U.S. IMPOSES FIRST-EVER SANCTIONS ON CUBA’S MIGUEL DÍAZ-CANEL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
The United States announced sanctions Thursday against Miguel Díaz-Canel, the designated president of Cuba, citing “serious human rights violations” related to the government’s violent crackdown on mass protests in July 2021. This marks the first time the U.S. has directly sanctioned Díaz-Canel. The sanctions come under a U.S. policy that allows restrictions on foreign officials […]
U.S. APPEALS COURT BLOCKS PLEA DEAL FOR 9/11 MASTERMIND KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday overturned a military judge’s ruling that upheld a plea deal for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two alleged co-conspirators. The court found that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had the authority to rescind the agreements, which would have removed the possibility of the death penalty. The court’s […]
SON OF “EL CHAPO” PLEADS GUILTY TO U.S. DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
Ovidio Guzmán López, one of the sons of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, pleaded guilty Friday in a U.S. federal court to charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations. He is the first of “Los Chapitos” — the sons of El Chapo — to reach a plea deal with U.S. […]
TRUMP URGES GOP TO DEFUND PBS AND NPR THROUGH “RECESSIONS BILL”
Former President Donald Trump is urging Republican lawmakers to support his “Recessions Bill,” which includes a provision to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the agency that supports PBS and NPR. In a statement posted to social media, Trump criticized the outlets as biased and said they are “worse than CNN […]
TRUMP CLAIMS 300,000 MIGRANT CHILDREN WENT MISSING UNDER BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
President Donald Trump alleged this week that approximately 300,000 migrant children went missing during the Biden administration, claiming that his administration has already recovered 10,000 of them. The statement, which has not yet been independently verified, was made during public remarks as part of Trump’s renewed focus on immigration enforcement. “Something you haven’t reported — […]
