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The U.S. military has struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men. U.S. Southern Command posted video on social media Wednesday showing a boat resting on the water before being struck by an explosion. A day earlier, U.S. forces had launched a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing one man and leaving two survivors. The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has gone on since early September and killed at least 196 people in total. The military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs.
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The Trump administration has placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country’s newly created agency that is trying to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The move Wednesday, first reported by The Associated Press, is the latest U.S. effort to use economic leverage on top of military action to push Iran’s leadership into an agreement to end the war and open the waterway where a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas normally passes. President Donald Trump has said a deal is imminent, but talks are ongoing.
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The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. That's according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials. It's the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the oil-rich nation. It’s unclear whether prosecutors had implicated Rodriguez in any crimes or whether investigators were moving toward an indictment. A Justice Department spokesperson said in an email “there was never an investigation into her to shut down.”
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Less than six months ago, the inauguration of centrist President Rodrigo Paz seemed to usher in a new reality for Bolivians reeling from the worst economic crisis in a generation. Now, that optimism has been replaced by dread as violent protests shake the government of this new Trump administration ally. Demonstrators wielding dynamite have blockaded major cities, leading to shortages of food, fuel and medical supplies. Indigenous and rural Bolivians have called on Paz to step down. Here are five things to know as Paz approves a law that could pave a way for him to declare a state of emergency.
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Former first lady Jill Biden feared her husband was having a stroke as she watched him stumble through his disastrous June 2024 debate performance. Then-President Joe Biden's shaky debate against Donald Trump fueled fears among voters that he was too old for a second term and led to the end of his 2024 reelection campaign. Jill Biden tells CBS 69 in an interview airing Sunday that she was "frightened” while watching her husband because she “had never ever seen Joe act like that before or since.” The former first lady is promoting a book due out next week, “View from the East Wing: A Memoir.”
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FILE - First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event at the White House in Washington, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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President Donald Trump says he plans to take in an NBA Finals game in New York when the series comes to Madison Square Garden next month. Trump says New York Knicks owner James Dolan asked Trump to join him when the Knicks play either the San Antonio Spurs or the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Knicks reached the finals for the first time since 1999 after sweeping Cleveland in the Eastern Conference finals. Trump, a New York native, praised the Knicks' performance and called their return to the championship round after decades of futility "great to see."
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Attorneys for former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon argue in a new court filing that recent examples of grand jury misconduct by the U.S. Department of Justice across the country warrant the release of transcripts from the normally secretive proceedings in his case. Lemon made the new arguments in a court filing Wednesday. Lemon pleaded not guilty in February to federal civil rights charges, following a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Lemon’s attorneys argue that “the past 15 months have seen an unprecedented and growing distrust in the Justice Department’s use of the grand jury process.”
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A redistricting effort ahead of the November elections has reshaped congressional voting districts for millions of Americans. Since President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts last year, Republicans in several states have enacted new maps that could help them win additional seats in the midterms. Louisiana is expected to join soon, and Alabama Republicans are appealing a court decision blocking a map they support. Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats, while Democrats think they could gain six from new districts in California and Utah. The redistricting battle continues across several states.
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President Donald Trump, center right, attends a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room, at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)