Trump’s show of force toward Venezuela has created a disastrous political trap — for Venezuelans most of all.

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Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, is likely to emphasize his history of fighting President Trump, an approach that many Democratic voters say they want their elected officials to take.

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Fátima Bosch was crowned in Thailand on Friday. The competition got off to a rocky start this month when she briefly walked out after being scolded by an organizer.

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President Trump was reacting to a video that reminded members of the military that they are not supposed to obey illegal orders.

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A lawsuit challenges fines of up to $1.8 million imposed on immigrants remaining in the U.S. illegally despite their efforts to comply with federal immigration laws.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced on Thursday he is launching a campaign for California governor in 2026.

Thirteen people were hospitalized and two are in critical condition, the department said. It originally misreported that 15 had been sickened at Tyler Farms, which doesn't exist.

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the 13-year civil war. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

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As some lawmakers press U.S. universities to curtail ties with China, a postdoctoral student’s prosecution raises questions about how big the danger actually is.

It was just not the Bills' night.

I guessed it would be worth a couple of hundred pounds at most, but it was a preparatory print for his famous 1639 etching The Goldweigher

My father died 20 years ago, when I was 26, and my mother died 10 years later. I’ve always felt grateful that one of the things they passed on to me was a love of art. My dad, Alan Barlow, was a stage designer, a Benedictine monk and then, after marrying my mother, Grace – who was a GP – he became a full-time artist.

In his studio in Norfolk, there were two big Victorian plan chests, where he stored paper and sketches he had created. He was also an art collector and some of the drawers contained artworks he had bought but didn’t have wall space for. For a long time, I didn’t feel ready to go through everything in his studio. I always felt connected to him when I went in there.

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Milan allegations link Aleksandar Vučić to 1990s shootings of civilians in Bosnian capital by Italians and others

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A Croatian investigative reporter has filed a complaint with Milan prosecutors against the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, for his alleged involvement in the “Sarajevo safari” affair, in which snipers from Italy and other countries allegedly travelled to the Bosnian capital to kill civilians during the four-year siege of the city in the 1990s.

Last week, Milan prosecutors launched an investigation aimed at identifying the Italians allegedly involved on charges of voluntary murder aggravated by cruelty and abject motives.

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Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country

At first sight, few suspected that Francisco Franco might become a strongman capable of imposing a brutal dictatorship across four decades. He was a short, squeaky voiced army officer with a shaky grasp on non-military matters and zero charisma. Yet he did exactly that, before dying of natural causes in a Madrid hospital, 50 years ago this week.

Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious. Behind the dull facade lay a slippery, clever operator. Franco’s ambition was underpinned by an iron will, a glib indifference to violence and unbounded self-esteem.

Giles Tremlett is the author of El Generalisimo and Ghosts of Spain

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St. John’s showed more of an edge Thursday night, especially on the glass. Rick Pitino has wanted to see more physicality from what he has called his “finesse” team, and saw some of that in the 14th-ranked Johnnies’ 97-49 rout of Bucknell at Carnesecca Arena. St. John’s was plus-22 in rebounding, had 44 points in...

Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field

Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, has been telling users the world’s richest person is smarter and more fit than anyone in the world, in a raft of recently deleted posts that have called into question the bot’s objectivity.

Users on X using the artificial intelligence chatbot in the past week have noted that whatever the comparison – from questions of athleticism to intelligence and even divinity – Musk would frequently come out on top.

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NFL referee Adrian Hill was carted off the field after suffering a non-contact injury during Thursday night's game between the Bills and Cardinals. 

Brian Cashman said it before Trent Grisham accepted the qualifying offer, and he doubled down on it two days after.

It’s an exciting Conference IV showdown for the Nassau title as Seaford seeks a “revenge tour” against the group that handed the team its only 2025 loss and eliminated it in last year’s semifinals.

A 28-point peace plan floated by U.S. and Russian envoys would force Ukraine to cede large chunks of territory taken by Russia, cap the size of its military and lift sanctions on Moscow over time, acceding to many of President Vladimir Putin’s wartime demands. Read More

Bills kick returner Ray Davis gave himself an amazing birthday present during Thursday's game against the Texans.

While the bar was set pretty low early on, the Nets have shown improvement on defense after opening the season with some of the worst stats in the NBA.

On Nov. 14, Braselton Mayor Jennifer Scott and the town council all honored Steffman for his two decades of service. He was named the chief of police in May 2025, according to his LinkedIn.

776 air traffic controllers received $10,000 bonuses for working every day during the record-long 43-day government shutdown.

The radical Islamic terror group, which is a longstanding ally of al Qaeda and considered a threat to US interests, has likely been the beneficiary of money stolen in a spate of scams and sent to Somalia by the criminals defrauding the North Star State, City Journal reported on Wednesday, citing federal counterterrorism sources.