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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado waves to supporters on Pennsylvania Avenue as she leaves the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented President Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday during a meeting to discuss her country’s future following President Nicolas Maduro’s ouster.

Minnesota anti-ICE group calls for attacking federal agents: ‘Be willing to get kicked in the teeth’

A man is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Just a few weeks ago, an anti-ICE activist group in Minnesota called on protesters to aggressively step up efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement officers by physically attacking them.

A man is pushed to the ground as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Minnesota anti-ICE group calls for attacking federal agents: ‘Be willing to get kicked in the teeth’

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President Donald Trump listens as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an arrival at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado waves to supporters on Pennsylvania Avenue as she leaves the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Machado gives Trump her Nobel medal in White House meeting on Venezuela’s future

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado greets supporters on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Justice Department blocks China from getting U.S.-origin flight simulator technology

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