Trump administration briefing: deportation heartbreak for Venezuelan family; Fed cuts economic forecast

Relatives of deported Venezuelan migrant say he is innocent, as US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates on hold amid tariff uncertainty - key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance

Donald Trump's White House has described the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador as heinous monsters" and terrorists who rape, maim and murder for sport".

But relatives of Francisco Javier Garcia Casique, a 24-year-old from the city of Maracay, say he was a hairdresser, not a crook.