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On Nov. 5, the day before the Senate was to vote on a war powers resolution to halt and prevent hostilities within or against Venezuela by U.S. armed forces, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and White House counsel had a private briefing with senators.

From Los Angeles Times

Hunter wanted to lead with softness on screen, even though she bumped up against some of the militaristic protocol of the Federation after she was told Nahla couldn’t have glasses of wine in her office.

From Los Angeles Times

“We don’t teach that. They were, like, hardcore against it. They didn’t want to see anything with the word ‘choke.’”

From Salon

Instead, it referenced the charges against Zapata Rivera’s wife and suggested he had only pretended to have a medical crisis while refusing help from paramedics.

From Salon

“These statements were lies,” Zapata Rivera alleges in an ongoing civil rights lawsuit he filed against the ICE agent who used the carotid restraint.

From Salon