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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro has vowed to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty as tensions rise over the deployment of U.S. warships in the Caribbean. He urged President Donald Trump to engage in dialogue to avoid conflict. The remarks late Friday came three days after the Trump administration said U.S. forces carried out a strike in the Caribbean, sinking a boat it claimed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, tried to defend his efforts to pull back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and explain the turmoil he has created at federal health agencies. Kennedy said the fired CDC director was untrustworthy, stood by his past anti-vaccine rhetoric, and …

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had fans doing a double take when he attended the 2025 Venice International Film Festival. The wrestler-turned-actor debuted a noticeably slimmer appearance at the Miu Miu Women’s Tales event ahead of the premiere of his movie The Smashing Machine. Dwayne wore a light blue short-sleeved silk shirt paired with black pants. Highlights Dwayne Johnson stunned fans …

Trump officials defend lethal strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat  The Washington Post Rubio promises more strikes on Venezuelan cartels: ‘We’re not going to sit back anymore’  Fox News Trump administration says more operations against cartels coming  Reuters Hegseth warns “narco-terrorists will face the same fate” after U.S. military strikes boat off Venezuela  CBS News Was Trump’s Venezuelan boat attack a ‘war crime’? Experts …

Nearly 600 economists signed an open letter Tuesday warning that President Donald Trump‘s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook threatens the central bank’s independence and erodes trust in a key pillar of the U.S. financial system. “Good economic policy requires credible monetary institutions. Credible monetary institutions, in turn, require the independence of the Federal Reserve,” they wrote in …

At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’  The Washington Post ‘Trump’s private army’: inside the push to recruit 10,000 immigration officers  The Guardian Who Wants to Work for ICE? They Do.  The Atlantic Trump freezes most training for non-ICE federal law enforcement  Government Executive ICE is hiring 10,000 agents. Some unexpected people want to join the Trump crackdown  Los Angeles …

American military warships are positioning themselves off the shores of Venezuela in what Pentagon officials are calling a counter-narcotics mission targeting Latin American cartels. The display of force has led President Nicolás Maduro to call up millions of workers, farmers, and fishers to serve as a bulwark to an unknown threat. As many as eight missile destroyers and nuclear submarines …

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The future contract of Cowboys star pass rusher Micah Parsons isn’t the only one in question. Parsons has a pending grievance against the NFL and the Cowboys regarding his current contract, a person familiar with the situation told The Dallas Morning News. Pro Football Talk was first to report the existence of the grievance. Related Parsons is entering the last …

Russia’s top diplomat joins ‘Meet the Press’ to defend actions in Ukraine  Politico Russia’s Lavrov outlines terms for Ukraine peace: big power security guarantee and no NATO  Reuters Russia’s foreign minister derides ‘clumsy’ Western efforts on Ukraine war as NATO meets  CBC Russia’s Lavrov Says West Trying to ‘Block’ Ukraine Peace Talks  The Moscow Times Limits of Trump’s diplomacy clear as Moscow balks at …