When CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana last week for a rare meeting with senior Cuban officials, he brought along one of the operators involved in the U.S. mission to capture then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News. Venezuela and Cuba were key allies before Maduro’s
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, N.Y., on May 22, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times SUFFERN, N.Y.—President Donald Trump highlighted a tax deduction enacted in his signature law last year at a campaign event for Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in New York’s Hudson Valley on May 22. The president highlighted
5/22: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Tulsi Gabbard resigns as national intelligence director; President Trump defends “anti-weaponization” fund despite GOP backlash. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); } View CBS News In Original CBS News Link
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (C) departs the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his release from detention in Pennsylvania in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 12, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A federal judge in Tennessee on May 22 dismissed criminal human smuggling charges pending against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Washington — A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday tossed out an indictment charging Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration last year, with human smuggling. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw granted Abrego Garcia’s effort to dismiss the criminal charges on the ground that the Justice Department’s prosecution was vindictive.
President Donald Trump during Kevin Warsh’s swearing in ceremony as the Federal Reserve chairman at the White House on May 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump said on May 22 he will not attend his eldest son’s upcoming nuptials. “While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and
Key GOP senator says he is crafting new legislation to stop Tehran from netting $2 million profit per ship Tom Cotton (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) is pressing the Trump administration to immediately sanction any country or entity helping Iran establish a “toll booth” in the Strait of Hormuz that could net