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CNN speaks to man who exfiltrated Venezuelan opposition leader

The US special forces veteran whose rescue team spirited Nobel laureate María Corina Machado out of Venezuela has begged her not to return to the country, after a perilous extraction mission that lasted nearly 16 hours and was carried out largely in the middle of the night through rough waters.“Overwhelmingly, this is the hardest, most high profile, most delicate operation we’ve conducted,” Grey Bull Rescue Foundation founder Bryan Stern told CNN on Friday.Stern told a virtual press conference earlier that Machado had boarded a boat that set sail from the Venezuelan coast to a rendezvou

Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim

Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state

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Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests

Iran introduced a new pricing tier Saturday for its nationally subsidized gasoline, attempting to rein in spiraling costs for the first time since a price hike in 2019 that sparked nationwide protests and a crackdown that reportedly killed over 300 people. Cheap gasoline has been viewed for generations as a birthright in Iran, sparking mass demonstrations as far back as 1964 when a price increase forced the shah to put military vehicles on the streets to replace those of striking taxi drivers. But Iran’s theocracy faces a growing squeeze from the country’s rap

Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones launches campaign for Alabama governor

Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes force mass evacuations

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TSA renews push to end collective bargaining agreement for airport security screeners

The Transportation Security Administration is renewing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's push to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers — the second such attempt this year, coming just a month after the longest government shutdown on record. The agency said Friday the move relies on a September memo from Noem — issued months after a federal judge blocked her earlier directive — that says TSA screeners “have a primary function of national security” and therefore should not engage in collective bargaining or be represe

Problems with commercial driver's licenses for immigrants found in 8 states so far

Department of Labor hosts first-ever prayer service, including a message from a right-wing rabbi

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Commander in charge of US military operations in the Caribbean retires after clashes with Hegseth over boat strikes

Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of US Southern Command who reportedly clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the legality of US military strikes in the Caribbean, officially retired on Friday in a ceremony in Florida where he handed the reins of the command to his deputy.Holsey thanked his wife, his sons — one of whom is a currently deployed Naval aviator — and others who attended the event.“I’m reminded that in life, we don’t remember days, we remember moments. Those we lead don’t follow titles, they follow courage, and they remember the moments and how you made the

Trump sued over East Wing demolition

The nation’s top historic preservation group is suing the Trump administration to block construction of President Donald Trump’s plans for a massive new White House ballroom until review boards weigh in on the project.The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a congressionally chartered non-profit tasked with preserving historic buildings, said it was bringing the suit because its previous letter urging a pause on the project had gone unheeded.The group, which alleges the construction project is “unlawful,” is asking the US District Court for the District of Columbia to halt furthe

New coins will commemorate 250th anniversary of American independence. Here's how they'll look

Guardsman wounded in shooting can now breathe on his own as doctors hail ‘miraculous’ recovery

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Bodycam footage shows the moment police confront Luigi Mangione at a McDonald's last year

For two weeks now, a rotating cast of police officers have arrived to a Manhattan courtroom to lay out exactly what happened the day Luigi Mangione was arrested and accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.Two questions are at the heart of this lengthy pre-trial suppression hearing: Was the search of Mangione’s backpack in Altoona, Pennsylvania, last year legal? And did officers properly read him his Miranda rights?If the judge rules for the defense, prosecutors may not be allowed to show the jury key pieces of evidence in the case, including the 3D-printed firearm, loaded maga

House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate

House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew. The dozens of photos initially released by Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee were a small part of more than 95,000 they received from the estate of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. The photos released Friday were separate from the case files that the Department of Justice is now under compulsion to release, but anticipation is gr

New photos released from Epstein’s estate showing Trump, Bannon, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people

More atmospheric rivers coming for flooded Washington and the West Coast

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Trump says he's sealed Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire, but fighting continues

President Donald Trump said Friday that Thai and Cambodian leaders had agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes, even as Thai and Cambodian officials suggested there is still work to do to get the ceasefire that the U.S. administration had helped broker earlier this year back on track. Trump announced the agreement to restart the ceasefire in a social media posting following calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. “They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the origi

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Special forces veteran who rescued Machado begs her not to return to Venezuela

Trump honors 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ Olympic team with a new gold medal

Venezuelan opposition leader says she aims for a peaceful transition after Maduro

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FDA approves first new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in decades, with hope to combat drug resistance

For the first time in decades, the US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection is growing harder to treat, and cases continue to climb nationwide.The FDA announced Friday that it has approved zoliflodacin, sold under the name Nuzolvence, as a single-dose oral treatment for gonorrhea in the urogenital area in adults and adolescents 12 and older who weigh at least 77 pounds. The medication is administered as granules that dissolve in water. The nonprofit Global Antibiotic Researc

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House Republicans throw federal labor unions a lifeline in a rare rebuke of Trump

A group of House Republicans handed President Donald Trump a rare rebuke on Thursday, voting to restore collective bargaining rights he had stripped from about 1 million federal workers earlier this year.But the legislation still faces significant hurdles before it can become law and aid the unions and their members. Trump has moved to void labor contracts for about 700,000 federal workers as part of his move to take more control of the federal workforce. He wants to defund their unions by ending the practice of collecting union dues from workers’ paychecks.Trump signed an unprecedented exec