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AP Newswatch: Top Stories from the Associated Press — AP NewsWatch 2:30pm EDT. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
I'm Mike Hempon with an AP News Minute. A US immigration and customs enforcement officer has been ordered released from federal custody after pleading not guilty to lying to investigators about the circumstances that led to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minnesota immigration crackdown last winter. The federal indictment unsealed accuses Christian Castro falsely telling investigators that he was attacked with a broom and shovel before he opened fire. President Trump has appointed a new Army Secretary. President Trump has named Adam Tell as the acting Army Secretary effective immediately. Following the sudden departure of Dan Driscoll, Tell is currently assistant secretary at the Army Office of Civil Works, where he's been since August of 2025. Before that, he worked mostly for Republican lawmakers, was chief of staff for Senator Bill Haggerty of Tennessee, and served during Trump's first term as a special assistant to the president for legislative affairs. Jennifer King Washington. I'm Mike Hempon.
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