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Trump set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader after cozying up to Maduro’s successor

CARACAS, Venezuela, January 15, 2026 (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolás Maduro before the United States captured him in an audacious military raid this month. Less than two weeks after U.S. forces seized Maduro and his wife at a heavily guarded compound in Caracas and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges, Trump will host the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado, having already dismissed her

What Americans think about Trump’s military intervention abroad, according to a new AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON, January 15, 2026 (AP) — More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted Jan. 8-11, after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture. It found that 56% of U.S. adults think Trump has overstepped on military interventions abroad, while majorities disapprove of how the Republican president is handling foreign policy in general and Venezuela in particular. Most disapprove of Trump’s foreign policy approach Percent of U.S.

Public mistrust linked to drop in deceased donor organ donations and kidney transplants

WASHINGTON, January 15, 2026 (AP) — Organ donations from the recently deceased dropped last year for the first time in over a decade, resulting in fewer kidney transplants, according to an analysis issued Wednesday that pointed to signs of public mistrust in the lifesaving system. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are on the list for an organ transplant. The vast majority of them need a kidney, and thousands die waiting every year. The nonprofit Kidney Transplant Collaborative analyzed federal data and found 116 fewer kidney transplants were performed last year than in 2024. That small difference is a

Want to affix your nameplate: Kharge to PM on Manikarnika Ghat redevelopment in Varanasi

New Delhi, Jan 15 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the redevelopment of the Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi and alleged that he wants to erase every historical heritage to “simply affix” his own nameplate. “You have committed the crime of demolishing the rare ancient heritage of Manikarnika Ghat, which was described in the Gupta period and later restored by Lokmata Ahilyabai Holkar, under the pretext of renovation,” Kharge said in a post on X. .@narendramodi जी, भोंडे सौंदर्यीकरण और व्यवसायीकरण के नाम पर आपने बनारस के मणिकर्णिका घाट में बुलडोज़र चलवाकर

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