When the United States took Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his home on Saturday, it was 36 years to the day since U.S. forces captured another South American strongman: Panama’s Manuel Noriega. Their cases are both extraordinary and similar: both were indicted on drug-trafficking charges by federal grand juries in the U.S.; both were taken […]
Two people are hospitalized after reportedly being shot by federal Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday. The Portland Police Department said officers responded to a 911 call around 2:18 p.m, where they found a male and female with apparent gunshot wounds. The department said federal agents were involved. “We are still in the […]
Former reality television star Spencer Pratt has announced he’s running for Los Angeles’ next mayor. It comes a year after his home was gutted by the Pacific Palisades fire. Pratt said the city’s painfully slow rebuilding process prompted him to act. He and his wife, fellow former reality star Heidi Montag, rose to fame on reality shows including “The Hills,” ” I’m a Celebrity…Get Me […]
After days of sharp rhetoric and military posturing, Washington and Bogotá appear to be stepping back from the brink. U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro spoke by phone for the first time and agreed to pursue a future White House meeting, marking a sudden diplomatic thaw after a week of escalating tensions. […]
The Senate voted 52-47 Thursday to take up a resolution that could prevent President Donald Trump from launching further military actions in Venezuela without congressional approval. The vote — a response to a special forces operation last weekend in which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were taken into U.S. custody — allows for […]
Avelo Airlines has announced that it will no longer fly deportation flights for the U.S. government, citing public backlash. The airline began flying deportees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, despite protests from lawmakers in New York and Connecticut. CEO Andrew Levy announced the pivot in policy in an email to staff, […]
Newly released U.S. Coast Guard video shows American forces shadowing the tanker formerly known as the Bella 1 across the North Atlantic before seizing it under a federal warrant. The footage adds new detail to a weeks-long pursuit that U.S. officials said underscores how aggressively the administration is enforcing its embargo on Venezuelan oil. The […]
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed a woman while she was behind the wheel of an SUV, and protests quickly followed. Now, two very different accounts of the incident are colliding. Plus, a memorial in Salt Lake City becomes a crime scene. Two individuals are dead, at least six others wounded […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene has left Congress and is now openly questioning whether the Republican Party still has a place for her. For one of President Donald Trump’s most visible allies, it marks a sharp and public rupture with the movement she once embodied. In her first interview since resigning from the House on Monday, Greene told […]
Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) not only protects people who receive the shot but also reduces disease among those who are unvaccinated, a population-wide effect known as herd immunity, Swedish scientists reported in a new study published in the January edition of the medical journal, The Lancet Public Health. These findings come as the U.S. […]
