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Wiretaps caught Colombian cocaine group discussing Venezuelan military’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’

CBC News obtained more than a dozen wiretap recordings from a two-year Colombian federal police investigation into a multinational drug-smuggling organization based out of Colombia. The organization moved cocaine to the U.S., Europe, Asia and northern Africa by air using human drug mules and by sea through shipping containers.
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Why criminal investigation into Fed chair crosses red line for key Republicans

Even for some Republicans who’ve been staunch supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, the move by the Department of Justice to launch a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and its chair Jerome Powell is a red line that should not be crossed.
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What's happening in Iran? Breaking down the deadly protests shaking the country

Nationwide protests have been shaking Iran for weeks. They started Dec. 28 in response to soaring prices, then turned into wider anti-government protests against the clerical rulers who have governed the country for nearly 50 years.
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Trump says Tehran wants to negotiate as he weighs U.S. response to regime's crackdown on protests

President Donald Trump said the U.S. may meet Iranian officials and was in contact with the opposition, as he weighed a range of strong responses including military options to escalating unrest posing one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly sues the Pentagon over his censure, calling it 'unconstitutional'

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly sued the Pentagon on Monday over attempts to punish him over his participation in a video that called on U.S. troops to resist unlawful orders.