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Michael Wilner

www.latimes.com
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Trump's playbook falters in crisis response to Minneapolis shooting
Damage from the latest fatal shooting in Minneapolis by federal agents continued to reverberate Sunday, creating political jeopardy for the president.
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News Analysis: A playbook emerges to counter Trump as 'middle powers' unite
The Greenland crisis has proved to be an inflection point for U.S. allies, whose leaders shed the pretense that all is well with Washington as they confront a new order.
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Why Europe's far right has split with Trump over Greenland
Many far-right groups across Europe, which aligned with Trump's MAGA movement in their fervent opposition to immigration, are suddenly in rebellion against an administration they once thought of as...
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A deadly Minneapolis shooting puts the White House on defense
Despite the public outcry, Trump's team vowed Thursday to send even more agents to Minnesota.
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CIA advised Trump against supporting Venezuela's democratic opposition
Trump dismissed the leadership of Venezuela's democratic opposition in favor of Maduro's handpicked vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, now the interim president.
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To 'run' Venezuela, Trump presses existing regime to kneel
Trump and his top aides said they would try to work with Venezuela's new interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, to run the country and its oil sector.
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U.S. national intelligence director is silent on Venezuela operation
Tulsi Gabbard's silence on the operation surprised some in the U.S. intelligence community, which laid the groundwork for the mission over several months.
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With CIA strike, signs Trump is 'shaping the battlespace' in Venezuela
Trump acknowledged a covert U.S. strike on Venezuelan territory in an interview with a local news outlet on the day after Christmas, setting off a scramble to clarify which target he was talking ab...
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Zelensky works yet again to break Putin's hold on Trump
Few signs of progress toward a peace agreement materialize from the meeting at Mar-a-Lago.
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GOP coalescing behind Vance as Trump privately dismisses third-term run
Trump has floated Vance as his potential successor multiple times without ever explicitly endorsing his nomination.
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Claims about Trump in Epstein files are 'untrue,' the Justice Department says
The Justice Department released an unusual statement unequivocally defending President Trump.
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Alarm grows in Europe over what is seen as Trump's 'betrayal' of Ukraine
European governments are fearful that Washington is laying the groundwork for an ultimatum to Kyiv on Moscow's terms.
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