A US transgender activist seeking refuge in Sweden, Sudan’s second month of protests, the surreal trial of El Chapo

A US transgender activist seeking refuge in Sweden, Sudan’s second month of protests, the surreal trial of El Chapo

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As the partial government shutdown continues, DACA and TPS recipients were drawn into the stalemate with a proposal by President Donald Trump this weekend that would end the shutdown and give them temporary legal protection, in exchange for funding for a border wall. Democrats say that’s a nonstarter. So, what do the people caught up in this political fight say? And we’ll get a Mexican perspective on the trial of notorious Mexican kingpin known as “El Chapo,” which continues this week in New York City. Plus, a transgender activist who received death threats in Seattle and is now taking refuge in Sweden.