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Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro oversaw waves of state takeovers and tighter state control over oil and mining assets, notably asserting majority or full state stakes in Orinoco heavy-oil...
European governments and the UK have continued to impose and renew sanctions on Russia through 2025 even as the Trump administration has shifted U.S. policy and at times failed to join or actively coo...
Available reporting and public records in the provided sources contain no allegation or evidence that Sen. Adam Schiff accepted money from a Venezuelan drug cartel; instead, the sources document Schif...
Available reporting in the provided set shows disagreement about who “bombed more countries” and focuses on different metrics—number of bombs dropped, countries struck, and transparency. Some outlets ...
Available reporting shows two different snapshots of U.S. troop levels in Europe: government and think‑tank tallies put the force at roughly 65,000–85,000 service members in early–mid 2025, while news...
Reporting and investigations show multiple, recurring channels through which Russian-linked money or actors flowed into Trump businesses and projects since the late 1990s: Reuters documented at least ...
A conventional U.S. invasion of Canada is technically feasible in that the U.S. military is far larger and could win many pitched battles, but it is politically, legally and practically highly unlikel...
Foreign state actors most visibly tied to Venezuela’s oil sector now are China and Russia, while limited Western involvement — notably Chevron — has fluctuated with U.S. licensing and sanctions . U.S....
Charlie Kirk has been linked to multiple controversial remarks about race, immigration, and culture, but the available analyses show from Kirk explicitly targeting "Asian Americans" by name; reporting...
Available reporting and government releases show the Trump administration announced or finalized multiple trade-related deals and frameworks during 2025, including framework or final agreements with a...
Public reporting does not offer a single, authoritative count of all drone strikes conducted during President Trump’s administration; available sources cite partial tallies for specific theaters—e.g.,...
Charlie Kirk’s public record, as summarized by multiple outlets after his September 2025 death, shows he promoted Christian nationalism and rhetoric that critics and several organizations characterize...
Reporting and investigations over many years link multiple Russian billionaires to business dealings or payments that benefited Donald Trump or the Trump Organization—most prominently Dmitry Rybolovle...
The Trump administration has both imposed and threatened sanctions: it issued an executive order authorizing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its prosecutor on Feb. 6, 2025 (rep...
Claims that “ethnic cleansing” is happening in the United States in 2025 are debated and hinge on definitions and evidence: commentators point to presidential rhetoric (calls for “remigration,” a US t...
Charlie Kirk has publicly denied systemic racism, criticized the Civil Rights Act and “white privilege,” and has been accused by multiple organizations and outlets of normalizing or tolerating white n...
Investigations and reporting over the past decade have identified patterns and transactions that raise credible suspicions that Trump-branded properties and some Trump-related entities attracted Russi...
Public sources show the Biden administration sharply reduced reported drone and other declared strikes in 2021 compared with prior years — Airwars found declared U.S. strikes fell 54% globally in 2021...
María Corina Machado is widely described in recent reporting as a right‑leaning, free‑market, hardline anti‑Chavista opposition leader who has pushed for more confrontational tactics — including close...
President Trump’s policies and 2025 legislation coincide with a surge in federal borrowing: federal debt rose from about $36.22 trillion on Jan. 20, 2025, to roughly $38 trillion by Oct. 23, 2025—an i...