Support our journalism by making your most generous year-end gift now. All gifts doubled until midnight, December 31. Nick Schifrin Nick Schifrin Dan Sagalyn Dan Sagalyn Leave your feedbackIt is rare that a U.S. president would announce covert action publicly. But that is what President Trump did Monday when he acknowledged a strike on a […]
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Eyewitnesses describe mysterious explosion in northwest Venezuela – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeA firsthand account of an explosion along the Venezuelan coast on Dec. 18 is raising questions about who may have been responsible for the attack and whether it was connected to the U.S.’ escalating pressure campaign against the South American country.The arid coastal strip in the northwest […]
Trump news at a glance: president’s Kennedy Center name change is a sour note for these artists – The Guardian
More musical acts pull out of performances after Trump slaps his name on the building – key US politics stories from 30 December at a glanceThe list of musical artists canceling gigs at the Kennedy Center, which Donald Trump has attempted to rename the “Trump-Kennedy Center”, in Washington DC continues to grow.A second jazz band […]
Trump Administration Updates: Tanker Pursued by U.S. Claims Russian Protection, Officials Say – The New York Times
Trump Administration Updates: Tanker Pursued by U.S. Claims Russian Protection, Officials Say The New York Timessource
Ukraine peace plan ‘scares the bejesus out of us,’ officials say – Defense News
KYIV, Ukraine — A maximum of 800,000. That’s how many soldiers Ukraine’s military would be authorized to have under the current 20-point peace framework — a 20% cut from the roughly one million currently under arms, but a significant increase over the 600,000 originally proposed. That higher number was a concession Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]