American Citizen George Glezmann Freed by Taliban; Trump to Sign Order to Close Education Department

The Taliban on Thursday freed an American citizen who had been detained in Afghanistan for more than two years, following talks between U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler and Taliban officials in Kabul. George Glezmann, who was detained in 2022 while visiting Kabul as a tourist, is now returning to the U.S.. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday afternoon to begin shutting down the Department of Education. The European Union has delayed its first countermeasures against the United States over Trump's metals tariffs until mid-April, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told a hearing at the European Parliament on Thursday.