Michigan, UCLA win, rejecting ICE and Lady Gaga sick: Week in review

Local leaders in Pittsburgh voted unanimously to pass an ordinance that would block police and city government employees from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal immigration agencies, the latest city to reject PresidentDonald Trump'saggressive deportation agenda. On April 7, nine Pittsburgh City Council members voted to pass Bill 286, and none voted against it. The bill says that no city government employees may ask about a person's immigration or citizenship status, or cooperate with federal immigration agents. That includes detaining someone on the basis of their immigration status or the existence of an immigration detainer for them, or allowing ICE agents to access a person in detention, or providing information to ICE about someone's status. The vote comes just weeks ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, which is expected to draw huge crowds of fans to the city April 23-25.

Pittsburgh won't cooperate with ICE

Supreme Courtbacks Bannon

TheSupreme Courton April 6 paved the way for the Trump administration to wipe out longtimeDonald TrumpallySteve Bannon'scontempt of Congress conviction. At therequest of the Department of Justice, the court effectively erased lower court rulings upholding the conviction and sent the case back to the district court, where the department has asked for the case to be dismissed. Bannon, now host of a popular MAGA podcast,was convictedin 2022 for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated theCapitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

American dream out of reach?

Is the American dream of homeownership still realistic? Perhaps not, according to many Americans. In a recent survey of more than 2,000 consumers, The Harris Poll found that many believe the dream is slipping further away. Across generations, respondents said that homeownership was too hard to break into  – and that once achieved, it was too challenging, expensive, or both to maintain. This was the third time the company polled Americans about housing, and the results are becoming increasingly sobering. “Among Americans earning over $200,000 a year, nearly half say you need a $300k income to afford a home. Not to afford a nice home. Just a home. This is the American Dream, frozen,” said Libby Rodney, futurist and chief strategy officer at The Harris Poll.

Ailing Lady Gaga cancels shows

Lady Gagais recovering at the urging of her doctor. The pop star took to social media to apologize to Montreal fans as she canceled what would have been her third and finalMayhem Ball Tourshow in Quebec. She wrote on herInstagramstories on April 6, "My doctor has strongly advised me not to perform today and to be honest I don't think I could give you the quality of a performance today that you deserve." The "Dead Dance" singer, 40, said she contracted an upper respiratory infection a few days prior and, although she was doing all she could to recover, it had "gotten worse."

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Michigan beats UConn for national crown

Michigan beat UConn 69-63in a defensive battle to complete a dominant run through the men's NCAA basketball tournament and capture the program’s second national championship. The Wolverines previously reached the championship game in 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992-93, 2013 and 2018, winning it all in 1989. Michigan is the first Big Ten team to win the title since Michigan State in 2000. The narrower victory against the Huskies came after the Wolverines had steamrolled into the game April 6, winning all five of their tournament games by an average of 21.6 points. This is coach Dusty May’s first national title. He previously reached the Final Four with Florida Atlantic in 2023.

UCLA beats South Carolina for national crown

Cori Closehad dreamt of this moment for the last 15 seasons as UCLA's women's basketball coach. The moment she had long coached to achieve finally came to fruition on April 5 when she ledNo. 1 seed UCLAto a dominant79-51 winvs. No. 1 South Carolina at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. It is the program's first-ever Women's NCAA Tournament championship and first national title since the Bruins won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) championship in 1978.

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Arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions rose under Trump, report says

Arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions by ICE have surged 770%, while street arrests saw a more than 1,000% increase during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a new analysis released Tuesday.

The analysis by the Deportation Data Projectat UC Berkeley found that ICE arrests more than quadrupled in that period, with transfers from jails and prisons roughly doubling. The much-increased street arrests took place in neighborhoods, at immigration court and at ICE field offices during regular immigration check-ins, the report said.

“Arrests not in jails or prisons at this order of magnitude are a new phenomenon. For both types of arrests, ICE was much less likely to target people with criminal convictions,” according to the analysis by the Deportation Data Project, which is led by a group of academics and lawyers that collect, post and analyze government immigration enforcement data.

The changes in enforcement led to a 770% increase in immigration arrests of people without criminal convictions, according to the analysis.

The project's analysis is based on data obtained through a lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act and covers arrests through March 10, according to the report.

“It’s well known that ICE has been pursuing a campaign of indiscriminate arrests, but it’s less well known that even as ICE has arrested more people who likely could win their cases and stay in the United States, arrests have been ending more often in deportation,” report author David Hausman, co-director of the Deportation Data Project and assistant professor of law at UC Berkeley, said in a statement. “One big factor is that detention causes people to give up on their cases.”

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement to NBC News that the Deportation Data Project had “cherry picked” data in order to “peddle a false narrative.”

The spokesperson added: “70% of ICE arrests are criminal illegal aliens. We are continuing to go after the worst of the worst — including gang members, pedophiles, and rapists.”

The DHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for data substantiating that 70%. The agency has previously said that 70% of its arrests are of people who have been either convicted or charged with a crime in the U.S.

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The agency added that “every single one of these individuals committed a crime when they came into this country illegally.” Crossing the border without authorization is a federal misdemeanor for a first offense. The administration has also arrested immigrants who entered the country legally.

“The Deportation Data Project relies on information releases that have not been reviewed, audited or given context,” the spokesperson said. “DHS nor ICE have verified the accuracy, methodology or the analysis of the project and its results. The bottom line is that the Deportation Data Project is not accurate.”

In response, the Deportation Data Project said that ICE had sent them its datasets in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and that it posted the original data.

“These are ICE’s own records of who is arrested, detained, and deported,” the project said.

The group also said it documented every step it took in analyzing the original data.

The project’s analysis also found that deportations of people who were already in the U.S. — versus migrants encountered at the border — increased by a factor of five during the first year of Trump’s second term. The report said this change was due to increases in detention space and a decrease of releases.

The administration also more than quadrupled the number of detention beds used for people arrested within the U.S., according to the analysis. That surge was due to both new funding and a decrease in border arrests, the report said.

Graeme Blair, co-director of the Deportation Data Project and professor of political science at UCLA, said in a statement that the analysis showed that arrests did not surge only in Democratic cities where the administration launched immigration enforcement operations, such as Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis.

“In fact, even at the peak of the Minneapolis surge, those arrests accounted for only 15% of nationwide street arrests,” Blair said. “The expansion is truly national.”

The project’s report follows itsprevious analysis of the first nine monthsof the Trump administration, which found that a jump in the number of street arrests led to an increase in the number of deportations of people who were in the U.S. by more than four and a half times.

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Prices expected to have surged in March after oil shock set off by Iran war

An inflation report to be released on Friday will provide the first look atprice increasesin the wake of an oil shock triggered by the U.S.-Israeliwarwith Iran.

The federal data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) -- which details consumer prices in March -- is expected to show a surge of inflation driven in large part by costs for auto gasoline, airfares and other products impacted by theoil shortage.

Economists expect overall prices to have climbed 3.3% in March compared to a year earlier, which would mark a dramatic rise from a year-over-year inflation rate of 2.4% in the prior month. The anticipated reading would amount to the highest annual inflation rate in two years.

"The impact of the largest energy supply shock since the 1970s will certainly be on full display," Deutsche Bank Research said in a preview of the inflation report shared with ABC News.

Will the US-Iran ceasefire bring down gas prices?

The BLS collected price data over the entire month of March. The inflation report, in turn, will reflect prices for 31 of the first 32 days of war, excluding the outbreak of hostilities on Feb. 28. The ceasefire announced on Tuesday came after 40 days of fighting.

A rapid acceleration of price increases could complicateinterest ratepolicy at the Federal Reserve, which may be reluctant to lower borrowing costs as inflation climbs.

The Middle East conflict prompted Iran's effective closure of theStrait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that facilitates the transport of about one-fifth of global supply of oil and natural gas.

That energy shortage sent oil and gasoline prices surging worldwide. Gasoline prices in the U.S. stood at $4.16 on average per gallon as of Thursday, marking a leap of $1.18 since the start of the war,AAAdata showed.

As part of a two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire announced on Tuesday, Iran says it will allow tankers passage through the Strait of Hormuz as long as they coordinate with the nation's military.

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The resumption of tanker traffic remains uncertain, however. Tanker traffic was suspended on Wednesday after Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported.

Crude prices fell after the ceasefire announcement but remained highly elevated. U.S. oil prices topped $97 a barrel as of Thursday, standing nearly 50% higher than their pre-war level.

A surge in consumer prices could pose difficulty for the Fed as it weathers a slowdown of economic performance over recent months.

If the Fed opts to lower borrowing costs, it could spur growth but risk higher inflation. On the other hand, the choice to raise interest rates may slow price increases but raises the likelihood of a cooldown in economic performance.

Last month, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powellsaidthat despite rising energy prices and the potential impact on inflation, he doesn't think the central bank needs to raise interest rates.

Powell noted that central bankers often look past shocks -- such as sudden oil-price increases -- since the upward pressure on consumer prices usually proves temporary.

"We feel like our policy is in a good place for us to wait and see how that turns out," Powell said.

The benchmark interest rate stands at a level between 3.5% and 3.75%. That figure marks a significant drop from a recent peak attained in 2023, but borrowing costs remain well above a 0% rate established at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iran live updates: Iran says Hormuz is open to all ships that coordinate with Tehran

The Fed will announce its next rate decision on April 29. Investors overwhelmingly expect the Fed to leave rates unchanged, according to theCME FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment.

The tool pegs a roughly 70% chance that the Fed will maintain interest rates at current levels for the remainder of the year.

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Cardi B’s Bandage Dress Has a Jaw-Dropping Neckline for Tour Afterparty

Cardi Bis currently owning the spotlight during her “Little Miss Drama” tour, and her afterparty looks are just as iconic as her stage outfits. Recently, the rap superstar was spotted celebrating in Washington, DC, looking absolutely radiant.

Cardi B stuns in bold bandage dress in tour afterparty photos

The “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker dazzled fans in a classic bandage-style mini dress featuring a striking color-block design.

The dress used horizontal stripes of deep purple and crisp white to highlight her famous curves. However, the real showstopper was the jaw-dropping neckline. The top of the dress featured a plunging, crisscross halter design in white that created a dramatic V-shape, putting a bold twist on the traditional bodycon look.

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Cardi’s beauty look was just as vibrant as her outfit. She rocked dramatic blue-and-black wavy hair that added a pop of electric color to the night. Her makeup was flawless, featuring a sharp winged eyeliner and a soft lip that let her outfit do the talking.

She looked like she was having the time of her life, holding a bottle of champagne and a drink while dancing with fans and friends. With her “Hennessy” arm tattoo on full display and a huge smile on her face, Cardi B proved that she is the life of the party.

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Inside a huge compound on Thailand-Cambodia border where 10,000 workers scammed people globally

O'SMACH, Cambodia (AP) — I have often used the word industrial-scale in my own writing to describe thescam compoundsthat dot the region.

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But the weight of that phrase truly sunk in at the O’Smach Resort complex that we visited Tuesday. Thailand's military, which conducted a tour for the media, said that the whole area encompasses around 197 acres (80 hectares), equivalent to 150 American football fields.

It wasn't my first time at ascam center, but its scale dwarfed anything I had seen before.

From my base in Southeast Asia, I have followed this issue for the past few years, watching its scale only grow larger and larger.

Scam compounds havemushroomed across Southeast Asiasince the pandemic. Inside these industrial-scale complexes, workers attempt to lure unsuspecting targets from countries all across the world in sophisticated online-based scams. The latest estimates from the U.N. office on Human Rights are that around 300,000 workers are caught up in the industry regionally.

Thailand’s military invited journalists back to the huge scam complex that it had seized in December during its border conflict with Cambodia. The military said that it had taken the area in response to the Cambodian side using it as a base of operations for launching attacks.

The complex was called the O’Smach Resort, owned by Cambodian politician Ly Yong Phat, who faces U.S. sanctions for rights abuses in the very same complex. It's unclear, however, whether the new construction also belongs to Ly. Throughout the massive grounds of the self-contained town, there were signs of construction. Piles of bricks and construction cranes sat waiting for workers to finish the job.

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The military also took us to the premises where workers likely scammed Americans. FBI data released Tuesday shows that Americans lost near $21 billion to scams in 2025 alone.

On the desks inside the four-story office building were still snacks from the previous users, as well as scripts and notes in Chinese on each aspect of the scam. American SIM cards were scattered on the surface as well.

There was an elaborate backstory to target the Americans. One of the scripts on the desk was 24 pages of an in-depth character sketch of a woman named Mila who had earned a lot of money on the gold options trading market.

But the script went further. Mila had lost her husband to leukemia when their daughter was just a baby. It constructed memories of her childhood, such as her getting bullied by other girls, and then her parents sending her to South Africa to live with her uncle in order to be in a healthier environment.

There’s 157 buildings, 29 of which were buildings that housed the scam companies and their offices. The rest included massive dorm complexes, and more luxurious accommodations that included apartments and three-story villas. The military officials said that they estimated at least 10,000 people were living there.

There was also a variety of Chinese restaurants, catering to people who wanted spicy Hunan cuisine, or southern Shaxian cuisine, or hot and sour rice noodles, a Sichuanese classic.

While Thailand and Cambodia have vowed to tackle the problem, the scale of the problem is far more global.

“Every country of the world has to join together to solve this problem, (we) cannot do it alone with Cambodia and Thailand,” said Air Chief Marshal Prapas Sornchaidee, who was one of the officials leading the tour.

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England opens Women’s Six Nations defense with 25 World Cup winners and a new captain

LONDON (AP) — Before the 1988 NBA three-point shooting contest, defending champion Larry Bird looked around at his competition and asked, “Which one of you guys is playing for second?”

In the same way,England rules Women's Six Nationsrugby. While England's players would never be so cocky as to say what Bird said they must be tempted sometimes.

England's achievements are awe-inspiring: Won 21 of the 30 championships including the last seven titles. England is on a world record winning run of 33 straight tests, capped by sweeping up the greatestWomen's Rugby World Cuplast September in front of a record sell-out crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham.

John Mitchell, unbeaten in two years as coach, signed on to the next World Cup in 2029 in Australia. Turnover was light after the recent World Cup: Captain Zoe Aldcroft, Abbie Ward, Lark Atkin-Davies and Rosie Galligan are pregnant, Tatyana Heard is out with a foot injury, andEmily ScarrattandAbby Dowretired. Scarratt, the only England player to compete in five World Cups, has moved into Mitchell's coaching staff.

Mitchell declared a clean slate for squad selection but his 32-woman squad includes 25 World Cup winners. The only new cap for their Six Nations opener against Ireland on Saturday is 19-year-old forward Haineala Lutui, the daughter of former Tonga men's captain Aleki Lutui.

The captaincy was given to center Megan Jones, feisty, selfless and with nothing to prove. Jones debuted at 18 against New Zealand in 2015, played in three World Cups, and was the only England woman shortlisted for world's best player of 2025.

On England's unshakeable ability to succeed, Jones said: “We're just highly competitive humans who want to keep winning.”

The eternal bridesmaid to England is France, the runner-up every year since 2020 that suffers from 10-20 minute lapses.

France was the least experienced of the World Cup semifinalists andbowed out to England35-17. The great Gaëlle Mignot, the rare female head coach, was replaced by François Ratier, who took Canada to the 2014 World Cup final and recently guided Stade Bordelais to back-to-back titles in the French championship.

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Ratier will debut six against Italy in Grenoble on Saturday. France has the advantage of three home matches, culminating in a hoped-for, last-round title decider against England in Bordeaux on May 17.

Italy, captained again by No. 8 Elisa Giordano, has picked nine France-based players. Coach Fabio Roselli has focused on defense to contain the French backs. The women hope to beat France for the first time on French soil, inspired by their men's first win over England last month.

Dynamo flanker Erin King leads Ireland after missing the World Cup due to a knee injury. King anchors the back row with Aoife Wafer, last year's Six Nations MVP.

Hooker Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald will mark her 50th Irish cap by also facing her wife for the first time, England wing Claudia Moloney-MacDonald. Ticket sales for the Twickenham match have passed 75,000, ensuring a new Six Nations attendance record.

Wales also hopes to beat its crowd record of 21,186 set against England last year when it hosts Scotland at Principality Stadium on Saturday.

Wales was whitewashed in 2025 for the first time but coach Sean Lynn has had time to bed in, introduced new coaches and nine new caps, and chosen one captain, flanker Kate Williams, one of 12 players from unbeaten Gloucester Hartpury in the English championship.

Scotland beat Wales 38-8en route to the World Cup quarterfinals but from that win stars Fran McGhie (three tries), Evie Gallagher, Sarah Bonar and Lisa Thomson are injured and three others have retired. Teenage flanker Emily Coubrough will debut under new coach Sione Fukofuka, who led the United States at the World Cup.

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ICE agents shoot and wound man during traffic stop in Central California

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a man, who was then taken to a hospital, while attempting to arrest him during a targeted traffic stop Tuesday in California’s Central Valley, the agency said.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said the ICE officers fired defensive shots after the person they stopped attempted to run an agent over, according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security.

The shooting happened near Interstate 5 in Patterson, about 90 miles south of Sacramento.

DHS identified the person shot as Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant and “18th Street Gang member wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder.”

Attorney Patrick Kolasinski, who is representing Mendoza Hernandez, disputed the DHS account of the encounter and said the agents may have mistaken his client for someone with a similar name, theAssociated Pressreported.

CNN reached out to Kolasinski for comment.

Mendoza Hernandez, a day laborer, has a 2-year-old daughter and is engaged to a US citizen, Kolasinski told the AP.

Mendoza Hernandez’s family wasn’t able to immediately see him in the hospital, but were told he was stable, Kolasinski added.

Two dashcam videos obtained by CNN show a car crossing over the highway lane divider after being surrounded by agents. One agent is seen running out of the way of the car. It’s not clear exactly when agents fired at the vehicle because the footage does not have sound.

“As officers approached the car, the wanted gang member weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over. Following their training, our officers fired defensive shots to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and the public,” the DHS statement said.

DHS says its agents have been the target of increasing violence, citing more than180 vehicle attackssince Trump’s second term started. But the administration’s initial accounts of shootings involving federal agents have, in some cases, changed over time – or been proven wrong altogether.

The FBI is conducting an investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Eugene Wu said. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office told CNN it’s assisting, and it confirmed no local law enforcement was involved with the incident.

Dashcam footage captures incident

At least three law enforcement agents are seen surrounding a black vehicle on a road near Interstate 5, video obtained by CNN shows. The black vehicle then backs up and its passenger-side door hits another car on the road.

Agents then point their guns at the vehicle as it stops for about two seconds. The car then turns left and crosses over the highway lane divider, while an agent runs out of the way of the car.

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It’s not clear when exactly agents fired at the vehicle.

Christina Valencia, whose Tesla captured one of the videos obtained by CNN, said she noticed the flashing lights from her car.

“All of a sudden I heard like a shot fired … and then maybe like 10 seconds later, I heard about five or six more go off,” she said.

CNN cannot independently confirm Valencia’s account of the gunfire.

From there, the two agents ran to their trucks and then drove in the direction of the suspect, she said. They ultimately ended up under a nearby overpass.

When the shots started, she said she put her car in reverse. “I was scared because I was like there’s nowhere for me to go,” Valencia said.

Credibility of DHS accounts questioned in prior car-involved incidents

While agents have beensubjected to violencesince the start of Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration last year, DHS has also at times faceda crisis of credibilityregarding claims it has made in the aftermath of some high-profile incidents. In arrests and use-of-force encounters across the country, versions provided by DHS of some eventshave been contradictedby eyewitness accounts and bystander video and challenged by independent judges.

Altercations in or around vehicles have been asteady symbolof the administration’s immigration crackdown, includingcar crashesbetween federal agents and people who try to flee, traffic stopsturned violentand alleged rammings involving pro-immigrant activists.

The phrase “weaponized his/her vehicle” has beenrepeated by officialsincluding former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem when she described Renee Good, a Minneapolis mother shot and killed by an ICE agent this year. Good’s death prompted widespread protests and her burgundy SUV has become a recognizable symbol of the chaotic immigration operations in Minneapolis.

The Trump administration has also come under criticism for deporting migrants it alleges are gang members, without providing evidence, such as in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. It accused wrongly deported Abrego Garcia of being an active member of MS-13 - a claim his lawyer and family deny. Abrego Garcia is currentlyfighting against deportationin federal court.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has urged federal law enforcement to collaborate with state and local partners in investigating Tuesday’s shooting.

“As is established practice, we expect our federal law enforcement partners to appropriately collaborate with state and local law enforcement as this matter is investigated,” Newsom’s office saidon X.

This story has been updated with additional information.

CNN’s Melissa Gray and Jada Furlow contributed to this report.

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