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Donald Trump secretly authorised the CIA to spy on Venezuela in an escalation of his drug war with Nicolas Maduro, the country’s president.

Protestors in cities across the country gathered to express discontent with the Trump administration. Trump revoked the visas of six foreigners due to comments made against Charlie Kirk, and the CIA was confirmed to be conducting covert operations in Venezuela after recent maritime attacks against alleged drug smuggling boats from the country.

A classified Justice Department opinion has given President Trump sweeping authority to authorise lethal strikes on a secret list of Latin American drug cartels. The memo underpins recent Pentagon and CIA operations,

The Justice Department has fired two of the highest-level prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia, two sources told CBS News, just days after President Trump ousted the U.S. attorney there.

Is Ashley Tellis’s arrest part of a crackdown on experts that the Trump administration sees as having divided loyalties?

U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel listen while U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst