1 hour ago Court official dismisses Justice Department's misconduct complaint against a federal judge in DC

A court official has dismissed a Justice Department complaint that accused a federal judge of misconduct during hearings for a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops serving in the military

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6 h. ago World waits to see if Trump will attack Venezuela: President's top military adviser heads to region where US has gathered huge fleet of warships as pressure on Maduro to quit grows

Warships, aircraft and thousands of personnel have been moved into position over recent months, forming a deployment not seen since the US sent troops into Panama in 1989.

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25 h. ago Claims of systemic problems with BBC news coverage disputed by former adviser

Caroline Daniel tells MPs leaked memo by Michael Prescott that sparked resignations at BBC did not provide full pictureClaims of “serious and systemic problems” in the corporation’s coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans issues, which led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, have been disputed by a former adviser to the corporation.Deborah Turness, the head of BBC News, also resigned after the allegations by Michael Prescott, a PR executive and former independent external adviser to the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee (EGSC). Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Pentagon investigating US senator over call for troops to refuse illegal orders

Investigation of Mark Kelly after Trump accused Democrats in video of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’The Pentagon says it is investigating the Arizona senator Mark Kelly for possible breaches of military law after the federal lawmaker joined a handful of other Democrats in a video calling for US troops to refuse unlawful orders.It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. Until Donald Trump’s second presidency, the institution in charge of the US military had usually strived to appear apolitical. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago The ‘war on terror’ has killed millions. Trump is reviving it in Venezuela | Daniel Mendiola

After decades of terrorizing civilians in the name of fighting terror, the White House is trying to do it with even less oversightFor the last two months, US forces have amassed outside Venezuela and carried out a series of lethal strikes on civilian boats. The Trump White House has ordered these actions in the name of fighting “narco-terrorists” – a label apparently applicable to anyone suspected of participating in drug trafficking near Latin American coastlines. More than 80 people have already been killed in these pre-emptive strikes, and war hawks are calling for expanded military action to depose the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.Watching this play out, I am reminded of a passage from the geographer Stuart Elden’s award-winning 2009 book, Terror and Territory. In discussing how to study the “war on terror”, Elden observed that it did not make sense to study terrorism as something unique to non-state actors.Daniel Mendiola is a professor of Latin American history and mig...

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49 h. ago Majority of Americans say Trump needs to show evidence that boats US is blowing up are really carrying drugs

A majority of Americans oppose war with Venezuela and believe President Donald Trump needs to provide evidence to justify military action against the nation

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3 d. ago The experimental aircraft that could bring back supersonic air travel

A ban on non-military supersonic aircraft was lifted by US president Donald Trump, Malcolm Claus writes

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5 d. ago Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’

US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal ordersUS politics live – latest updatesDemocrats expressed outrage after Donald Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of engaging in “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH” and that they should be arrested after they posted a video in which they told active service members they should refuse illegal orders.The video, released on Tuesday, features six Democratic lawmakers who have previously served in the military or in intelligence roles, including senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, and representatives Maggie Goodlander, Chris Deluzio, Chrissy Houlahan and Jason Crow. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots

Release of report comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan presidentThe White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA’s role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report’s publication reveal.The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research group, as it sought to highlight the report’s significance amid conjecture that Donald Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, amid a massive US military build-up against the country. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The US border town that’s undergone a dramatic transformation after Trump’s immigration crackdown

Some locals say they ‘are just waiting for Donald Trump to finish his term to see what will happen’

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6 d. ago Venezuelan man came to the US legally 10 years ago. Now he’s in Florida ICE lockup and family worries he’s had a heart attack

EXCLUSIVE: Ricardo Páez fled Venezuela after being kidnapped. Now, after 10 years of living a suburban dream with his wife and dog in Pembroke Pines, he's been detained by ICE and is suffering behind bars as he faces deportation to parts unknown, his family tells Brendan Rascius

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8 d. ago US will label supposed Venezuelan drug cartel ‘headed by Maduro’ as terrorist organization

Experts believe decision is designed to pressure Venezuela’s leader into stepping down with threat of military forceIs US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?The US has said it will designate a putative Venezuelan drug cartel allegedly led by Nicolás Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization, as the Trump administration sent more mixed messages over its crusade against Venezuela’s authoritarian leader.The move to target the already proscribed group, the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns), was announced by Marco Rubio on Sunday. “Headed by the illegitimate Nicolás Maduro, the group has corrupted the institutions of government in Venezuela and is responsible for terrorist violence conducted by and with other designated FTOs as well as for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe,” the US secretary of state tweeted, generating excitement among hardline adversaries of Maduro who interpreted the announcement as proof Washington was preparin...

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1 week ago Trump says stopping suspected drug boats doesn't work. But the US reports record cocaine seizures

President Donald Trump has justified American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs by saying the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels has been a major failure

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1 week ago Voices: President Trump is right: Nigeria needs foreign military support to eliminate insecurity

It is a fundamental state responsibility to ensure the protection of its own citizens. Nigeria’s government has failed and must now seek support from allies, including the United States, writes Prince Adewole Adebayo

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1 week ago US strikes against boats in Caribbean ‘disregard international law’, French minister says

G7 foreign ministers questioned Marco Rubio about the attacks on what the Trump administration claims are drug smugglersStakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the CaribbeanIs US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is facing questions from his fellow G7 foreign ministers about the legality of the US strikes in the Caribbean on ships it says it suspects of carrying drugs.The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, criticised the military operations, saying they could contribute to instability in the region, but his suggestion that the attacks were unlawful was also a rare criticism of the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Venezuela ‘preparing guerrilla response in case of US attack’ as world’s largest aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean

Government officials publicly have been dismissive of a U.S. military threat, though they have called for peace

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2 w. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump moves huge aircraft carrier closer to Venezuela amid attack rumours

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has moved into the Caribbean, amid Donald Trump's war on drug cartels and US warships have gathered off the coast of Venezuela

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2 w. ago Donald Trump moves huge aircraft carrier closer to Venezuela amid attack rumours

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has moved into the Caribbean, amid Donald Trump's war on drug cartels and US warships have gathered off the coast of Venezuela

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2 w. ago Major UK airport warning after 'electricity failure' disrupts transport links

Travellers looking to head to Gatwick Airport have been advised to allow more time to travel on your journey after an electricity failure has caused train chaos for many this morning

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2 w. ago Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage

Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speechTim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...

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