has taken up Tom Wolfe’s call to make research—reporting—the bedrock of a big, realistic work of fiction. The result is a novel in which Las Vegas is the main character, as much as if not more than the humans who populate the narrative.
Whether they’ve been cemented in culture since antiquity, since the turn of the 21st century or anytime in between, the traditions and symbols of Christmas, from decorated trees to the Grinch, share a DNA of identity and community.
As we march toward another new year, we put more distance between ourselves and the origins of the traditions many of us hold dear. Fruitcake, gift giving, and hanging ornaments – they’re all a blend of cultural ideas crackling aside the hearty yule log on a holiday hearth.