Sarah Palin’s son pleads not guilty
PALMER, Alaska — Sarah Palin’s oldest son pleaded not guilty Monday to a felony charge in the case accusing him of assaulting his father at the family’s Alaska home last month.
Track Palin’s lawyer entered the plea to a burglary charge on his behalf at his arraignment. The 28-year-old did not attend the hearing in person, but participated by phone. His parents also did not attend.
The judge set Palin’s trial for the week of Feb. 26.
Palin was arrested in December after Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee and a former Alaska governor, told authorities her son was on some kind of medication and “freaking out.”
Salvadoran families fearful
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s decision to end special protections for nearly 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants filled many Salvadoran families with anxiety and dread Monday, raising the possibility that they will be forced to abandon their roots in the U.S. and return to a violent homeland they have not known for years, even decades.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen gave Salvadorans with temporary protected status until Sept. 9, 2019, to leave the United States or face deportation.
El Salvador becomes the fourth country since President Donald Trump took office to lose protection under the program, which provides humanitarian relief for people whose countries are hit with natural disasters or other strife.