• ICE protests: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today stood by the comments she made immediately after the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. More demonstrations are planned today after nationwide outcry over the shooting spilled into the streets of cities across the US yesterday.
• Iran intervention: President Donald Trump is weighing a series of potential military options in Iran following a deadly crackdown on protests in the country, two US officials told CNN, as he considers following through on his recent threats to strike the country should they use lethal force against the Iranian people.
• Venezuela’s oil: Meanwhile, Trump is pressing ahead with his plans for the US to overhaul Venezuela’s oil industry after removing Nicolás Maduro from power. American energy executives have been noncommittal, so far.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel rebuffed US President Donald Trump’s demand to make a deal on Sunday, saying the country is an independent and sovereign nation that won’t be bossed around.
“No one dictates what we do,” the Cuban leader said on X. “Cuba does not aggress; it is aggressed upon by the United States for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it prepares, ready to defend the Homeland to the last drop of blood.”
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