The government shutdown afflicting the Trump administration is creating major headaches for travelers, as airlines across the U.S. face severe delays amid staffing shortages at the FAA.
There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.
Ripple effects are disrupting flights almost everywhere, according to CNN.
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As the Trump administration completes its first full week of the government shutdown, signs of a major crisis are emerging across unfunded sectors.
Airports are being hit especially hard, with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) staffing shortages causing delays that now ripple through nearly every flight.
«There’s controllers that have called up sick, and we’re tracking it.»
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Travelers are facing long waits, cancellations, and growing uncertainty over their plans, as major airports and hubs across the country experience ripple effects from problems at individual centers.
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Major U.S. cities have been hit hard by the shortage of air traffic controllers, forcing cancellations and delays at Los Angeles International Airport in California, Chicago’s O’Hare in Illinois, as well as airports in Denver, Colorado, and Nashville, Tennessee.
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The shortage of air traffic controllers has been aggravated by staff calling in sick, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noting: «There’s controllers that have called up sick, and we’re tracking it.»
The longer the government shutdown continues, the more the nation’s air travel system is expected to deteriorate. Airlines warn that staffing shortages at the FAA, already forcing widespread delays and cancellations at major airports, will intensify if agencies remain without funding.
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Industry leaders are urging the administration to reopen these agencies to restore critical operations and prevent further ripple effects across U.S. hubs, where disruptions at one airport are increasingly cascading into nationwide travel chaos.
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Trump, in a Truth Social post, has called for the Chicago mayor and the Illinois governor to be jailed, marking a new escalation in his administration’s attacks and actions against a city under Democratic leadership.
The president claimed the two leaders failed to “protect Ice Officers.”
«Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers! Governor Pritzker also!»
As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker push back against the Trump administration’s crime crackdown and immigration raids in Chicago, the president voiced his frustration in a Truth Social post, calling for both leaders to be jailed.
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«Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers! Governor Pritzker also!» said the president, accusing the Democratic officials of endangering the lives of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers currently carrying out a major operation in Chicago.
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Tensions are rapidly escalating between Trump, the state of Illinois, and the city of Chicago, as both filed lawsuits on Monday to block the president’s deployment of National Guard members to Chicago.
«They are the ones that are making it a war zone. They need to get out of Chicago if they’re not going to focus on the worst of the worst, which is what the president said they were going to do. They need to get the heck out.»
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Over the weekend, the Department of Defense federalized up to 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, in what the DoD has dubbed «Operation Midway Blitz», and also directed 400 federalized Texas National Guard troops to be sent to several Democratic-led cities, many of them headed to Chicago.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker condemned the Trump administration’s actions in Chicago, declaring «They are the ones that are making it a war zone. They need to get out of Chicago if they’re not going to focus on the worst of the worst, which is what the president said they were going to do. They need to get the heck out.»
Texas National Guard troops have arrived at an Army base in Illinois, a highly unusual deployment of one state’s Guard into another against the host state’s wishes.Read more: https://wapo.st/48hjQ3H
A federal lawsuit against the Trump administration
Protests against the Trump administration’s actions, ongoing since mid-September, are rapidly intensifying in Chicago, with clashes erupting between demonstrators, ICE officials, and journalists, particularly outside a migrant holding facility run by ICE and located in the suburb of Broadview.
«There has been an extreme escalation in the use of force by federal agents at that facility against people who are exercising their First Amendment rights, and targeted attacks against members of the press and legal observers.»
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In late September, the Department of Homeland Security requested additional support to protect ICE facilities in Illinois as protests against the agency escalated.
On October 7, a coalition of journalists, news organizations, unions, and protesters filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago against the Trump administration, accusing federal agents of using «extreme brutality» during recent demonstrations, including tear gas, pepper balls, and projectiles fired even at credentialed reporters clearly displaying press badges; the plaintiffs argue that these actions, carried out without lawful dispersal orders, violate the First Amendment by attempting to intimidate and silence peaceful dissent, and they are asking the court to affirm both protesters’ right to demonstrate peacefully and journalists’ right to observe, record, and report on federal activities.
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«There has been an extreme escalation in the use of force by federal agents at that facility against people who are exercising their First Amendment rights, and targeted attacks against members of the press and legal observers,» said Molly Armour, a volunteer attorney with the National Lawyers Guild in Chicago, who is involved in the case by representing protesters and monitoring abuses.
Trump rhetoric against his political opponents
Trump is now accusing the governor and the mayor of endangering the lives of ICE agents, using a social media post to demand that they be jailed, a stark move that fuels fears his rhetoric against political opponents is increasingly translating into action.
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He has made similar calls in the past, including against former FBI Director James Comey, one of his outspoken critics, who was later indicted on what many have described as bogus charges brought by the administration.
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, President Trump said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker "should be in jail."
The home of Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein, who recently ruled against the Trump administration in a controversial case, was completely destroyed in a suspicious fire that left three people injured, including her husband and her son.
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The house on Edisto Island was completely destroyed in a fire that broke out late in the morning, forcing family members to escape by jumping from windows and a balcony.
Three people were injured, including Judge Goodstein’s husband, Arnold, who was airlifted to a hospital, and her son, who was also hospitalized.
According to multiple media reports, Judge Diane Goodstein was not at home when the fire started. At the time of the blaze, she was walking her dogs on the beach near her Edisto Island residence.
Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein, who recently ruled against the Trump administration in a case over South Carolina’s release of sensitive voter registration data, became the target of violent online rhetoric in the days before the fire.
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice sought access to the personal information of more than three million registered voters, including names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and Social Security numbers, under Trump’s executive order aimed at restricting non-citizens from registering to vote.
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According to The Daily Beast, pro-Trump activists used social media and far-right forums to accuse her of blocking election oversight and called for retribution, heightening tensions after her ruling.
The situation has become increasingly troubling for judges, particularly those who rule against the Trump administration. Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked them in social media posts, calling them «crooked judges», «radical left lunatics», «troublemakers and agitators», «activist judges» and «radical rogue judges».
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Members of his administration have echoed these attacks, criticizing judicial decisions at every opportunity and even urging that judges who ruled against him be «impeached».
This persistent rhetoric has heightened concerns about judges’ safety and the erosion of trust in an independent judiciary, while Democrats voice growing alarm over a possible arson attack on Judge Goodstein’s home.
The circuit court judge had received an onslaught of violent threats ahead of the fire that tore through her home and left both her son and husband severely injured.
Authorities initially described the incident as suspicious, but investigators from the State Law Enforcement Division have so far found no preliminary evidence of arson or explosion.
According to TIME, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel said in a statement: «At this time, there is no evidence to indicate the fire was intentionally set», while confirming that the investigation is still ongoing.
Donald Trump responded to questions about two high-profile legal cases involving former friends of his: Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted as Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator in child sex trafficking, and Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy, sentenced to 50 months in prison on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
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The president said he would consider whether to pardon both.
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In a strange exchange on Monday with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, President Trump was asked about a potential pardon for Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Trump oddly claimed he hadn’t heard her name «in so long», despite Maxwell being in the news for months.
«I haven’t heard the name in so long. I can say this, that I’d have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look,»
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, formerly Trump’s personal lawyer, met with Maxwell two times in July at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tallahassee, meetings that led to her transfer to a minimum-security prison, a move that sparked public controversy. Trump then added that he would consider offering her a pardon.
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Responding to the CNN journalist about a possible pardon for Maxwell, Trump said: «I haven’t heard the name in so long. I can say this, that I’d have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look,» adding:
«I will speak to the DOJ.»
A lot of people
Trump then added that «Puff Daddy» had just asked him for a pardon as well.
Sean Combs was recently sentenced to 50 months in prison.
President Donald Trump has confirmed that Sean “Diddy” Combs has requested a presidential pardon in connection with his federal criminal case. https://cnn.it/4mVKhj9
Continuing on the subject of pardons, Trump said that many people had approached him for presidential clemency:
«A lot of people have asked me for pardons,» he stated, adding about the rapper:
«I call him Puff Daddy. He has asked me for a pardon.»
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In August, one month before his sentencing, CNN reported that members of Diddy’s defense team had reached out to the president’s office to request a potential pardon.
As people wait to see what Trump will do regarding a possible pardon for P. Diddy, the prospect of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell is drawing even stronger reactions. Trump and his administration have already been accused of trying to bury the Epstein files, and his response, saying he would «take a look at it», has sparked anger among many, including both current and former allies.
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Even controversial figures such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Laura Loomer have voiced their outrage.
The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of the convicted sex trafficker, who is currently serving 20 years in prison.
During a speech celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy, President Donald Trump claimed that he alone had warned about Osama bin Laden a year before 9/11, a claim repeatedly debunked over the years, notably by CNN.
«I wrote about Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago.»
The president rehashed his years-old claim that he warned the world about the notorious terrorist.
During his speech, Trump abruptly shifted the subject to Osama bin Laden, claiming he had issued a warning about the terrorist a year before the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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A page devoted to bin Laden
Urging his audience to «please remember», Trump insisted that one of his books, ghostwritten and published in 2000, contained his warning to «watch» bin Laden.
«I wrote, whatever the hell the title, I can’t tell you, but I can tell you there’s a page in there devoted to the fact that I saw somebody named Osama bin Laden, and I didn’t like it.»
«I wrote about Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago,» Trump said, misspeaking and before adding, «one year before he blew up the World Trade Center.» The president went on to insist that he had warned about bin Laden, citing the line from his book: «You’ve got to watch Osama bin Laden.»
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According to CNN, Trump, referring to his book titled «The America We Deserve», though appearing unable to recall the title, claimed he had written a page devoted to bin Laden, insisting that he had warned to «take care of him»: «I wrote, whatever the hell the title, I can’t tell you, but I can tell you there’s a page in there devoted to the fact that I saw somebody named Osama bin Laden, and I didn’t like it» adding:
«You gotta take care of him.»
«So, you gotta take a little credit, because nobody else is gonna give it to me.»
A claim long debunked
Trump quickly added, as proof of his claim, that «The fake news would never let me get away with that statement unless it was true.» However, the media has repeatedly disproved his assertion, with outlets like CNN noting they have debunked the story since 2015.
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Trump writes in his book that: «One day we’re told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address named Osama bin Laden is public enemy number one, and U.S. jetfighters lay waste to his camp in Afghanistan. He escapes back under some rock, and a few news cycles later it’s on to a new enemy and new crisis.»
Far from being a personal warning, this passage is written as an observation of the media cycle, where one threat replaces another. By the late 1990s, Osama bin Laden was already on the U.S. radar as a high-profile target. President Bill Clinton had publicly identified him as a major threat, ordering strikes against al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan in 1998, years before George W. Bush took office.
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A little credit
The book’s reference is therefore not a prescient call to action, but rather a reflection of debates and operations that were already underway.
Far from the «You gotta take care of him» line he expressed during his address to U.S. Navy members, where he added that «They didn’t do it; a year later he blew up the World Trade Center.»
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Trump concluded the topic by insisting he deserved credit, since no one else would give it to him: «So, you gotta take a little credit, because nobody else is gonna give it to me.»
Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' … I gotta take a little credit."
Donald Trump announced his plans for the celebrations of his 80th birthday on June 14, alongside the 250th anniversary of American independence, something the president has long wanted to see, as he prepares to host a UFC match on White House grounds.
President Trump said today the UFC fight at the White House that's part of celebrations marking 250 years since the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence will take place on June 14 — which coincides with his 80th birthday.
In September, according to The Hill, the White House promised a major event with «fireworks and light shows» to mark the combined celebration days.
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«On June 14, next year, we’re going to have a big UFC fight at the White House, right at the White House on the grounds.»
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But Trump officially announced with enthusiasm, during his speech to Navy personnel marking the Navy’s 250th anniversary, that a major UFC fight is planned: «On June 14, next year, we’re going to have a big UFC fight at the White House, right at the White House on the grounds.»
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For critics, it underscores a pattern, from his 79th birthday parade to this planned White House fight, of bending patriotic celebrations into political theater.
«Thank god they are focused on the priorities of all Americans.»
The idea has already ignited a storm of ridicule and controversy. Trump, a longtime fixture at UFC events and a close friend of UFC president Dana White, has often reveled in the sport’s brash style. But, hosting a cage fight at the presidential residence is being called by opponents a cheap stunt, more fitting for Las Vegas than the White House lawn.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom mocked Trump’s plan to host a UFC fight at the White House with a sarcastic post on X.
Sharing official renderings of the event, he wrote: «Thank god they are focused on the priorities of all Americans,».
Controversy Surrounds Trump’s 79th Birthday Military Parade
On June 14, 2025, Donald Trump marked his 79th birthday with a military parade in Washington, D.C., coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. What was intended as a grand display of patriotism quickly became a lightning rod for controversy and ridicule.
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Thousands of troops, armored vehicles, jet flyovers, and fireworks filled the capital, though even the assault tanks drew attention as they rattled past, their movements marked by squeaks and groans like machines in need of oil.
For many observers, the display felt less like a national tribute and more like a birthday spectacle for Trump. The timing, coinciding exactly with his 79th birthday, only reinforced accusations that the Army’s anniversary had been used as cover for a glorified personal celebration.
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The cost, estimated at $25 to $45 million, fueled outrage, with opponents blasting it as a waste of taxpayer money. Protesters rallied under the slogan «No Kings», warning that Trump was turning military tradition into political theater. Media outlets mocked the excess, comparing it to authoritarian-style pageantry.
Instead of uniting the nation around the Army’s milestone, the parade left many with the impression of a president staging a costly, controversial birthday show at the taxpayers’ expense.
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Trump’s UFC birthday bash is set to be one of the most polarizing and surreal spectacles of America’s 250th year.
Hailed by some as historic, mocked by others as humiliating.
President Donald Trump commented on the recent U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean, allegedly carrying drugs toward the United States, labeling the strikes «An Act of Kindness».
President Trump called the deadly U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea “an act of kindness,” claiming that the attacks had halted drug trafficking via those waters into the United States.
«We’re so good at it that there are no boats, in fact, even fishing boats.»
According to The New York Times, while speaking aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia during an event marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy, President Trump praised U.S. forces for their effectiveness in the Caribbean military operations led by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, claiming that their operations near Venezuela had been so successful that not a single fishing boat remained at sea.
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«We’re so good at it that there are no boats, in fact, even fishing boats,» boasted Trump about the controversial attack in international waters.
The president claimed the strikes were so effective that the U.S. military would have to change tactics and begin tracking them on land, since no boats remained at sea:
«We’ll have to start looking about the land because they’ll be forced to go by land.»
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This military operation targeting Venezuelan drug cartels began in early September, with the Trump administration announcing at least four strikes.
According to reports, at least 21 «drug smugglers» were said to have been killed, although the U.S. military has provided no evidence that those on the boats were indeed members of drug cartels.
«International law does not allow governments to simply murder alleged drug traffickers.»
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U.S. military tactics have sparked controversy, with international observers warning that the use of force is permitted under international law only in cases of imminent threat or with UN approval.
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As the UN noted a few weeks ago, when the United States had just carried out its first military operations in the Caribbean: «International law does not allow governments to simply murder alleged drug traffickers.»
But according to CNN, the Pentagon justified the strikes by arguing that the legal rationale rested on the claim that «The cartels involved have grown more armed, well organized, and violent… now transnational and conducting ongoing attacks throughout the Western Hemisphere as organized cartels.» It further stated: «The President determined these cartels are non-state armed groups, designated them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States.»
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«IF YOU TRANSPORT DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!»
Trump Defends 4 Strikes on «narcoterrorists»
In September 2025, the United States launched a series of controversial military strikes in the Caribbean, claiming to target Venezuelan drug cartels. The first strike occurred on September 2, when U.S. forces destroyed a vessel in international waters. President Donald Trump said the ship was linked to the Tren de Aragua gang, recently designated a foreign terrorist organization, and reported eleven deaths. Trump personally announced the operation on Truth Social, releasing a declassified video and calling it a strike against «narcoterrorists».
Weeks later, a second strike targeted another vessel allegedly transporting narcotics from Venezuela to the United States, killing three people. Trump described them as «violent drug cartels» and justified the action as vital to U.S. security.
The president posted another video on Truth Social, warning: «IF YOU TRANSPORT DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!» Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed the president’s stance.
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A third strike took place in mid-September, again in international waters, reportedly killing three more people. On October 3, Hegseth confirmed a fourth operation near Venezuela’s coast that killed four men described as «narco-terrorists», insisting the vessel carried large amounts of narcotics bound for the United States.
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After a series of strikes on boats suspected of carrying drugs for cartels bound for the United States, the Pentagon informed Congress that the Trump administration now considers the country to be in an «armed conflict» with drug cartels.
President Trump has determined that the US is in an “armed conflict” with the drug cartels his administration has designated as terrorist organizations, according to a notice the Pentagon provided to Congress on Wednesday obtained by CNN. https://cnn.it/4olFcBR
According to CNN, the revelation came in a memo delivered this week, which stated that cartel smugglers should be treated as «unlawful combatants» and therefore legitimate military targets under U.S. law.
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«The President determined these cartels are non-state armed groups, designated them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States.»
An armed attack against the United States
According to CNN, Pentagon general counsel Earl Matthews and senior defense officials told lawmakers that the legal rationale for the strikes rested on the idea that «The cartels involved have grown more armed, well organized, and violent… now transnational and conducting ongoing attacks throughout the Western Hemisphere as organized cartels.» Adding that: «The President determined these cartels are non-state armed groups, designated them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States.»
«IF YOU TRANSPORT DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!»
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At least four attacks against cartels in international waters
The first strike occurred on September 2, 2025, when U.S. forces destroyed a vessel in international waters in the southern Caribbean. Donald Trump claimed the ship was operated by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, recently designated a foreign terrorist organization by his administration. He said eleven people aboard were killed and defended the action by insisting the vessel was carrying drugs. Trump himself announced the operation on Truth Social, releasing a declassified video of the attack and describing it as a direct strike against «narcoterrorists».
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A second strike followed weeks later, again in international waters, targeting another boat allegedly carrying narcotics from Venezuela to the United States. The administration said three people were killed. Trump described the passengers as «violent drug cartels» and justified the attack as essential to U.S. national security. He released another declassified video on Truth Social, accompanied by a warning: «IF YOU TRANSPORT DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN!» Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed that line, declaring the government knew «exactly» who was on board and what they represented, though no evidence was made public.
A third strike confirmed by the Trump administration took place in mid-September 2025, again in international waters in the Caribbean. According to U.S. officials, the operation targeted a vessel suspected of transporting drugs from Venezuela to the United States and resulted in three deaths.
On October 3, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated in a post on X that a strike had been carried out in international waters near the coast of Venezuela against a vessel allegedly transporting illegal drugs, resulting in four deaths: «Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics — headed to America to poison our people,» Hegseth wrote on X.
BREAKING: The United States killed four people in a strike against a vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Oct. 3, at least the fourth such attack in recent weeks.
Hegseth concluded his message with a stark warning: «These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!»
The strikes sparked immediate backlash. Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro denounced the attacks as an «aggression» against his country, rejecting U.S. claims and labeling the operations a «military, political, and judicial aggression».
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Trump administration overstepped its constitutional authority
Legal experts in Washington criticized Trump for bypassing Congress, arguing that the executive branch had overstepped its constitutional authority. International observers also warned that the use of force is only permitted under international law in cases of imminent threat or with UN approval, conditions they said were not met.
With the Pentagon memo now public, critics argue that the administration has effectively escalated to a declared war against cartels, without congressional authorization, without presenting evidence to the public, and without international legitimacy.
Breaking News: President Trump told Congress in a confidential notice that he had decided that the U.S. was in an “armed conflict” with certain drug cartels.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, posted a blistering message on Truth Social calling on Hamas one last time to accept the peace deal.
He asserts that the group’s forces are surrounded and militarily trapped, and threatens to order decisive action that would result in the swift annihilation of their fighters.
BREAKING: Trump says Hamas must accept Gaza peace deal by Sunday, or "all HELL" breaks out.
On Truth Social, Trump pressed Hamas to agree to a peace deal, and warned that refusal would trigger severe consequences.
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«Most of the rest are surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, “GO,” for their lives to be quickly extinguished.»
In the post he described Hamas’s past actions and the October 7 attack, writing «Hamas has been a ruthless and violent threat, for many years, in the Middle East! They have killed (and made lives unbearably miserable), culminating with the October 7th MASSACRE, in Israel, babies, woman, children, old people, and many young men and women, boys and girls, getting ready to celebrate their future lives together.»
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He emphasised the scale of the retaliation already carried out, stating «As retribution for the October 7th attack on civilization, more than 25,000 Hamas “soldiers” have already been killed.», Trump continues in his post by asserting that most of the remaining fighters are encircled and awaiting his signal: «Most of the rest are surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, “GO,” for their lives to be quickly extinguished.»
«If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.»
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Hamas must accept peace deal by Sunday
In his Truth Social post, Trump demanded the immediate release of hostages and imposed a firm deadline on Hamas to reach an agreement, setting Sunday evening at 6 p.m. Washington time as the cutoff.
«Fortunately for Hamas, however, they will be given one last chance!»
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The president presented the proposed peace deal backed by the U.S. and Israel as a sweeping diplomatic effort, highlighting that «Great, powerful, and very rich Nations of the Middle East, and the surrounding areas beyond, together with the United States of America, have agreed, with Israel signing on, to PEACE, after 3000 years, in the Middle East.»
Finally, Trump issued an ultimatum: «Fortunately for Hamas, however, they will be given one last chance!» and warned of dire consequences if they refuse: «If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.»
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Trump concludes by calling on civilians to move to safer areas: «I am asking that all innocent Palestinians immediately leave this area of potentially great future death for safer parts of Gaza. Everyone will be well cared for by those that are waiting to help.»
President Trump said that if Hamas does not agree to the 20-point plan, as presented by Israel and the U.S., then "all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas."
Meta announced that, before 2026, the company will begin reading and exploiting the AI conversations of its platform users to serve them more targeted advertising.
Meta will soon use what people tell its artificial intelligence chatbot to get even better at selling them things.The company said users’ chats and interactions with Meta AI will soon be used to target them with even more personalized ads. https://cnn.it/4nXks2K
Starting next December, according to CNN, Meta plans to use its users’ private AI conversations to better target them with advertising.
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This marks a major shift in Meta’s monetization model: private conversations with AI will become a direct source of advertising insights, expanding the depth and precision of its ad-targeting strategy.
Instant targeting: Meta’s new ad strategy
The company will begin rolling out the system in December, but Meta says users will already start noticing unspecified changes right away. Until now, Meta has targeted ads based on what users post, click, and who they connect with, but its new AI chatbot ad strategy introduces a new layer: instant targeting.
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Through conversations with its chatbot, users may directly reveal what they plan to buy, the trip they are preparing for, or the problems they face that a product could solve, information that Meta can automatically capture and use in its instant targeting strategy through direct access to private chatbox conversations.
Meta announced that beginning on December 16, 2025, users’ interactions with its AI tools, both via text and voice, will be added to its advertising data to personalize content and ads across Facebook, Instagram, and other apps.
«People’s interactions simply are going to be another piece of the input that will inform the personalization of feeds and ads.»
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No option to opt out
Users will start receiving notifications about the change in October, and Meta has confirmed there will be no option to opt out. The data from these AI conversations, what people say or ask, will be combined with existing signals such as posts, likes, and connections to power instant recommendations (including Reels) and more precisely targeted ads.
Meta also stated that it will not use sensitive data, such as political beliefs, health information, or religion, for ad targeting.
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«People’s interactions simply are going to be another piece of the input that will inform the personalization of feeds and ads.» explained Christy Harris, Meta’s privacy policy manager.
«When people have conversations with Meta AI about more sensitive topics such as their religious views, sexual orientation, political views, health, racial or ethnic origin, Meta will not use those topics to show them ads.»
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For now, the policy will apply only to Meta AI users, and regions such as the European Union, the United Kingdom, and South Korea are excluded due to local regulatory restrictions.
Meta plans to use data from your interactions with AI products to sell targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
