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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) , accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L), speaks before U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signs three new SNAP food choice waivers for the states of Idaho, Utah, and Arkansas in her office at the United States Department of Agriculture Whitten Building on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The wavers will limit what the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can select as eligible foods, targeting unhealthy food. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

GOP Rep. Jim Baird and his wife remain hospitalized after ‘hit and run’ accident

After their vehicle was reportedly struck in a hit-and-run, Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Baird and his wife remain hospitalized on Tuesday. Their car was hit while traveling to Washington, D.C., and though both remain under medical care for the time being, his office has confirmed that a full recovery is expected.

Photo via: Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad

Maduro and his wife enter not guilty pleas in first U.S. courtroom appearance

In a courtroom appearance on Monday, deposed Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking and weapons charges, arguing his claimed “innocence” before a U.S. judge.

Kentucky: Police seize 55 lbs of meth wrapped as Christmas gifts

Police in Kentucky seized over 55 pounds of methamphetamine after a man was caught smuggling them disguised as Christmas gifts.

(Background) A crude oil tanker waits its turn to be loaded with crude oil at Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela on May 9, 2025. A line of ships waited their turn to load oil on Lake Maracaibo on May 9 ,2025, two weeks before the US oil company Chevron shuts down operations in Venezuela due to US sanctions. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images) / (L) Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro dances during a rally in Caracas on December 1, 2025. Venezuela does not want "a slave's peace," President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters during a rally, referring to a US military deployment he said has been "testing" his country for 22 weeks. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP via Getty Images) / (R) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump recognized the first 13 service members to receive the recently established Mexican Border Defense Medal (MBDM), which recognizes service members supporting Customs and Border Protection on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump declares Maduro’s government a ‘TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,’ orders ‘BLOCKADE OF SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS’ into Venezuela

President Donald Trump has designated the Venezuelan government a terrorist organization and ordered a complete blockade of sanctioned oil tankers into Venezuela.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 15: U.S. President Donald Trump poses with a recently signed executive order classifying fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction," during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump recognized the first 13 service members to receive the recently established Mexican Border Defense Medal (MBDM), which recognizes service members supporting Customs and Border Protection on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump signs EO formally classifying fentanyl as WMD, directing agencies to concentrate efforts toward reducing imports

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) officially designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese at the White House on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Albanese is visiting the U.S. Capital to meet with President Trump and later visit the Pentagon. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump: Strikes on Venezuelan land could begin ‘pretty soon’

President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan soil could come “pretty soon,” following a recent seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker.