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Today — 17 October 2025Main stream

U.S. B-52s and Helicopters Fly Near Venezuela in Show of Threats

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By: Eric Schmitt
17 October 2025 at 02:23
The Trump administration is sharply increasing U.S. military pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro.

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An Army Black Hawk helicopter with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in June.

Venture Capitalist Ron Conway Resigns From Board Over Benioff National Guard Comments

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By: Heather Knight
17 October 2025 at 03:00
Ron Conway stepped down from the board of Salesforce’s philanthropic arm after the company’s chief executive, Marc Benioff, said he supported President Trump and wanted the National Guard to come to San Francisco.

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Ron Conway, a prominent venture capitalist, resigned on Thursday from the board of Salesforce’s philanthropic arm.
Yesterday — 16 October 2025Main stream

Hegseth Warns U.S. Will Impose ‘Costs’ on Russia if Peace Efforts Falter

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By: Jeanna Smialek
16 October 2025 at 04:04
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels on Wednesday.

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

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By: Julian E. Barnes and Tyler Pager
16 October 2025 at 01:56
The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.

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Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, in Caracas last month. American officials have been clear, privately, that the Trump administration aims to drive Mr. Maduro from power.
Before yesterdayMain stream

What Are Tomahawk Missiles, and Why Might Trump Give Them to Ukraine?

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By: John Ismay
15 October 2025 at 23:32
Ukraine could receive a newly developed land-based launcher to strike Moscow and beyond.

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A Tomahawk cruise missile being launched toward Iraq from the USS San Jacinto in the Red Sea in 2003.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says

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By: Charlie Savage
15 October 2025 at 04:01
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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President Trump aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. The administration has not explained how a boat in the southern Caribbean Sea posed an imminent threat of armed attack that could prompt a right to use force in self-defense.

The Return of the ‘War Department’ Is a Message From Trump

✇NYT | China
By: David E. Sanger
6 September 2025 at 06:43
President Trump and his defense secretary say they want to return to the era when America won wars. They largely ignore the greatest accomplishment of the past 80 years: avoiding superpower conflict.
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