Poll: What Americans think about Trump's military intervention abroad

WASHINGTON (AP) – More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted Jan. 8-11, after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture.

US suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries

WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department said it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States. Secretary Marco Rubio, said it had instructed consular officers to halt immigrant visa applications from the countries affected.

Canadian PM Mark Carney begins landmark 4-day visit to China

BEIJING (AP) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday night, beginning a four-day visit designed to repair foundering relations between the two nations as Canada looks to develop ties with countries other than the United States.

Trump set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader after cozying up to Maduro's successor

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolás Maduro before the United States captured him in an audacious military raid this month.

FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter in classified documents probe

WASHINGTON (AP) – FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said. Hannah Natanson had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized in the search of her Virginia home, the Post reported.

In his own words: Stephen Miller's arguments for White House actions

WASHINGTON (AP) – More than a year before an American military operation deposed Nicolás Maduro, a senior aide to President Donald Trump argued that the Venezuelan leader had been dispatching gang members into the United States.

House GOP's new Jan. 6 committee questions what happened that day

WASHINGTON (AP) – One week after the nation marked the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the history of what happened that day is being reconsidered, revised and reassessed by the party in power.

Iran closes its airspace to commercial aircraft

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran closed its airspace to commercial flights for hours without explanation early Thursday as tensions remained high with the United States over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.

Trump lawyers blessed US operation to remove Maduro from power

WASHINGTON (AP) – Days before the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from power, Trump administration lawyers blessed the action by saying it would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests,” according to a legal opinion that articulates a muscular view of presidential power.