Maduro’s lawyer says U.S. blocking Venezuelan government from paying his legal fees

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela’s government from paying for the cost of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer says. Attorney Barry Pollack told a Manhattan federal judge in an email dated Feb. 20 that

At least 10 FBI staffers who worked on Mar-a-Lago case are fired, sources say

At least 10 FBI employees who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s retention of classified records after he left the White House in 2021 were fired on Wednesday, multiple sources told CBS News. The firings came after Reuters reported that the FBI had subpoenaed records of phone calls made by FBI Director

President Trump Delivers his 2026 State of the Union Address

During the State of the Union, President Trump awarded U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary acts of heroism, including injuries sustained during the capture of indicted narcoterrorist Nicolás Maduro. President Trump welcomed the Gold Medal-winning Team USA Men’s Olympic Hockey team into the House Chamber during his