Venezuela’s Machado lauds Trump for ‘freedom’, urges 2027 elections | Elections News

Venezuela’s Machado lauds Trump for ‘freedom’, urges 2027 elections | Elections News

Nobel Peace Prize winner returns to Venezuela from exile, pressing for elections and criticising a controversial US oil deal with Caracas. Published On 30 Oct 202630 Oct 2026 Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has thanked US President Donald Trump’s administration for opening the “floodgate to freedom” by abducting President Nicolas Maduro in January. The…

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Grand jury declines to indict former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson, star witness of Jan. 6 committee

Grand jury declines to indict former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson, star witness of Jan. 6 committee

A federal grand jury Tuesday declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson — the former White House aide turned star witness against President Donald Trump — on criminal charges, a senior U.S. official confirmed to NBC News. Prosecutors were attempting to indict Hutchinson for statements she made about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021. The grand jury…

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Trump hopes to flatter Putin into negotiating on Ukraine, experts say

Trump hopes to flatter Putin into negotiating on Ukraine, experts say

WASHINGTON — In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has taken measures that strengthen Russia’s position and may rehabilitate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s soiled reputation in the international community. Trump returned to office vowing to swiftly end the Russia-Ukraine war, proclaiming last year that he was on “nobody’s side” except “humanity’s side.” But the neutral posture…

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Supreme Court rejects Trump policy restricting treatment for transgender prison inmates

Supreme Court rejects Trump policy restricting treatment for transgender prison inmates

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Trump administration cannot enforce a new policy that restricts treatment for transgender inmates in federal prison. The justices in a brief order rejected an emergency application filed by the administration that sought to block a lower court injunction against the proposal. There are about 1,000 transgender…

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