1 week ago Senate to vote on legislation to stop unauthorized war against Venezuela – US politics live

Bipartisan proposal follows reports Trump administration is considering land strikes within the countryAs the US federal shutdown enters its second month, government workers are accusing the Trump administration of being “out of control” and bullying people who are “simply trying to do their best”.The shutdown surpassed 35 days this week, beating the previous record set under Donald Trump’s first presidential term. About 700,000 federal employees are furloughed without pay, and about 700,000 additional federal workers have been working without pay through the shutdown. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

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2 w. ago Trump administration strikes $80 billion nuclear reactor deal

The plan represents one of the most ambitious U.S. investments in atomic energy in decades

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2 w. ago US kills 14 as it strikes four ‘drug boats’ in the Pacific in latest attack, Pete Hegseth says

More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels

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2 w. ago US kills 14 as it strikes three ‘drug boats’ in the Pacific in latest attack, Pete Hegseth says

More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels

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3 w. ago Trump administration: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as at least 34 killed in ongoing campaign

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said ‘narco-terrorists’ have ‘no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere’

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3 w. ago University of Virginia strikes deal to pause Trump administration investigations

The U.S. Justice Department has announced an agreement with the University of Virginia to pause civil rights investigations

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as at least 34 killed in ongoing campaign

At least 34 people have died in the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats

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3 w. ago Trump administration announces another strike on alleged drug

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel

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3 w. ago Trump administration’s strikes against Venezuela amount to ‘extrajudicial executions’, UN experts say

President Donald Trump has ordered attacks on at least seven suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean in recent months

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3 w. ago Republican senators indicate they won’t confirm Trump special counsel pick after ‘Nazi streak’ comments – US politics live

Senate majority leader John Thune reportedly says Paul Ingrassia is ‘not gonna pass’The Central Intelligence Agency is providing the bulk of the intelligence used to carry out the controversial lethal air strikes by the Trump administration against small, fast-going boats in the Caribbean Sea suspected of carrying drugs from Venezuela, according to three sources familiar with the operations.Experts say the agency’s central role means much of the evidence used to select which alleged smugglers to kill on the open sea will almost certainly remain secret. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say

Exclusive: sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal interceptsThe Central Intelligence Agency is providing the bulk of the intelligence used to carry out the controversial lethal air strikes by the Trump administration against small, fast-going boats in the Caribbean Sea suspected of carrying drugs from Venezuela, according to three sources familiar with the operations. Experts say the agency’s central role means much of the evidence used to select which alleged smugglers to kill on the open sea will almost certainly remain secret.The agency’s central role in the boat strikes has not previously been disclosed. Donald Trump confirmed last Wednesday that he had authorized covert CIA action in Venezuela, but not what the agency would be doing. Continue reading...

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