Obama sanctions seven Venezuelan officials amid protests clash
President Barack Obama announced sanctions against seven top Venezuelan security figures for human rights abuses and corruption tied to crackdown on anti-government protests. The move blocks assets and restricts visas, aiming to pressure Maduro amid lingering U.S.-Venezuela tensions and Venezuela’s oil‑led economic crisis. Manuel Bernal Martinez, longtime intelligence chief linked to Chavez era and 1992 coup attempt, is named among those sanctioned.
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Public accountability for CIA torture report details
In February 2009 the Senate intelligence committee reviewed CIA interrogation methods used on Abu Zubaydah and other detainees. A 25 page chart described wakefulness, wall slams, stress positions, confinement, and waterboarding, contradicting earlier agency summaries and prompting a full investigation with a 14-1 vote to proceed.
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GOP Senators threaten to derail Iran nuclear talks
A 47 member Republican letter warns Iran any deal with President Obama could end when he leaves office. The White House calls the move a rush to war as negotiators push for a framework by month’s end.
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Oklahoma president cuts ties with SAE over racist chant
University of Oklahoma President David Boren severed ties with Sigma Alpha Epsilon and ordered the on campus house shuttered after a video showed several members on a bus chanting a racial slur and referencing lynching. National SAE leaders will close the local chapter and Boren pledged possible expulsions while seeking names of those on the bus.
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