The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama. A still from the ...

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The secretary of state is shaping what could be the most consequential military actions of President Trump’s second term. The secretary of state is shaping what could be the most consequential ...

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