Konstantin Toropin

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  • A motorcade carrying ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro leaves the Westside Heliport in New York on January 3, 2026. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Saturday evening at a military base in the United States after his capture by US forces in Caracas. Maduro was seen surrounded by FBI agents as he descended the boarding stairs of a US government plane at a New York state National Guard facility, and was slowly escorted along the tarmac. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Maduro is now in the U.S. to face criminal charges after deposed Venezuelan leader smiles while escorted by DEA agents

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • maduroPolitics

    Trump has been laying the groundwork for a strike on Venezuela for a full year. Here’s the timeline

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • trump/maduroPolitics

    Trump captures Maduro after ‘large-scale strike’ on Venezuela, exactly 36 years after the seizure of Panama’s Noriega

    By Regina Garcia Cano, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • President Donald Trump arrives to speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    Trump says he will lead the design of his new class of warships along with the Navy ‘because I’m a very aesthetic person’

    By Konstantin Toropin, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela’s 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Politics

    U.S. forces stop second tanker off the coast of Venezuela after Trump vows oil ‘blockade’

    By Konstantin Toropin, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as carry teams move the transfer cases with the remains of Iowa National Guard soldiers Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed in an attack in Syria, during a casualty return, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Middle East

    U.S. forces attack Islamic State targets in Syria in ‘a declaration of vengeance’ for ambush that killed Americans

    By Konstantin Toropin, Ben Finley, and others
  • LundayLaw

    Coast Guard revises policy on ‘a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups’

    By Konstantin Toropin, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on its way into the Oslofjord, at Drobak in Norway, Sept. 12, 2025.Middle East

    Trump’s decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.North America

    Pete Hegseth says cartels ‘have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda’ as the U.S. strikes alleged drug boats in the Pacific, killing 14

    By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated Press
  • SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: The U.S Navy USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the world's oldest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier sails out of San Diego Bay to the Pacific Ocean to perform readiness drills before returning its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap on November 18, 2024 in San Diego, California. The ship is scheduled to be decommissioned in fiscal 2026. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)Asia

    Trump blames ‘bad fuel’ for twin Navy crashes in the South China Sea while traveling in Asia

    By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated Press
  • AT SEA- OCTOBER 1: In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, The From front to back, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM multipurpose frigate Mohammed VI (701), and Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), steam in formation while transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, on October 1, 2025. Carrier Strike Group 12 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation to support the warfighting effectiveness, lethality and readiness of U.S. Naval Forces, Europe-Africa, and defend U.S., Allied and partner interest in the region. (Photo by Alyssa Joy/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)North America

    Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Latin America, boosting U.S. military buildup in the region to more than 10,000 sailors and Marines

    By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated Press
  • U.S. military senior leadership listen as President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va.Politics

    Trump says U.S. cities should be ‘training grounds’ for the military to fight an ‘invasion from within’ during unusual speech to generals

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • Pete HegsethLaw

    Pete Hegseth goes to war against military beards, stresses ‘grooming standards which underpin the warrior ethos’

    By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated Press