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Students lay out photos of people they consider political prisoners at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)2026-01-13T15:48:54Z GUANARE, Venezuela (AP) Freedom came too late for Edilson Torres.The police officer was buried Tuesday in his humble, rural hometown following his death in a Venezuelan prison, where he was held incommunicado since being detained in December on what his family said were politically motivated accusations. Torres, 51, died of a heart attack Saturday, just as his family awaited the governments promised release of prisoners following the U.S. capture of then-President Nicols Maduro. The loss left his family reeling. Relatives stand beside the coffin during the wake of Edilson Torres, a Venezuelan police officer who died in prison a month after being arrested on accusations of treason, in Guanare, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Relatives stand beside the coffin during the wake of Edilson Torres, a Venezuelan police officer who died in prison a month after being arrested on accusations of treason, in Guanare, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Now scores of families who once hesitated to approach advocacy groups are coming forward to register their loved ones as political prisoners in the hope that they might have a more optimistic future than Torres.Foro Penal, which tracks and advocates for Venezuelan prisoners, has received a flood of messages from families since last week, said Alfredo Romero, director of the nongovernmental organization.They didnt report it out of fear, and now theyre doing it because, in a way, they feel that there is this possibility that their families will be freed, Romero said. They see it as hope, but more importantly, as an opportunity.Waiting for liberations El Helicoide, the headquarters of Venezuelas intelligence service and detention center, stands in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, after National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said the government would release Venezuelan and foreign prisoners. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) El Helicoide, the headquarters of Venezuelas intelligence service and detention center, stands in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, after National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said the government would release Venezuelan and foreign prisoners. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The head of Venezuelas national assembly, Jorge Rodrguez, said last week that a significant number of Venezuelan and foreigners imprisoned in the country would be released as a gesture to seek peace following the operation that captured Maduro in the early hours of Jan. 3. The U.S. and Venezuelas opposition have long demanded the widespread release of detained opposition figures, activists and journalists, whom they claim are used as a political tool by the ruling party. Venezuelas government denies that there are prisoners unjustly detained, accusing them of plotting to destabilize Maduros government.Following Torres death, Venezuelas Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement that the case had been assigned to a terrorism unit and was linked to criminal activities detected by state security agencies. He did not offer any details, but the vague language tracks with past accusations leveled against real or perceived government critics. Romero said that of the roughly 300 families who reached out to Foro Penal, about 100 cases so far have been confirmed as politically motivated. Most of those reported over the past few days, he said, once worked for Venezuelas military. That is on top of more than 800 people that the organization says continue to be detained for political reasons in Venezuela. As of Tuesday evening, Foro Penal had confirmed 56 prisoners it said were detained for political reasons had been freed. The group criticized the lack of government transparency over the releases. Venezuelas government negated the organizations count, and reported a far higher figure of 400 Tuesday afternoon. But the government did not provide evidence of the releases, a time range in which they were carried out nor identify those freed, making it impossible to determine whether those freed were behind bars for political or other reasons. Pure and real kidnappingBefore Torres funeral on Tuesday, a procession of cars and motorcycles stopped at a local jail, where his wife remains detained on disputed accusations. My little brother, my little brother, Emelyn Torres said between sobs after his casket, cloaked in Venezuelas flag, arrived at her home for the wake. A few feet away, their grandmother nearly fainted as dozens of people crammed into the living room to pay their respects. Relatives and friends of political prisoners hold candles calling for their loved ones to be set free outside the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 after the government announced prisoners would be released. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Relatives and friends of political prisoners hold candles calling for their loved ones to be set free outside the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 after the government announced prisoners would be released. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Hours earlier, as a minivan transported the body of her brother 267 miles (430 kilometers) from the capital, Caracas, to Guanare, Torres learned that other men linked to the WhatsApp group that led to her brothers arrest had just been released from prison. She wailed. Among those who have been released are: human rights attorney Roco San Miguel, who immediately relocated to Spain; Biagio Pilieri, an opposition leader who was part of Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machados 2024 presidential campaign; and Enrique Mrquez, a former electoral authority and presidential candidate.Italian businessman Marco Burl, who was released from prison Monday, told reporters outside a Rome airport Tuesday that he was kept isolated throughout his detention, which he characterized as a pure and real kidnapping. I cant say that I was physically abused, but without being able to talk to our children, without the right to defense, without being able to speak to the lawyer, completely isolated, here they thought that I might have died, he said. Jacklin Ibarreto, whose father Miguel Ibarreto is detained, waits outside the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, after National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said the government would release Venezuelan and foreign prisoners. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Jacklin Ibarreto, whose father Miguel Ibarreto is detained, waits outside the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, after National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said the government would release Venezuelan and foreign prisoners. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A rare moment of hopeThe small set of releases over the past few days continues to fuel criticisms by families, human rights watchdogs at the United Nations and U.S. politicians, who have accused the government of not following through on their word of a wider release.But the rapid political shifts in the Latin American nation and the distant possibility of release simultaneously marked a rare moment of hope for many families who have spent years wondering if their loved ones would ever be freed.Part of the reason that Romero said he believed so many people had not come forward is the governments ongoing crackdown on dissent since Venezuelas tumultuous 2024 election, which Maduro claimed to have won despite ample credible evidence to the contrary.As mass street protests broke out, authorities said they detained more than 2,000 people. In the month after July elections, Venezuelas government passed a law dubbed the anti-NGO law by critics making it easier for the government to criminalize human rights groups.That had a chilling effect, Romero said, making families hesitant to come forward until now.___Janetsky reported from Mexico City.___Follow APs coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https://apnews.com/hub/latin-america MEGAN JANETSKY Megan Janetsky covers migration, conflict, human rights and politics in Mexico and Central America for The AP based in Mexico City. Previously, she covered Cuba and the Caribbean for The AP and worked as freelance journalist in Colombia, reporting across South America. twitter instagram facebook mailto

This photo released from State Railway of Thailand, shows a scene after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (State Railway of Thailand via AP)2026-01-14T04:36:38Z BANGKOK (AP) A construction crane fell on a passenger train in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 64 others, officials said.The crane, which was being used to build an elevated highspeed railway, fell onto the moving train as it was traveling from Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani province, causing the train to derail and catch fire, according to Nakhon Ratchasima provinces Public Relations Department.The accident occurred in Nakhon Ratchasima. The department there announced the rise in the death toll.The department said in a Facebook post that the fire was under control and that rescuers were searching for people trapped inside the train.Transport Minister Piphat Ratchakitprakan said there were 195 people on board the train. He said he ordered an investigation into the accident.

Palestinians carry plastic jerrycans filled with water amid stormy weather at a displacement camp in Gaza City, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)2026-01-13T11:02:36Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) Strong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four people, hospital authorities said Tuesday.Dangerous living conditions persist in Gaza after more than two years of devastating Israeli bombardment and aid shortfalls. A ceasefire has been in effect since Oct. 10. But aid groups say that Palestinians broadly lack the shelter necessary to withstand frequent winter storms.The dead include two women, a girl and a man, according to Shifa Hospital, Gaza Citys largest, which received the bodies. The Gaza Health Ministry said Tuesday a 1-year-old boy died of hypothermia overnight, while the spokesman for the U.N.'s children agency said over 100 children and teenagers have been killed by military means since the ceasefire began.Meanwhile, Israels military said it exchanged fire Tuesday with six people spotted near its troops deployed in southern Gaza, killing at least two of them in western Rafah. Family mourns relatives killed by wall collapseThree members of the same family 72-year-old Mohamed Hamouda, his 15-year-old granddaughter and his daughter-in-law were killed when an 8-meter (26-foot) high wall collapsed onto their tent in a coastal area along the Mediterranean shore of Gaza City, Shifa Hospital said. At least five others were injured.Their relatives on Tuesday began removing the rubble that had buried their loved ones and rebuilding the tent shelters for survivors.The world has allowed us to witness death in all its forms, Bassel Hamouda said after the funeral. Its true the bombing may have temporarily stopped, but we have witnessed every conceivable cause of death in the world in the Gaza Strip.A second woman was killed when a wall fell on her tent in the western part of the city, Shifa Hospital said.Hundreds of tents and makeshift shelters were blown away or heavily damaged, the U.N. humanitarian office reported. The U.N. and its humanitarian partners were distributing tents, tarps, blankets and clothes as well as nutrition and hygiene items across Gaza, said the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The majority of Palestinians live in makeshift tents since their homes were reduced to rubble during the war. When storms strike the territory, Palestinian rescue workers warn people against seeking shelter inside damaged buildings for fears of collapse. Aid groups say not enough shelter materials are entering Gaza during the truce.In the central town of Zawaida, Associated Press footage showed inundated tents Tuesday morning, with people trying to rebuild their shelters.Yasmin Shalha, a displaced woman from the northern town of Beit Lahiya, stood against winds that lifted the tarps of tents around her as she stitched hers back together with needle and thread. She said it had fallen on top of her family the night before, as they slept.The winds were very, very strong. The tent collapsed over us, the mother of five told AP. As you can see, our situation is dire. On the shore in southern Gaza, tents were swept into the Mediterranean. Families pulled what was left from the sea, while some built sand barriers to hold back rising water.The sea took our mattresses, our tents, our food and everything we owned, Shaban Abu Ishaq said, as he dragged part of his tent out of the sea in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis. Mohamed al-Sawalha, a 72-year-old man from the northern refugee camp of Jabaliya, said the conditions most Palestinians in Gaza endure are barely livable.It doesnt work neither in summer nor in winter, he said of the tent. We left behind houses and buildings (with) doors that could be opened and closed. Now we live in a tent. Even sheep dont live like we do.Residents arent able to return to their homes in Israeli-controlled areas of the Gaza Strip. Child death toll in Gaza risesGazas Health Ministry said the 1-year-old in the central town of Deir al-Balah was the seventh fatality due to the cold conditions since winter started. Others included a baby just seven days old and a 4-year-old girl, whose deaths were announced Monday. The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, says more than 440 people were killed by Israeli fire and their bodies brought to hospitals since the ceasefire went into effect. The ministry maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts.UNICEF spokesman James Elder said Tuesday at least 100 children under the age of 18 60 boys and 40 girls have been killed since the truce began due to military operations, including drone strikes, airstrikes, tank shelling and use of live ammunition. Those figures, he said, reflect incidents where enough details have been compiled to warrant recording, but the total toll is expected to be higher. He said hundreds of children have been wounded. While bombings and shootings have slowed during the ceasefire, they have not stopped, Elder told reporters at a U.N. briefing in Geneva by video from Gaza City. So what the world now calls calm would be considered a crisis anywhere else, he said.Gazas population of more than 2 million people has been struggling to keep the cold weather and storms at bay while facing shortages of humanitarian aid and a lack of more substantial temporary housing, which is badly needed during the winter months. Its the third winter since the war between Israel and Hamas started on Oct. 7, 2023, when militants stormed into southern Israel and killed around 1,200 people and abducted 251 others into Gaza.Gazas Health Ministry says more than 71,400 Palestinians have been killed in Israels retaliatory offensive.___Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Toqa Ezzidin in Cairo, Jamey Keaten in Geneva, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, and Julia Frankel in Jerusalem contributed to this report. SAMY MAGDY Magdy is a Middle East reporter for The Associated Press, based in Cairo. 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In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a ceremony to mark the Shiite holiday of Eid al-Ghadir, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)2026-01-14T07:17:56Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The head of Irans judiciary signaled Wednesday there would be fast trials and executions ahead for those detained in nationwide protests despite a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump.The comments from Irans judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei come as activists had warned hangings of those detained could come soon. Already, a bloody security force crackdown on the demonstrations has killed at least 2,571, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported. That figure dwarfs the death toll from any other round of protest or unrest in Iran in decades and recalls the chaos surrounding the countrys 1979 Islamic Revolution. Trump repeatedly has warned that the United States may take military action over the killing of peaceful protesters, just months after it bombed Iranian nuclear sites during a 12-day war launched by Israel against the Islamic Republic in June. Meanwhile Wednesday, Iran prepared for the mass funeral of 100 security force members killed in the demonstrations as people remained fearful in the streets. Plainclothes security forces still milled around some neighborhoods, though anti-riot police and members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guards all-volunteer Basij force appeared to have been sent back to their barracks. We are very frightened because of these sounds (of gunfire) and protests, said one mother of two children shopping for fruits and vegetables Wednesday, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. We have heard many are killed and many are injured. Now peace has been restored but schools are closed and Im scared to send my children to school again. Ahmadreza Tavakoli, 36, told The Associated Press he witnessed one demonstration in Tehran and was shocked by the use of firearms by authorities. People were out to express themselves and protest, but quickly it turned into a war zone, Tavakoli said. The people do not have guns. Only the security forces have guns. We have to do it quicklyMohseni-Ejei made the comment in a video shared by Iranian state television online.If we want to do a job, we should do it now. If we want to do something, we have to do it quickly, he said. If it becomes late, two months, three months later, it doesnt have the same effect. If we want to do something, we have to do that fast.His comments stand as a direct challenge to Trump, who warned Iran about executions an interview with CBS aired Tuesday.We will take very strong action, Trump said. If they do such a thing, we will take very strong action.We dont want to see whats happening in Iran happen. And you know, if they want to have protests, thats one thing, when they start killing thousands of people, and now youre telling me about hanging well see how that works out for them. Its not going to work out good.Meanwhile, activists said Wednesday that Starlink was offering free service in Iran. The satellite internet service has been key in getting around an internet shutdown launched by the theocracy on Jan. 8. Iran began allowing people to call out internationally on Tuesday via their mobile phones, but calls from people outside the country into Iran remain blocked. We can confirm that the free subscription for Starlink terminals is fully functional, said Mehdi Yahyanejad, a Los Angeles-based activist who has helped get the units into Iran. We tested it using a newly activated Starlink terminal inside Iran.Starlink itself did not immediately acknowledge the decision.Security service personnel also apparently were searching for Starlink dishes, as people in northern Tehran reported authorities raiding apartment buildings with satellite dishes. While satellite television dishes are illegal, many in the capital have them in homes, and officials broadly had given up on enforcing the law in recent years.Death toll continues to rise The Human Rights Activists News Agency said 2,403 of the dead were protesters and 147 were government-affiliated. Twelve children were killed, along with nine civilians it said were not taking part in protests. More than 18,100 people have been detained, the group said.Gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult, and the AP has been unable to independently assess the toll given the communications being disrupted in the country. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto

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Top officials from the United States, Denmark and Greenland will meet at the White House for the first time since President Trump said he wanted to own Greenland.

People walk along a street in downtown of Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)2026-01-14T05:07:20Z NUUK, Greenland (AP) Along the narrow, snow-covered main street in Greenlands capital, international journalists and camera crews stop passersby every few meters (feet) asking them for their thoughts on a crisis which Denmarks prime minister has warned could potentially trigger the end of NATO. Greenland is at the center of a geopolitical storm as U.S. President Donald Trump is insisting he wants to own the island and the residents of its capital Nuuk say it is not for sale. Trump said he wants to control Greenland at any cost and the White House has not ruled out taking the island by force.U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmarks foreign minister Lars Lkke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, which is a semiautonomous territory of the United States NATO ally Denmark. Tuuta Mikaelsen, a 22-year-old student, told The Associated Press in Nuuk that she hoped American officials would get the message to back off. Greenlands Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen told a news conference in the Danish capital Copenhagen on Tuesday that, if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU.Asked later Tuesday about Nielsens comments, Trump replied: I disagree with him. I dont know who he is. I dont know anything about him. But, thats going to be a big problem for him. A strategically important territoryGreenland is strategically important because as climate change causes the ice to melt, it opens up the possibility of shorter trade routes to Asia. That also could make it easier to extract and transport untapped deposits of critical minerals which are needed for computers and phones.Trump also said he wants the island to expand Americas security and has cited what he says is the threat from Russian and Chinese ships as a reason to control it. But both experts and Greenlanders question that claim.The only Chinese I see is when I go to the fast food market, Lars Vintner, a heating engineer told AP. He said he frequently goes sailing and hunting and has never seen Russian or Chinese ships.His friend, Hans Nrgaard, agreed, adding what has come out of the mouth of Donald Trump about all these ships is just fantasy.Denmark has said the U.S. which already has a military presence can boost its bases on Greenland. For that reason, security is just a cover, Vintner said, suggesting Trump actually wants to own the island to make money from its untapped natural resources.Nrgaard told AP he filed a police complaint in Nuuk against Trumps aggressive behavior because, he said, American officials are threatening the people of Greenland and NATO. He suggested Trump was using the ships as a pretext to further American expansion.Donald Trump would like to have Greenland, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would like Ukraine and (Chinese President) Xi Jinping would like to have Taiwan, Nrgaard said. Mikaelsen, the student, said Greenlanders benefit from being part of Denmark, which provides free health care, education and payments during study. I dont want the U.S. to take that away from us, she said. Ahead of Wednesdays meeting, Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenlands minister for business and mineral resources said its unfathomable that the United States is discussing taking over a NATO ally and urged the Trump administration to listen to voices from the Arctic islands people.More diplomatic effortsFollowing the White House meeting, Lkke Rasmussen and Motzfeldt, along with Denmarks ambassador to the U.S., are due to meet with senators from the Arctic Caucus in the U.S. Congress. Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, is to host the gathering.It comes as two other lawmakers Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican have introduced bipartisan legislation that would prohibit the use of funds from the U.S. Defense or State departments to annex or take control of Greenland or the sovereign territory of any NATO member state without that allys consent or authorization from the North Atlantic Council. A bipartisan delegation of lawmakers is also heading to Copenhagen at the end of the week to meet with Danish and Greenlandic officials.Last week, Denmarks major European allies joined Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in issuing a statement declaring that Greenland belongs to its people and that it is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.On Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Nol Barrot told broadcaster RTL that his country plans to open a consulate in Greenland on Feb. 6. He said the decision had been taken to open the diplomatic outpost when President Emmanuel Macron visited last summer.___Lisa Mascaro in Washington contributed to this report. EMMA BURROWS Burrows covers security, defense and intelligence for The Associated Press in Europe. She is based in London. twitter

Saks Fifth Avenue holiday light show and window reveal on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)2026-01-14T07:46:14Z Luxury retailer Saks Global has filed for bankruptcy, preparing to reposition itself in the increasingly competitive upscale market after obtaining about $1.75 billion in financing commitments. The New York-based private company that owns retailers Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus said in a release Wednesday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas. The companys top executive, Marc Metrick, stepped down earlier this month as the firm struggled with debt it took on for its $2.65 billion acquisition of Neiman Marcus in 2024. He was succeeded as CEO by executive chairman Richard Baker, who quit both roles earlier this week and was replaced as chief execute by Geoffroy van Raemdonck. The company is also facing increasing competition as it tries to winnow down its heavy debt load, while its customers have balked against extravagant price hikes. The company said it was evaluating its operational footprint to invest resources where it has the greatest long-term potential.Saks said it did not expect its operations to be disrupted and it would continue to honor its customer programs and pay its suppliers and employees. It said it has financing commitments of $1.5 billion from some of its creditors and another $240 million in incremental liquidity from its lenders. Hudsons Bay Co., the Canadian owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, split off the luxury retailers e-commerce business, Saks.com, in 2021. After acquiring Neiman Marcus three years later, Saks Fifth Avenue changed its name to Saks Global. Global sales of luxury goods are expected to contract for the second straight year in 2026 as consumers anxious about the global economy pare back their spending, according to a study by Bain & Co. consultancy released in November.Hudsons Bay, Canadas oldest company, moved to begin liquidating all but six of its stores in March 2025.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)2026-01-14T05:15:18Z WASHINGTON (AP) Senate Republicans are facing intense pressure from President Donald Trump to vote down a war powers resolution Wednesday that is aimed at limiting the presidents ability to carry out further military action against Venezuela.Five GOP senators joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week, but Trump has lashed out at the defectors as he tries to head off passage of the bill. Democrats are forcing the vote after U.S. troops captured Venezuelan leader Nicols Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid earlier this month.Here we have one of the most successful attacks ever and they find a way to be against it. Its pretty amazing. And its a shame, Trump said at a speech in Michigan Tuesday. He also hurled insults at several of the Republicans who advanced the legislation, calling Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky a stone cold loser and Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine disasters. Trumps latest comments followed earlier phone calls with the senators, which they described as terse. The fury being directed their way from the president underscored how the war powers vote has taken on new political significance as Trump expands his foreign policy ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. The legislation, even if passed by the Senate, has virtually no chance of becoming law because it would eventually need to be signed by Trump himself. But it represented both a test of GOP loyalty to the president and a marker for how much leeway the Republican-controlled Senate is willing to give Trump to use the military abroad. At least one Republican reconsideringSen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican who helped advance the war powers resolution last week, has indicated he may change his position.Hawley said that Trumps message during a phone call last week was that the legislation really ties my hands. The senator said he had a follow-up phone call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that was really positive.Hawley said that Rubio told him Monday point blank, were not going to do ground troops. The senator said he also received assurances that the Trump administration will follow constitutional requirements if it becomes necessary to deploy troops again to the South American country.Im in listening-and-receive mode at this time, said Hawley, adding, I dont know how were going to proceed next on the floor.Sen. Todd Young, an Indiana Republican who also voted to advance the resolution, declined repeatedly to discuss his position but said he was giving it some thought. Collins had voted against similar war powers resolutions in previous months before voting last week to advance the one currently before the Senate.Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who has brought a series of war powers resolutions this year, said he wasnt surprised at Trumps reaction to Congress asserting its ability to check the president.Theyre furious at the notion that Congress wants to be Congress, he said. But I think people who ran for the Senate, they want to be U.S. senators and they dont want to just vote their own irrelevance. The shifting rationale for military interventionTrump has used a series of legal rationales for his campaign against Maduro. As he built up a naval force in the Caribbean and destroyed vessels that were allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, the Trump administration tapped wartime powers under the global war on terror by designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations. The administration has claimed the capture of Maduro himself was actually a law enforcement operation, essentially to extradite the Venezuelan president to stand trial for charges in the U.S. that were filed in 2020. In a classified briefing Tuesday, senators reviewed the Trump administrations still undisclosed legal opinion for using the military for the operation. It was described as a lengthy document.As he exited the classified briefing room at the Capitol, Paul said, Legal arguments and constitutional arguments should all be public, and its a terrible thing that any of this is being kept secret because the arguments arent very good. Lawmakers, including some Republicans, have been alarmed by Trumps recent foreign policy talk. In recent weeks, he has pledged that the U.S. will run Venezuela for years to come, threatened military action to take possession of Greenland and told Iranians protesting their government that help is on its way.Its amazing. Hes concerned about the protesters in Iran, but not concerned about the damage that ICE is doing to the protesters and Americans in Minnesota and other places, said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, referring to the fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. How Senate will tackle the war powers resolutionRepublican Senate leaders were looking for ways to defuse the conflict between their members and Trump and were eager to move on quickly to other business.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., questioned whether this war powers resolution should be prioritized under the chambers rules.We dont have troops in Venezuela. There is no kinetic action. There are no operations. There are no boots on the ground, he said, arguing that the legislation doesnt reflect what is current reality in Venezuela.But even if Republican leaders attempt to dismiss the legislation under those grounds, it would still get a vote.Schumer said he hoped at least the five Republicans would hold to their position because they understand how important this is.___Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Joey Cappelletti contributed reporting. STEPHEN GROVES Groves covers Congress for The Associated Press. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during his State of the State address Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)2026-01-14T05:11:51Z LOS ANGELES (AP) A proposed billionaires tax in California has ignited a political uproar in Silicon Valley, with tech titans threatening to leave the state while Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom maneuvers to defeat a levy that he fears will lead to an exodus of wealth.A technology mecca, California has more billionaires than any other state a few hundred, by some estimates. Nearly half its personal income tax revenue, a financial backbone in the nearly $350 billion budget, comes from the top 1% of earners.A large health care union is attempting to place a proposal before voters in November that would impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of billionaires including stocks, art, businesses, collectibles and intellectual property to backfill federal funding cuts to health services for lower-income people that were signed by President Donald Trump last year. In a state with a vast gap between rich and poor, the plan has resulted in a tangle of competing interests at a time when both Democrats and Republicans are struggling to respond to economic anxiety driven by rising costs ahead of this years midterm elections. An online war of words has tech leaders pondering a hollowing out of Silicon Valley, and millions of dollars are flowing to political committees engaged in the fight. That includes $3 million from billionaire Peter Thiel, a founder of PayPal, to a committee tied to a business group opposing the tax.However its not clear if the proposal will make the ballot, with more than 870,000 petition signatures required for it to qualify. Threatened exodus Although the tax would affect only a minuscule slice of Californias roughly 39 million residents, it would siphon money from an immense pool of wealth. If would apply retroactively to billionaires living in the state as of Jan. 1.At least 25 billionaires listed among Forbes magazines 2025 rankings of the worlds 500 wealthiest people either lived in California or had some significant ties to the state, based on a review by The Associated Press. But determining whether they were full-time residents or just frequent visitors could turn into a matter of dispute, since many of them own property elsewhere. You are really playing with fire with this one, said Aaron Levie, CEO of the publicly traded Silicon Valley company Box. He fears that the proposed tax would drive entrepreneurs to look elsewhere to run their companies and launch startups.Even liberal-leaning tech pioneers would find it absurd just on pure economic and structural grounds, even if they might agree that the cause itself is very worthy, said Levie, who is not a billionaire. Governor worries about a competitive disadvantageNewsom has long opposed state-level wealth taxes, believing such levies would be disadvantageous for the worlds fourth-largest economy. At a time when California is strapped for cash and he is considering a 2028 presidential run, he is trying to block the proposal before it reaches the ballot.Analysts say an exodus of billionaires could mean a loss of hundreds of millions of tax dollars. Its one of the reasons why Newsoms path to the Democratic nomination is not going to be an easy one, Claremont McKenna College political scientist Jack Pitney said. Hes already facing a (budget) deficit the size of which is uncertain ... and in the years to come, a billionaires tax that could backfire badly.Democrats divided on the issueThe proposal has created a deep rift between Newsom and prominent members of his partys progressive wing, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who endorsed it and said it should be a template for other states.Our nation will not thrive when so few have so much while so many have so little, Sanders said on the social platform X.Another supporter, and a potential 2028 Newsom rival, is Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who mocked billionaires for threatening to flee over a tax intended to provide health care for lower-income people. The measures lead proponent, the Service Employees International Union, sees the threat of an exodus as exaggerated. The tax is a workable response to a crisis created by Congress, Suzanne Jimenez, chief of staff of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, said in a statement. She added that it would keep emergency rooms open, hospitals staffed and health care systems functioning. The California Business Roundtable, meanwhile, is leading an effort to defeat the measure, saying it would undermine our economy, decimate the state budget, drive investment out of the state and ultimately make everyday life more expensive for working families. A business climate known for heavy regulation and steep costsFleeing California because of its high cost of living and reputation for stringent regulations started to gather momentum well before the proposed wealth tax began circulating last year.Elon Musk, the worlds wealthiest man with a $724 billion fortune, bought a home in Texas and moved his electric automaker Tesla to Austin several years ago.The financial threat posed by the proposed tax apparently is pushing even more of Silicon Valleys renowned pioneers to curtail their exposure to California and its liberal policies, including Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who moved to the state during the mid-1990s for graduate study at Stanford University.Page and Brin stepped away from their executive roles years ago but remain the largest shareholders in Google parent company Alphabet, with stakes that account for most of their combined fortunes of $530 billion, according to Forbes.But both men have begun moving more of their assets to Florida, according to multiple reports. Google, which has been based in Mountain View for the past quarter century, did not respond to an AP inquiry about their recent moves. ___Liedtke reported from San Ramon, California. Associated Press writer Sophie Austin in Sacramento, California, contributed. MICHAEL R. BLOOD Blood is a political writer for The AP. Over the years he has filed stories under datelines from Wasilla, Alaska, to Tel Aviv, but he has spent most of his career anchored in AP bureaus in Washington, D.C., New York City and - for the last two decades - Los Angeles. twitter mailto MICHAEL LIEDTKE Liedtke has been covering technology and wide range of other business topics for The Associated Press since the turn of the century. twitter mailto

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