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The USS New Orleans lost its bow battling the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific in 1942. PROVIDED PHOTO
Iranian woman freed from ICE center Arrest of longtime N.O. resident sparked outcry
BY JAMES FINN Staff writer
FROM THE DEPTHS
Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian, a 47-year New Orleans resident whose arrest by federal agents outside her Lakeview home in June spurred outcry, walked free from federal custody Monday after a Republican congressman lobbied for her release. Kashanian’s daughter, Kaitlynn Milne, said in a text message that her mother, who was born in Iran, was released late Monday from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Basile. Milne said she and her father, Russell Milne, drove there Tuesday morning to pick Kashanian up. U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, was instrumental in securing Kashanian’s release, according to five people involved in that process. Scalise, the second-ranking Republican in Congress, said in an interview Tuesday evening that he became aware of Kashanian’s detention through media reports.
Bow from USS New Orleans, lost during WWII, found in Pacific Ocean BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer
WASHINGTON — On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and destroyers sailing in formation into the waters near the Solomon Islands in the south Pacific Ocean. “A light southeast breeze scarcely ruffled the surface of the water,” a Navy report on that night’s events states. Then came the surprise attack.
Eight Japanese destroyers and an unknown number of submarines pounced on the American ships. The Battle of Tassafaronga — one of the U.S. Navy’s most disastrous days of World War II — was underway. A few minutes after the USS New Orleans opened fire, the American force’s lead cruiser, the USS Minneapolis, was struck by two Japanese torpedoes on the left side, according to the damage report. To avoid a collision, the New Orleans abruptly made a sharp right turn and was struck by a Japanese “Long Lance” torpedo, which ignited ammunition stored at the front of the ship. An explosion tore off the front third of the vessel. More than 180 sailors were killed in the blast;
three were posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for their actions. The ship’s bow tore loose and was observed floating intact and upright behind the New Orleans before sinking, according to the damage report. But somehow, the surviving crew managed to keep the rest of the ship afloat. “By all rights, this ship should have sunk, but due to the heroic damage control efforts of her crew, USS New Orleans became one of the most grievously damaged U.S. cruisers in World War II to actually survive,” said Samuel J. Cox, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and director of the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington.
ä See WRECKAGE, page 6A
ä See ICE, page 9A
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Kaitlynn Milne, from left, Mandonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian and Russell Milne stand together Tuesday after Kashanian was released from detention.
New bill to bring changes for Medicaid, tax breaks
BY JULIA GUILBEAU
Court clears way for federal workforce cuts BY MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs. The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which have been
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led by the Department of Government Efficiency. The court said in an unsigned order that no specific cuts were in front of the justices, only an executive order issued by Trump and an Trump administration directive for agencies to undertake job reductions. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
was the only dissenting vote, accusing her colleagues of a “demonstrated enthusiasm for greenlighting this President’s legally dubious actions in an emergency posture.” Jackson warned of enormous real-world consequences. “This executive action promises mass employee terminations, widespread cancellation of federal programs and services, and the dismantling of much of the Federal Government as Congress has created it,” she wrote.
Staff writer
The high court action continued a remarkable winning streak for Trump, who the justices have allowed to move forward with significant parts of his plan to remake the federal government. The Supreme Court’s intervention so far has been on the frequent emergency appeals the Justice Department has filed objecting to lower-court rulings as improperly intruding on presidential authority.
After months of infighting and political haggling, Republican congressional lawmakers in Washington, D.C., came together to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill, President Donald Trump’s main policy agenda, last week. The act, which Trump signed into law at a ceremony Friday, sets out a spending plan and tax cuts for the country. With nearly 900 pages included in the far-reaching law, the legislation will affect health care, taxes, social safety nets, immigration and more. Here’s a look at the main components and how the changes could play out in Louisiana.
ä See CUTS, page 6A
ä See BILL, page 7A
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