News Wrap: ICE seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda

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• John Yang:

  And tonight's other headlines. Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say the Department of Homeland Security has told them that the government plans to deport their client to Uganda. The Salvadoran national reunited with his family in Maryland last night after being released from a Tennessee jail. He's awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, to which he's pleaded not guilty.

• Kilmar Abrego Garcia (through interpreter):

  Today has been a very special day because, thank God, I am back with family after more than 160 days. And I would like to thank all the people who have been supporting me because after such a long time, I am realizing that many people have been by my side.

• John Yang:

  DHS ordered Abrego Garcia to report by Monday to an ICE removal office in Baltimore. That came after he declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for pleading guilty.

  A redrawn Texas congressional map is on its way to Texas Governor Greg Abbott for his signature. The Texas state Senate approved the map early this morning in an 18 to 11 party line vote. Republicans designed the map in hopes of winning five additional House seats in next year's midterm elections.

  Republicans have a slim majority in the House, where There are now 219 Republicans, 212 Democrats and four vacancies.

  Federal investigators arrived today at the site of a deadly bus crash in upstate New York. Five people died Friday when a tour bus crashed and rolled on its side on Interstate 90 just outside Buffalo. The passengers were returning to New York City after visiting Niagara Falls.

  Police say it appears that the bus driver got distracted, lost control and overcorrected. Police the bus was carrying 54 people, ranging in age from 1 to 74.

  The Menendez brothers will remain in prison for the 1989 murder of their parents. A California parole board denied Lyle Menendez early release, turning aside pleas from family and supporters. The decision came one day after his younger brother, Erik, was also denied parole. They became eligible for early release in May when a judge reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years. Each will be eligible for parole again in coming years.

  President Trump supporters say he's been cleared of any suspicion by the transcript and recording of Ghislaine Maxwell's interview with the deputy attorney general. The woman, who was Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend, characterized the president, a one-time friend of Epstein's, as a gentleman and said she never saw him engage in any kind of sexual misconduct.

• Ghislaine Maxwell:

  President Trump is always very cordial and very kind to me and I just want to say that I find I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the president now, and I like him and I've always liked him. So that is the sum and substance of my entire relationship with him.

• John Yang:

  Shortly after the interview, Maxwell, who's serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, was transferred to a minimum security prison camp. She's seeking a presidential pardon.

  And if you're expecting a package from overseas, it may be delayed because of confusion over President Trump's decision to stop exempting small value imports from tariffs. European postal services like UK's Royal Mail and DHL are suspending shipments until they get more information and clarity about the rule.

  With the exemption gone, all imports will be subject to the tariff that's imposed on the country of origin. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says that last year more than a million packages with goods worth $65 billion were sent under the exemption.