Costa Rica swings right as voters embrace tough-on-crime leader amid surging violence
Costa Ricans have elected conservative populist Laura Fernández as their next president, according to preliminary results, making her the latest...
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An American Citizen Has Been Stuck in El Salvador’s Prison System Since the Biden Administration
When the cops arrived at a party in Cantón la Estancia, a tiny hamlet in the shadow of the San...
State Department issues security alert amid ‘heavy gunfire’ near US Embassy in Haiti
The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday alerted U.S. citizens of ongoing security operations north and south of the...
Trump Has Already Spent $500 Million Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities
President Donald Trump’s military occupations of American cities have already cost taxpayers half a billion dollars, according to a new...
While Threatening Greenland, Trump Also Threatens Iceland
In a speech about annexing Greenland, President Donald Trump on Wednesday also appeared to announce plans for the United States...
Greg Grandin on Trump’s “Universal Police Warrant”
How long will the United States claim control over Venezuela “Only time will tell,” President Donald Trump told the New...
Border Patrol Agents Shot Two People in Portland During Immigration Stop
Federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon, just one day after a killing by an Immigration...
Maduro capture echoes Noriega takedown that used rock music as psychological warfare against dictator
The U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday is reviving memories of the dramatic 1989...
“We Are Going to Run the Country”: Trump Boasts of Regime Change in Venezuela
President Donald Trump claimed early Saturday that the U.S. had spirited Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro out of the country and...
Right-Wing YouTuber Behind Viral Minnesota Fraud Video Has Long Anti-Immigrant History
The day after Christmas, far-right YouTuber Nick Shirley posted a video claiming to have exposed fraud at Somali-owned day care...
Bukele challenges Hillary Clinton to take El Salvador’s entire prison population after criticism
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele responded to allegations by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the conditions at the...
Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities
Alabama Deputy Solicitor general Robert Overing approached the podium at the U.S. Supreme Court on a mission: to convince the...
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
President Donald Trump has shattered the limits of executive authority by ordering the summary executions of individuals he deems members...
“Trump Has Appointed Himself Judge, Jury, and Executioner”
In September, The Intercept broke the story of the U.S. military ordering an additional strike on an alleged drug boat...
U.S. Realizes It Can Seize Boats After All
U.S. forces seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday, two government sources familiar with the matter...
