The measures were installed last month by the Trump administration after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro and seized control of Venezuela’s oil industry.
Valentine’s Day is getting more expensive, with prices climbing across nearly every traditional gift category. Chocolates are up 7.5%, flowers about 9%, wine 13%, jewelry 23% and lingerie roughly 25%, driven in part by tariffs. Restaurants are also cashing in: Revenue on Valentine’s Day jumps 34% compared with an average Friday night, and bills run about 17% higher. Foot traffic spikes 15%, and diners lean into classic pairings, steak orders nearly double, wine sales rise 38%, and 53% of customers finish with dessert. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Connell McShane. Weekdays starting at 3p/2C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all…
On Friday's "American Agenda," former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands responded to Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trip to the Munich Security Conference and NATO security.
While two of the individuals he named, now-former DPWorld CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Bath & Body Works co-founder Lex Wexner, were powerful, public figures, four of the men were unknowns.
Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba's de facto dictator, Raul Castro , for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane that was dropping supplies to people who were fleeing to the U.S. on rafts. - Four members of an aid group were killed in the incident. Why it matters: If Trump's Justice Department acts on the request and secures an indictment, it would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba's struggling government to change its communist leadership. - Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. Zoom in: The letter, citing a Miami Herald story from…