So, here we go again: The old blood-for-oil feint. Never mind the fact that, despite the fact Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, mismanagement by the governments of Hugo Chavez and Nicolás Maduro left production at brutally low levels. Also never mind the fact that virtually...

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Elon Musk, who supported the American raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, has now stepped up to support the people of Venezuela in the aftermath of Maduro’s removal. “Starlink is providing free broadband service to the people of Venezuela through February 3, ensuring continued connectivity,” the Musk-owned company posted...

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A couple of centrist House Democrats are reportedly upset with their more leftist peers for publicly complaining about the Trump administration's capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. One swing-district House Democrat anonymously told Axios that this idea that "everything Trump touches must be bad" held by the Democratic base is...

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Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced Monday that he will not seek reelection for another term later this year. Walz, 61, claimed in a statement that he could not give another political campaign his full attention after initially announcing a bid for a third term. The governor’s decision follows weeks...

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Vice President J.D. Vance responded Monday to the attack on his Cincinnati home earlier in the day and asked the media to stop showing the damage done for the sake of his children. Authorities arrested Kentucky resident William DeFoor, 26, overnight after he allegedly used a hammer to smash windows...

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Two weeks after being convicted of felony obstruction for helping an illegal alien evade an Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest, left-wing activist Judge Hannah Dugan has resigned. The violent criminal that Dugan harbored was Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who entered the United States illegally in January 2013. Shortly afterward, he was arrested...

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Monday that the Pentagon is reviewing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona’s retirement status with an eye to reducing his pension. In a post on X, Hegseth said the review was the result of a video that urged members of the military to disobey...

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Take it from a lifelong Pittsburgh Steelers fan: On Sunday night, the arch-rival Baltimore Ravens shone brightest in defeat. Indeed, no one shone brighter than Ravens rookie kicker Tyler Loop, whose missed field goal as time expired gave the Steelers the AFC North division noscript and brought Baltimore's season to...

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President Donald Trump is keeping up the pressure on Venezuela’s interim leader to work with the U.S. and not against it. Immediately after the U.S. raid that captured dictator Nicolás Maduro, Trump said Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez would collaborate with the United States to govern Venezuela. Later Saturday, she...

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Federal immigration agents are swarming Minnesota amid the state’s widening fraud scandal. The agents will focus on the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, according to CBS News, which cited as its source multiple law enforcement officials it did not name. More than 2,000 agents and officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

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A Hilton-branded hotel chain property in Minneapolis allegedly sent an email announcing that reservations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other Department of Homeland Security officials would be cancelled. The email appears to be from the Hampton Inn by Hilton in Lakeville, Minnesota. It informed the recipient that reservations for...

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It appears that an early morning raid and subsequent capture has done little to dull Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro's insistence that he's the country's rightful ruler -- or his insistence that he's innocent. According to multiple reports, Maduro had his first day in court on Monday, just days after his...

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It shouldn't take a legal expert to tell you that Venezuelan strongman and alleged narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro is facing some serious charges. But at least one legal expert decided to shed a little more light on just how serious things are after parsing through the superseding indictment. The findings of...

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Protesters for and against the removal of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power clashed Monday outside a New York City courthouse where he was arraigned. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism, weapons, and cocaine importation charges contained in a federal indictment. The New York...

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It's a long way from a presidential palace to a prison cell -- and ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro is finding that out in real time. The former El Señor Presidente, once known as much for his macho braggadocio as for devastating his country, was spirited from his opulent digs...

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When a daring early morning raid successfully captured alleged narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro Saturday, many wondered what was next for the Venezuelan strongman. It appears to be nothing good. But as Maduro was charged with a litany of serious charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy and cocaine importation conspiracy, many others naturally began...

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As Minnesota is gripped in the throes of very serious fraud allegations plaguing the state, the administration of President Donald Trump appears to be casting an even wider net to combat those who would potentially funnel taxpayer funds to non-citizens. According to the New York Post, the president is now...

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This is how dictatorships begin. Ten people were just found guilty in France for “cyberbullying” the country’s first lady, according to France24. These weren't threats. Nor violence. Nor blackmail. It was speech -- ugly, stupid, conspiratorial speech, in this writer's opinion -- aimed at a powerful public figure who sits...

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While it's not exactly a surprise that anti-Donald Trump Democrats and leftists are slamming the president's successful capture of alleged Venezuelan narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro, what may be somewhat surprising is the line of attack they're using to decry it. Take, for instance, what failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris had to...

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For any who lived through the 1980s and certainly those of us who came of age politically during that time, it feels like déjà vu. And this sense was only heightened by the daring nighttime military operation to apprehend Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro for leading a narco-terrorist state. During the...

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice posted a statement from Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson on Sunday revealing Hanson had a cancerous tumor removed after an operation. Hanson told the audience of his podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” on Dec. 26 that he would be...

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