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After Maduro, who’s next? Trump’s comments spur anxieties about his plans for Greenland and Cuba

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake of U.S. security interests, while his top diplomat declared the communist government in Cuba is “in

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Surprise interim leader Delcy Rodriguez emerges in Venezuela after Maduro’s capture

By MEGAN JANETSKY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As uncertainty simmers in Venezuela, interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro, captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation. Rodríguez served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, overseeing much of Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy

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Trump says that Ukraine didn’t target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters that U.S. officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week, disputing Kremlin claims that Trump had initially greeted with deep

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Maduro’s case will revive a legal debate over immunity for foreign leaders tested in Noriega trial

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro makes his first appearance in a New York courtroom Monday to face U.S. drug charges, he will likely follow the path taken by another Latin American strongman toppled by U.S. forces: Panama’s Manuel Noriega. Maduro was captured Saturday,

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Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

By REGINA GARCIA CANO, MATTHEW LEE, WILL WEISSERT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump has insisted that the U.S. would be

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College Basketball Scores

Sunday, Jan. 4 EAST Amherst 53, Wesleyan (CT) 45 Bates 90, Colby 72 Canisius 82, Sacred Heart 78 Central Connecticut 72, New Haven 61 Delaware 67, Kennesaw State 52 Fairfield 83, Niagara 75 Marist 83, Iona 38 Mercyhurst 74, Le Moyne 60 Merrimack 73, Manhattan 66 Montclair State 100, Albertus Magnus 89 Pace 78, Franklin

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US intervention in Venezuela could test Trump’s ability to hold GOP together in an election year

By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela will pose a fresh test of his ability to hold together a restive Republican coalition during a challenging election year that could be defined by domestic concerns like health care and affordability. While most Republicans lined up behind the president

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