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Trump voters weigh in on US seizure of Maduro in Venezuela
It’s only been days since an audacious U.S. raid snatched Nicolás Maduro from a Venezuelan military base and sped him to a Brooklyn prison, yet Detroit-area Trump supporter Aaron Tobin can already see it all playing out on the big screen. It’ll be the subject of movies for years to come, he predicts. “I am thrilled.” Plenty of others who…
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Donald Trump’s Venezuela risk brings risk to China’s plans
Laura BickerChina correspondent, Beijing Getty Images Xi Jinping has to contend with a more unpredictable Donald Trump than he had envisioned It took just a few hours for Donald Trump to upend a relationship that China had been cultivating for decades. Only hours before he was seized in a nighttime raid, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro had been praising his Chinese…
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Trump pushes back against Democrats’ criticism of Maduro raid
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least 24 Venezuelan security officers were killed in the dead-of-night U.S. military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face drug charges, officials said Tuesday. Venezuelan officials announced the death count as the country’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, pushed back on President Donald Trump, who earlier this week warned…
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As more seniors become homeless, shelters try to adapt : Shots
The Medically Vulnerable People (MVP) shelter in Sandy, Utah, is a remodeled two-story brick hotel. It serves people ages 62 and older, as well as people with health conditions that make it hard to live in a typical homeless shelter. Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio Just outside Salt Lake City, in Sandy, Utah,…
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California considers new wildfire rules for plants next to homes : NPR
After the heavy toll of the Los Angeles fires, California regulators are moving ahead with rules to limit or clear vegetation within five feet of homes, a zone where flammable materials pose a risk to houses. Apu Gomes/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Apu Gomes/Getty Images North America A typical single-family house is encircled by green, its shrubs…
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A Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement at the Capitol. Its whereabouts are unknown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy that day is nowhere to be found.It’s not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. Its whereabouts aren’t publicly known, though it’s believed to be in storage. READ MORE: Jan. 6 attack…
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‘A difficult year.’ How officers who defended the Capitol are grappling with efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump was inaugurated for the second time on Jan. 20, 2025, former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell put his phone on “do not disturb” and left it on his nightstand to take a break from the news. That evening, after Gonell spent time with family and took his dog on a long walk, his phone…
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Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Venezuela
Ambassador Mike Waltz U.S. Representative to the United Nations New York, New York AS DELIVERED Mr. President, thank you for chairing. And I particularly want to thank you, Ms. De Freitas, for your briefing. And I’ll point out that Ms. De Freitas is in exile having fled the regime. Thank you for your courage and thank you for shedding a light on…
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Bellingham staffer asked ChatGPT to ‘exclude’ vendor from city contract
The City of Bellingham is launching an independent investigation in response to public records uncovered by Cascade PBS and KNKX that show a city employee asking ChatGPT for help tipping the scales to ensure a preferred vendor would be awarded a large city contract last year. The ChatGPT messages were obtained through a public records request as part of our…
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Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns | Donald Trump
Donald Trump and his defense secretary Pete Hegseth are mounting an aggressive push to politicise the top ranks of the US military – a push that smacks of Stalinism and could take years to repair, the former infantry chief who trained troops to invade Iraq has warned. Maj Gen Paul Eaton has sounded the alarm, saying in an interview with…
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