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CIA Drone Strike in Venezuela: First Known US Attack on Venezuelan Soil

Sources report the CIA carried out a drone strike on a Venezuelan port facility used to load drugs marking the first publicly known US strike on Venezuelan territory and escalating pressure on the Maduro regime

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98 - Number of arrests announced by DOJ in the Minnesota fraud probe

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If they don't disarm as they agreed to do, then there'll be hell to pay for them — Donald Trump

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"I just had a good and very productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia prior to my meeting, at 1:00 P.M. today, with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The meeting will take place in the main dining room of Mar-a-Lago. Press is invited. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT"