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Trump issues expletive-laden threat against Iran as details of US aviator’s rescue emerge

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In this image provided by Sepahnews, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s official website, wreckage is shown at what Iran’s state TV claimed was the site of a downed American transport plane and two helicopters involved in a rescue operation, in Isfahan province, Iran, April, 2026. (Sepahnews via AP) BY:  MATTHEW LEE, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, SAM METZ AND SAMY MAGDY WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump…
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has died. He was 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that…
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Here’s where Trump’s most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term

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BY  WILL WEISSERT Updated 8:13 AM EST, January 17, 2026   WASHINGTON (AP) — From toppling Venezuela’s leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing institutional checks and balances. Some of his ideas that once seemed implausible, if not outright fanciful,…
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US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

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By:  REGINA GARCIA CANO, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and ERIC TUCKER Updated 5:34 PM EST, January 3, 2026 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations….
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Trump welcomes Zelenskyy for talks, asserts Russia and Ukraine both want peace, however elusive

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By  WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Updated 2:27 PM EST, December 28, 2025   PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin truly want peace, as he welcomed the “brave” Ukrainian leader for talks at his Florida resort. “The two leaders want it to end,” Trump said…