U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive.
The conditions were treacherous in the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles off the Mexico–Guatemala border. There were gale-force winds and...
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Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
The library is seen through a window at the Rensselaer County Jail in Troy, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Photo: Lori...
Officials Dispute Trump Explanation of El Paso Airspace Closure: “There Was Not a Threat”
Two U.S. government officials and a member of Congress pushed back on Wednesday on Trump administration claims about the reasons...
“Terrorist”: How ICE Weaponized 9/11’s Scarlet Letter
The word “terrorist” wasn’t coined on September 11, 2001, but the defining event of the early 21st century ushered it...
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...
Venezuela releases all known American detainees after Maduro’s capture and government takeover
All known American citizens being held in Venezuela have been released, the U.S. Embassy said Friday evening. "We are pleased to...
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...
Lindsey Graham says there’s ‘strong consensus’ to protect Kurds as Syrian forces advance on territory
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo both issued dire warnings about the pressing need to...
Netanyahu agrees to join Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace after initial pushback
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he would join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace, after previously criticizing...
Danish Forces Are Mandated to Fire Back if U.S. Attacks Greenland
The Trump administration has threatened that if it can’t buy Greenland, it may take it by military force. Top aide...
With Venezuela, the U.S. Is Back in the Business of Empire
Pro-government supporters attend a rally a day after the capture of Nicolas Maduro by US forces on January 4, 2026...
The U.S. Is Leaving Boat Strike Survivors to Drown
The United States left the survivors of a recent boat strike to die at sea, formally abandoning search efforts Friday....
Pentagon Official on Venezuela War: “Following the Old, Failed Scripts”
Early Saturday morning, after cloud cover lifted, elite Army Delta Force commandos moved in. With support from CIA covert operators...
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...
