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Trump Threatens Action Against Mexican Drug Cartels

Victoria, January 10 – United States President Donald Trump has intensified his aggressive stance following recent actions against Venezuela. After ordering a raid in Venezuela last week that led to the detention of President Nicolás Maduro at his Caracas residence, Trump has now turned his attention towards Mexico. Trump has accused Mexico of facilitating the […]

Donald Trump says he has never taken the ‘fat drug’ Ozempic, but this White House official has… | World News

Trump revealed he hasn’t used GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, despite joking about them publicly. The US president told The New York Times he has not used popular weight-loss drugs, adding that he “probably should.”President Donald Trump has publicly joked about friends and staff using what he calls “the fat drug.” But until now, he had never […]

Next target Mexico? After Venezuela op and Greenland threat, Trump eyes ‘drug cartels’; warns of land strikes

After, Venezuelan military op and threatening Greenland and Columbia, US President Donald Trump now seems to turn his attention to Mexico, to target drug cartels, following maritime attacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.“We are going to start now hitting land with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico,” said Trump […]

Vivek Ramaswamy’s ex-bodyguard arrested for drug trafficking; 261 parcels delivered including meth, fentanyl in Ohio

A former member of GOP leader Vivek Ramaswamy’s security team and his wife have been charged with drug trafficking, federal court records show. The arrest raised questions about the vetting of staff for the Ohio governor candidate, even though the ex-DOGE lead’s campaign says it acted immediately once it learned of the allegations.The pair, Justin […]

‘Appreciate his call and tone’: Colombia President ‘explains’ to Donald Trump drug ‘situation’; plan to meet in future

US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro had their first phone call after recent trading of harsh words. The 35-minute conversation happened just days after Trump accused Petro of drug trafficking and made threats about possible US military action in Latin America, like the one in Venezuela. Both leaders agreed to meet in […]

‘Major explosion in dock area’: US hits drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump announces

Donald Trump on Monday said that the United States had “hit” an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, which would mark the first known time the US carried out operations on land in Venezuela since a pressure campaign began against the President Nicolas Maduro government.“There was a major explosion in the dock […]

More than medicine: How a weight-loss drug helped US envoy free prisoners in Belarus | World News

Diplomacy rarely hinges on small talk, but in an unusual backchannel between Washington and Minsk, a casual exchange about weight loss became part of a negotiation that helped secure the release of political prisoners in Belarus. The episode centres on John P. Coale, a senior US envoy with close ties to President Donald Trump, and […]

‘Reviewing it right now’: Hegseth noncommittal on releasing video of sept 2 strike that killed survivors on alleged drug boat

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday declined to say whether the Pentagon will release video footage from the September 2 operation targeting an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean – an attack that killed eleven people and has drawn renewed scrutiny after reports that a second missile killed survivors of the initial strike.“We’re reviewing […]

‘No problem’: Trump backs release of alleged drug boat strike footage; repeats warning of land strikes in Venezuela

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would support the release of any footage of the multiple strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat from September 2, while backing the “decision to knock out the boats.” The Trump administration and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in particular have been under scrutiny in recent days after […]

‘Double-tap’ strike: Hegseth ordered second attack on Caribbean drug boat; here’s why

Pete Hegseth (File photo) The US military reportedly carried out a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2 to kill survivors.Defence secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly instructed the military before the operation to ensure no one survived. “The order was to kill everybody,” a source told Washington Post. America’s Spy […]