WASHINGTON/MIAMI: U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly acknowledged that American forces used a secretive weapon he referred to as the “Discombobulator” during the January raid that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to recent interviews with The New York Post and other outlets. Read More: US Republican lawmaker slams Trump over handling Trump described […]
U.S. military
Trump orders states to form new National Guard rapid-response forces
WASHINGTON – The National Guard plans to train hundreds of troops in every U.S. state to serve in new rapid-response units dedicated to civil disturbance missions by early next year, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The move follows an August executive order signed by President Donald Trump, directing each state to […]
Outnumbered and elderly, Okinawa protesters oppose new U.S. military runway
A month after Jinshiro Motoyama’s five-day hunger strike forced a referendum over a new U.S. military runway on Japan’s island of Okinawa, he came to bid farewell to a knot of protesters trying to block trucks heading for the building site. The referendum showed 70 percent of voters opposed expansion of a U.S. Marines base […]