One of Trump’s orders called for removing references to what he and some other conservatives call “gender ideology” from government publications and websites.
And Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, also a Republican,for participating in “Old South” parties as a student at Auburn University in the 1970s.
Contact AP’s global investigative team atTOCORON, Venezuela (AP) — Tocorón once had it all. A nightclub, swimming pools, tigers, a lavish suite and plenty of food.This was not a Las Vegas-style resort, but it felt like it for some of the thousands who until recently lived in luxury in this sprawling prison in northern Venezuela.
Here, between parties, concerts and weeks-long visits from wives and children, was the birthplace of the Tren de Aragua, a dangerous gang that has gained global notoriety after U.S. President Donald Trump put it at the center of his anti-immigrant narrative.Kidnappings, extortion and other crimes were planned, ordered or committed from this prison long before Trump’s rhetoric.
The tiny, impoverished town where the Aragua Penitentiary Center is used to bustle with residents selling food, renting phone chargers and storing bags for prison visitors.
Remote controls are displayed for sale on a street corner in downtown Maracay, Venezuela, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the AP showed three B-2s parked Wednesday at Camp Thunder Cove in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, stealth bombers that again could be used in Yemen to devastating effect.
But bombing alone may not be enough to stop the Houthis, who experts say have proved resilient.The Houthis broadly maintain control over the capital of Sanaa and the country’s northwest. Yemen’s exiled government is part of a fractious group that for now appears unable to wrest any control back from the rebels. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which declared war on the Houthis 10 years ago, don’t appear likely to reenter the conflict as well as they pursue peace talks with the rebels.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The only time the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used byDressed in army fatigues with a camera fixed to his forehead, Ayman Abu Hamadan was forced into houses in