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A former U.S. Marine and a Florida man who were imprisoned in Venezuela have sued President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly heading a vast “criminal enterprise” that uses American citizens as bargaining chips in negotiations with the U.S. The complaint filed Monday in Miami federal court by Matthew Heath and Osman…

Monday’s certification by Congress of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election was the first official step in the peaceful transfer of power. From outside the White House to the U.S. Capitol, the streets of Washington were blanketed in freshly fallen snow, the wintry scene providing the only…

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California in part to honor two tribes

Some artists hoping to lease their work to Florida cities for public exhibits are protesting a state law that requires government contractors to affirm they are not “engaged in a boycott of Israel.”