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Famed oceanographer calls for ending krill catch near Antarctica as governments debate fishing quota
ROME (AP) — Renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle is calling for an end to krill fishing near Antarctica as officials from the U.S., China, Russia and 24 other governments negotiate a possible deal this week to dramatically expand fishing for the crustacean that’s a vital food source for whales in the international waters surrounding the ice-covered continent.
A fish fight off Florida tests Trump’s drive to deregulate America’s seas
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Miles from shore, Chris Kemp pumps and reels as he battles a fish 150 feet below. Eventually, it gives up, and the 10-pound red snapper is hauled aboard the Jodie Lynn II. There’s barely time to rejoice. As Kemp raises his trophy for a picture, the charter boat’s captain rushes over and then drives a knifelike tool into the fish’s gas-filled bladder. The procedure, required by federal law, is intended to improve the fish’s chances of survival after release.
Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge as Trump claims contact with Maduro’s deputy
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Venezuelans on Saturday were scrambling to understand who is in charge of their country after a U.S. military operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro. President Donald Trump delivered a shocking pick: The United States, perhaps in coordination with one of Maduro’s most trusted aides. Delcy Rodríguez has served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, overseeing much of Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy as well as its feared intelligence service.
Florida retiree detained in Saudi Arabia returns home following Prince’s visit to White House
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Florida retiree who had been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over social media posts critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived back in the United States two days after President Donald Trump welcomed the kingdom’s de-facto leader to the White House in a climactic end to years of diplomatic isolation from Washington.
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
The government lawyer knew what was coming as she stood inside a courtroom and texted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent waiting in a corridor a few feet away. “I can’t do this,” the lawyer said in a text message as she looked at her docket of cases. “This is a new emotional load.” “I understand,” the agent responded.
Judge orders arrest of ex-Green Beret tied to failed Venezuela raid after court no-show
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Tampa has ordered the arrest of a former Green Beret accused of plotting to invade Venezuela in 2020 after he failed to show up to court for a hearing on whether he should be taken back into custody for violating the conditions of his pre-trial release. Jordan Goudreau, 49, was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration.
A federal agent’s daring plan: Recruit Maduro’s pilot to turn on the Venezuelan leader
MIAMI (AP) — The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman. In exchange, the agent told the pilot in a clandestine meeting, the aviator would be made a very rich man.
US prosecutors say Smartmatic executives bribed officials for $1M contract in the Philippines
MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes that several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines.
Trump taps longtime investigator to serve as next Justice Department watchdog
President Donald Trump has tapped a career government attorney who worked behind the scenes for years to root out misconduct in federal law enforcement to serve as the Justice Department’s next internal watchdog. The White House on Friday named Don R. Berthiaume to serve as the department’s acting inspector general, a high-profile position that oversees internal investigations into fraud, waste and abuse in the department and its component agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
Prosecutors seek to have ex-Green Beret accused of failed Venezuelan plot back in custody
MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking to return to custody a former Green Beret accused of plotting to invade Venezuela in 2020, arguing he is at risk of fleeing the United States after allegedly threatening a filmmaker who posted a $2 million bond for his release. Over the objections of prosecutors, a judge in Tampa last year ordered Jordan Goudreau’s release a few weeks after he was arrested on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt.
Ruling bans Florida retiree from leaving Saudi Arabia until 2026 over critical social media posts
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida retiree has been convicted of cyber crimes and blocked from leaving Saudi Arabia until next year over social media posts critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, according to the man’s son. Saad Almadi, 75, was found guilty of distributing online content that undermines public order, according to a Sept. 14 ruling provided by his son.
US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades but issued a waiver blocking any major aid cut to what has traditionally been the staunchest U.S. ally in Latin America. The move Monday reflects a decade-long boom in cocaine production in Colombia and a slowdown in coca eradication under President Gustavo Petro’s leftist administration.
A military approach to drug busts upends US efforts and raises legal questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard detects and detains scores of drug-running vessels in the Caribbean every year in its role as the world’s drug police on the high seas. Now, that anti-narcotics mission may look vastly different after a U.S. military strike on a vessel off Venezuela. Trump administration officials asserted last week that gang members were smuggling drugs bound for America.
Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Trump doubles reward to $50 million for arrest of Venezuela’s president to face US drug charges
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration is doubling to $50 million a reward for the arrest of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the U.S. with fentanyl-laced cocaine. “Under President Trump’s leadership, Maduro will not escape justice and he will be held accountable for his despicable crimes,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday in a video announcing the reward.
Trump moves to lift visa restrictions for Argentina in boost to right-wing ally
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The United States and Argentina on Monday announced that they are working on a plan to allow Argentine tourists to again travel to the U.S. without a visa.
Trump’s immigration crackdown unnerves Cuban exiles long shielded from deportation
MIAMI (AP) — Immigration officials said Tomás Hernández worked in high-level posts for Cuba’s foreign intelligence agency for decades before migrating to the United States to pursue the American dream. The 71-year-old was detained by federal agents outside his Miami-area home in March and accused of hiding his ties to Cuba’s Communist Party when he obtained permanent residency.
Colombia seeks to join China-based development bank as Latin America drifts away from Washington
By: Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 8:41 AM CDT Saturday, May. 17, 2025 MIAMI (AP) — Colombia's government has applied to join a China-based development bank, another sign of Latin America's drift away from the U.S. as the Trump administration's foreign aid cuts, trade barriers and crackdown on immigration spurs many leaders in the region to seek closer ties with Washington's geopolitical rival.
As immigrant arrests surge, complaints of abuse mount at America’s oldest detention center in Miami
MIAMI (AP) — As hundreds of migrants crowded into the Krome Detention Center in Miami on the edge of the Florida Everglades, a palpable fear of an uprising set in among its staff. As President Donald Trump sought to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants, Krome, the United States’ oldest immigration detention facility and one with a long history of abuse, saw its prisoner population recently swell to nearly three times its capacity of 600.
Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE’s behest, internal records show
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Federal agencies will begin to vacate hundreds of offices across the country this summer under a frenetic and error-riddled push by Elon Musk’s budget-cutting advisers to terminate leases that they say waste money. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency maintains a list of canceled real estate leases on its website, but internal documents obtained by The Associated Press contain a crucial detail: when those cancellations are expected to take effect.
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Trump’s Justice Department enforcer has long shrugged off criticism of aggressive style
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Manhattan criminal defense attorneys was so concerned about prosecutor Emil Bove’s professionalism that they banded together to send an email to his bosses. One lawyer complained in the 2018 email that Bove was “completely reckless and out of control” in how he handled his cases.
Trump’s foreign aid freeze guts grassroots groups helping migrants in Latin America
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A busy shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has been left without a doctor. A program to provide mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth fleeing Venezuela was disbanded. In Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala, so-called “Safe Mobility Offices” where migrants can apply to enter the U.S. legally have shuttered.
On Dakota prairie, home of Trump’s DHS pick, immigration crackdown threatens way of life, economy
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept prairies and freedom-loving farmers. The “illegal aliens” and “got-aways” crossing the southern border, the governor said, pose an existential threat to the U.S. economy and national security, spreading cartel violence and deadly drugs.
Americans sue Venezuela’s Maduro for anguish caused by imprisonment
By: Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 6:06 PM CST Monday, Jan.
Activists sue federal government for images of dead orcas entangled by fishing boats
MIAMI (AP) — Activists sued the federal government Thursday to release images of dead orca whales, sea lions and other marine mammals entangled by commercial fishing boats off the U.S. West Coast. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an account?
Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years
By: Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 6:14 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a federal prison in the U.S. and is expected to be deported back home. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an account?
Trump’s incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She’ll face a raft of special interests
WASHINGTON (AP) — As incoming White House chief of staff, one of Susie Wiles ’ vexing challenges will be policing the buffet line of powerful interests who want something from Donald Trump. It’s a world she knows well. During Trump’s first presidency, she lobbied for many of them. Trump was first elected on a pledge to “drain the swamp” in Washington.
Trump’s pick of Rubio as America’s top diplomat jolts Latin America, long accustomed to US neglect
MIAMI (AP) — Growing up in Miami among Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio developed a deep hatred of communism. Now as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for America’s top diplomat, he’s set to bring that same ideological ammunition to reshaping U.S. policy in Latin America. As the first Latino secretary of state, Rubio is expected to devote considerable attention to what has long been disparagingly referred to as Washington’s backyard.
International court to launch external probe into misconduct accusations against top prosecutor
By: Molly Quell And Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 3:25 PM CST Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court will launch an external probe into sexual misconduct accusations against its top prosecutor, The Associated Press has learned, keeping alive a case that the court’s internal watchdog had closed within five days.
Venezuelan electoral official condemns ‘grave lack of transparency’ in Maduro’s re-election
By: Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 7:28 AM CDT Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan electoral official has denounced what he calls a “grave lack of transparency” in last month's presidential vote in which Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner despite evidence he was trounced by the main opposition candidate. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an account?
Hugo Chavez statues targeted across Venezuela in post-election unrest
By: Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 1:24 PM CDT Tuesday, Jul. 30, 2024 Print Email Read Later LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chávez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of an election by the late president's handpicked successor, Nicolás Maduro. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement.
Maduro’s last dance? Venezuela’s ultimate political survivor faces toughest challenge yet
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolás Maduro struts across the stage, flapping his arms to a trap merengue beat as a high-pitch rooster crow blasting from a wall of speakers energizes throngs of diehards gathered to support the Venezuelan president’s re-election bid. Campaign jingles are never an afterthought in music-loving Venezuela, and this catchy one about a “fighting cock” that always manages to win perfectly matches the embattled leftist leader’s political moment.
Takeaways from AP’s investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape
MIAMI (AP) — Thousands of secret law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption among U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents who parlayed the agency’s shadowy money laundering operations into a worldwide pursuit of binge drinking and illicit sex.
Stuck at sea for years, a sailor’s plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. By night, he tossed and turned in his bunk on the aging Al-Maha, he said, thinking of the unpaid wages he feared he’d never get if he left the ship. By day he paced the deck, stuck for the last two years in the seaport of Jeddah, unable to set foot on land because of Saudi Arabia’s strict immigration laws.
Takeaways from The Associated Press’ reporting on seafarers who are abandoned by shipowners in ports
By: Helen Wieffering And Joshua Goodman, The Associated Press Posted: 6:07 AM CDT Thursday, May. 30, 2024 The United Nations over the last decade has logged an increasing number of crew members abandoned by shipowners around the world, leaving sailors aboard months and sometimes years without pay. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement. Already have an account?
‘They messed it up’: Biden’s backing for Haiti’s unpopular leader digs U.S. into deeper policy hole
MIAMI (AP) — When Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry filled the void left by the assassination of the country’s president in 2021, he did so over the protest of wide segments of the population but with the full-throated support of the Biden administration. Now, almost three years later, Henry’s grip on power is hanging by a thread, and Washington is confronted by even worse choices as it scrambles to prevent the country’s descent into anarchy.
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