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Cruz 'cannot support' Trump's Kuwait ambassador pick over Muslim Brotherhood remarks

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced after a contentious nomination hearing Thursday that he would not support the Trump administration’s pick for ambassador to Kuwait. Among other areas of concern, Cruz expressed alarm over Amer Ghalib’s refusal to outright condemn the Muslim Brotherhood, a group Cruz believes works against the geopolitical …

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US sanctions Colombian president and family over drug trafficking allegations

The Trump administration’s Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Francisco Petro, along with his wife, son and a close associate, accusing the group of being involved in the global illicit drug trade. The action was taken under a Biden administration executive order targeting foreigners involved in the drug …

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George Santos snaps at CNN host over idea Trump gave him 'favorable treatment'

Newly freed former Rep. George Santos didn’t take kindly Sunday to a CNN question about President Donald Trump’s “favorable” commutation of him, saying there would always be “pearl-clutching” critics and attacking President Joe Biden’s blanket pardon of his family members before leaving office. In announcing he had commuted Santos’ sentence, …

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