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SA backs beleaguered Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro
Mr Pompeo later told reporters: "I am not going to speculate or hypothesise on what the USA will do next". "Either you stand with the forces of freedom, or you're in league with Maduro and his mayhem", Pompeo told the UN Security Council on Saturday during an emergency session called for by the U.S.
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Resignation over photos puts pressure on Florida governor
Ron DeSantis , submitted his resignation at 2 p.m., just hours after he testified about election lawsuits before a state legislative committee. Prior to his position, he had helped serve as Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County , FL.
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Louisiana: Suspect at large after 5 people shot, killed
Dakota Theriot was being sought on first-degree murder and other charges. WAFB reports that shortly after the bodies were discovered, police announced that a shooting at a home in Ascension Parish had left two people dead. Theriot is believed to be driving a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck with license plate number C583809. Authorities reportedly believe these shootings are connected.
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Louis officer charged after deadly game with revolver
Officer Katlyn Alix , 24, was fatally shot sometime before 12:56 a.m. Thursday when she was off-duty at a home in Carondelet with Hendren and another officer, police have said. The third officer had warned them against playing the game, reminding them they were police officers, and was about to leave the apartment when he heard the gun go off, according to the report.
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Trump Announces a Deal Has Been Reached to End the Government Shutdown
The deal to end the 35-day partial government shutdown does not include Trump's demand of $5.7 billion to build a wall at the country's southern border with Mexico . When Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross , whose estimated net worth runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars, was told in a television interview this week that government employees were visiting food banks , he said he was perplexed.
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Trump agrees to postpone State of the Union over government shutdown
Judge Napolitano: Why Should We Believe Dems Who Vow to Protect Civil Liberties? In his letter , Trump referred to Pelosi's initial January 3 invitation to speak on January 29, while ignoring her Jan.16 follow-up message requesting that, given the ongoing shutdown , he either postpone the annual address or submit his remarks in writing.