Author: Konstantin Toropin
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Hegseth censures Kelly after Democrats’ video urging troops to resist unlawful orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he censured Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. Hegseth said the censure — by itself simply a formal letter with little practical consequence — was “a necessary process…
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US captures Venezuela’s leader and his wife in a stunning operation and plans to prosecute them
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in a stunning military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office — the culmination of months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation. Maduro and his wife, taken overnight…
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Trump says the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It’s the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States. The…
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Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy ‘illegal orders’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy “illegal orders.” The Pentagon’s statement, posted on social media, cited a federal law…
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US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private sector players, U.S. officials said Thursday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not authorized…
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Trump calls for using US cities as ‘training ground’ for armed forces in unusual speech to generals
QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed using American cities as training grounds for the armed forces, with U.S. military might being deployed against what he described as the “invasion from within.” Addressing an audience of military brass abruptly summoned to Virginia, Trump outlined a muscular and at times norm-shattering view of…