NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Wednesday declared that a historic turning point has arrived in the Americas — all thanks to President Donald Trump.”This is the equivalent to the fall of the Berlin Wall for the Americas, and this has been possible thanks to the courage and vision of President Trump,” she said, referencing the Maduro regime’s fall on “Jesse Watters Primetime.””As Venezuelans, we are very grateful for what he has done and are looking forward to moving along into building a democratic nation to which our children can come back.”Machado described the moment as “once in a lifetime,” arguing that the political shift underway in Venezuela could reverberate across the Western Hemisphere, leading Cuba and Nicaragua to follow in its footsteps.CIA DIRECTOR WAS IN VENEZUELA TO MEET WITH ACTING PRESIDENT DELCY RODRIGUEZ, OFFICIAL SAYS “For the first time in history, we will have the Americas free of communism and dictatorship and building strong alliances of free, democratic and prosperous nations,” she said.The opposition leader, who said she is coordinating closely with members of the Trump administration and other U.S. actors, framed the transition as a breakthrough for Venezuelans longing…

It had been one week since roughly 60,000 service members rushed ashore the sulfurous outcropping that was Iwo Jima.Despite the island being barely 10 square miles in area, “assault troops,” writes the Naval History and Heritage Command, “were to be subjected to a step-by-step battle of attrition, slowly progressing from one well-defended killing zone to the next.”American air superiority by this late state of the war left the Japanese ground forces virtually unprotected, forcing them into the earth. On Iwo, a system of mutually supported network of caves, tunnels, concrete pillboxes and fortified strongpoints and artillery positions allowed for the dug in enemy to simply await the Americans. The honeycombed defensive positions often meant that naval support and Army air power were negligible, meaning that “small teams of Marines — or even individuals — armed with flame throwers, satchel charges and hand grenades (“blow torches and corkscrews”) were those who were instrumental in destroying Japanese strongpoints,” writes the NHHC.It was within these conditions that Pvt. Wilson “Doug” Watson found himself in. The 23-year-old son of an Arkansan sharecropper was an automatic rifleman with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He had already seen combat on Bougainville in November…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Republican National Committee (RNC) and two GOP members of Congress sued Virginia election officials Wednesday in an effort to block Democrats’ push to redraw the state’s congressional map, arguing a proposed constitutional amendment and upcoming special election violate Virginia’s Constitution.In a 48-page complaint filed in Tazewell County Circuit Court, the RNC, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and Reps. Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith of Virginia contend that legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled General Assembly would allow lawmakers to temporarily take over congressional redistricting from the state’s voter-approved independent commission.The lawsuit challenges House Bill 1384, which sets a special election on April 21 for voters to decide whether to amend the Virginia Constitution to allow the General Assembly to temporarily redraw the state’s congressional districts to “restore fairness in the upcoming elections.”Early voting for the special election is scheduled to begin March 6.LATINA HOUSE REPUBLICAN ASKS SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK DEMS’ BID TO ‘RACIALLY GERRYMANDER’ HER OUT OF CONGRESS The plaintiffs argue the measure was not properly adopted by two separate General Assemblies with an “intervening election,” as required under Article XII of the Virginia Constitution.The Republicans also allege the ballot language…

MILAN – NATO artillery units linked up their guns across European training grounds, testing their abilities to strike targets and repel a deluge of drones and missiles in an exercise scenario reminiscent of combat in Ukraine.The multi-national drill was part of the U.S.-led exercise Dynamic Front, organized from Jan. 26 to Feb. 13, across five countries and nine training areas. The event, which involved 23 nations, focused on validating artillery interoperability — how quickly participants could plug different systems together and share the targeting data needed to coordinate long-range strikes across borders.Allied crews were thrown into the fire by simulating the magnitude and complexity of threats faced by troops in Ukraine. They were expected to conduct 1,500 strikes and intercept between 600 and 1,200 aerial threats daily in a major European conflict scenario, according to U.S. Army officials.In a press briefing, as quoted by Star and Stripes, Brig. Gen. Steven Carpenter, leader of the 56th Multi-Domain Command Europe, said the massed artillery fires are meant to create a deterrence effect, with strikes “so unrelenting” that no adversary would dare to attack.Participating units successfully set up the command systems necessary to coordinate strikes in one-sixth of the time it took in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NFL star Cam Newton opened up on his thoughts about women having children with multiple fathers in a recent podcast.”It’s Giving” host Sarah Fontenot talked to the former Carolina Panthers star about having a child and bringing a new man into her life. She asked Newton whether he felt like a woman’s “value gets lowered when they have multiple children by multiple men.” “I just think that the reality of that answer is that women’s value gets lowered the more children that they have,” he said on the podcast. “I was having this conversation with one of the mothers of my children and she’s still fine. Like, I was telling her, ‘The guy that you’re dating or will date, if he ain’t willing to love on these five children that you have, he ain’t the guy for you.’”Because when I came into your life, I was willing to accept you and whatever you had and there’s guys that’s out there that’s going to say, ‘Them ain’t my kids. I want you.’ Well, that ain’t how that works. But that’s not to say you can’t find nobody. I’m pretty sure she has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Washington Post editorial board claimed on Wednesday that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s threat of a “painful” property tax hike was an “admission” that the city has a spending problem.”Socialist utopia is expensive, but the new mayor didn’t exactly inherit a frugal city,” the editorial board wrote. “Mamdani is proposing a $127 billion budget, up $5 billion from last year. That’s a city budget bigger than the state budgets of 47 states. Even the state government of Florida (population 23 million) spends less than New York City’s. And the state still managed to attract hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers in recent years.”The board continued, “The reality is that Americans may like the idea of ‘free’ stuff — it’s how socialists win elections — but they are less excited about having to pay for it.”MAMDANI ‘ACCIDENTALLY HONORS’ FREE MARKET WITH SUBWAY STATION CEREMONY, WASHINGTON POST ARGUES During a news conference on Tuesday, Mamdani called on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers in Albany to raise income taxes on the “ultra-wealthy and the most profitable corporations” to help close the city’s budget gap.If they do not, Mamdani warned about…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison Thursday for leading an insurrection after declaring martial law in December 2024.Yoon was found guilty of abuse of authority and masterminding the insurrection.Yoon, 65, denied the charges and argued that he had presidential authority to declare martial law and that his action was aimed at sounding the alarm over opposition parties’ obstruction of government.NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN’S DAUGHTER SEEN AS FUTURE SUCCESSOR: SPY AGENCY Prosecutors said in January that Yoon’s “unconstitutional and illegal emergency martial law undermined the function of the National Assembly and the Election Commission … actually destroying the liberal democratic constitutional order.”Yoon’s attempt to impose martial law lasted roughly six hours, sparking mass street protests before parliament quickly voted it down.Under South Korean law, masterminding an insurrection carries a maximum sentence of death or life imprisonment. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty.SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENTIAL OUSTER PART OF CHINESE STRATEGY TO ‘EXPAND ITS REGIONAL INFLUENCE,’ EXPERT SAYS While courts last imposed a death sentence in 2016, South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997.Yoon is expected to appeal the ruling. Yoon faces…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When you come right down to it, Stephen Colbert’s job is to get laughs.And, night after night, find new ways to slam Donald Trump.Now he’s at war with his own network over an interview he was ordered not to run.The spectacle of the No. 1 late-night host slamming his corporate bosses is, well, pretty entertaining, but also raises important issues about free speech and government pressure.CBS DENIES IT BLOCKED COLBERT FROM BROADCASTING TALARICO INTERVIEW AFTER HOST CLAIMED NETWORK LAWYERS HALTED Anyway, what’s CBS gonna do, fire him? The new owners, the Skydance billionaires who bought Paramount, had already decided to end “The Late Show” in May. So that, in a sense, has liberated the network’s biggest star.The backstory is that the FCC has been making noises about ending the exemption of late-night and daytime talk shows from the equal-time rule. Under a plan floated by Chairman Brendan Carr, President Trump’s appointee, these shows, if they interview a candidate, would be required to offer opponents an equal block of time.COLBERT FUMES AT CBS, SAYS IT BARRED HIM FROM INTERVIEWING TEXAS DEM AMID FCC CRACKDOWNBut when Colbert taped a largely sympathetic sitdown with James Talarico,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 21-year-old New Jersey woman died of hypothermia after slipping off a trail near the summit of New York’s tallest mountain during a winter hike, officials said.Brianna Mohr was found on Feb. 12 near the summit of Mount Marcy by New York State Forest Rangers, where she was pronounced dead, according to the New York State Police.State rangers said they responded to a report of a hiker and her dog in distress on Mount Marcy at 3 p.m., launching an extensive search.Mohr was found around 9 p.m. and showed no signs of life, police said. An autopsy later determined the cause of death to be hypothermia.MORE THAN 20 ‘ILL-PREPARED’ HYPOTHERMIC HIKERS RESCUED FROM SNOWY CONDITIONS ON NEW ENGLAND’S HIGHEST PEAK Her dog was not injured and was rescued.According to AccuWeather.com, temperatures in Keene, New York, where the mountain is located, ranged from -8 to 20 degrees the day Mohr was hiking. Mount Marcy, in the Adirondacks, is the tallest mountain in the state at 5,344 feet.Mohr called 911 at 3:05 p.m. to report that she had slipped off the trail near the summit and was unable to get back to it, a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Washington, D.C., grandmother who lost her grandson to gun violence delivered a fiery defense of President Donald Trump during a Black History Month celebration Wednesday at the White House.Forlesia Cook’s grandson, Marty William McMillan Jr., was killed in 2017 at the age of 22. Cook has since spoken publicly about the loss, including testifying before Congress about his killing.After Trump invited Cook to say a few words at the event, she used the moment to defend him, urging critics to “get off the man’s back.””I love him, I don’t want to hear nothing you got to say about that racist stuff,” she said. “And don’t be looking at me on the news, hating on me because I’m standing up for somebody that deserves to be standing for.”TRUMP’S DC CRIME SUCCESS PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON CHICAGO’S DEADLY ‘WAR ZONE’ Cook’s voice grew louder as she continued.”Get off the man’s back,” she said. “Let him do his job. He’s doing the right thing. Back up off him.”She ended her remarks by declaring, “And grandma said it.”VANCE, HARRIS, OBAMA ISSUE TRIBUTES TO REV JESSE JACKSON The East Room crowd erupted in applause and cheers.Trump appeared…