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President Donald Trump suggested Thursday night that the U.S. could “very soon” begin targeting alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land, expanding operations that have so far focused on the Caribbean Sea. In Thanksgiving remarks to U.S. troops around the world, Trump thanked the Air Force’s 7th Bomb Wing for their work to “deter Venezuelan drug traffickers” and said “it’s about 85% stopped by sea … and we’ll be starting to stop them by land.” “Also, the land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon,” the president added, speaking from his Mar-a-Lago estate. The comments come as Trump weighs whether to take military action against Venezuela as part of what his administration has called a campaign against drug trafficking. Senior U.S. military officials have also made recent visits to leaders in the Caribbean. For months, the president has intensified U.S. military presence in the region, ramping up pressure on Venezuela with strikes on alleged drug boats since early September. The military has carried out nearly two dozen known strikes on vessels they said were carrying drugs, killing at least 82 people. The USS Gerald R. Ford, a major aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean last week, rounding out a build-up of U.S. military forces in the region that has not been seen for decades. The U.S. last week also designated the Cartel de los Soles, a group Washington alleges is run by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, as a foreign terrorist organization. The moves have raised both expectations and concerns of a possible strike inside Venezuela. Yet even as he increases military pressure, Trump has said that he could still hold talks with Maduro, suggesting a possible diplomatic pathway to defuse the mounting tensions. “I might talk to him,” Trump said aboard Air Force One this week. “We’ll see. We’re discussing this with different staff.” Asked about the administration’s continued targeting of narcotraffickers on Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that “you can expect to see those strikes continue.” NBC News previously reported that according to current and former U.S. law enforcement and military officials as well as narcotics experts, drug cartels operating vessels in the Caribbean are mainly moving cocaine from South America to Europe — not to the U.S. During his remarks on Thursday, Trump also spoke with members of other military service groups, offering to take “any damn question you want.” Military members praised him, told stories and asked questions about his presidency, with a Marine speaking from Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, saying that his battalion was ready to support the president’s operation against narcoterrorists.

The author, not pictured, lost her husband in her 20s.Justin Paget/Getty ImagesMy first husband died unexpectedly when we were both in our 20s.Becoming a widower taught me that romantic love is not the only kind of love out there.Getting married again doesn't mean that I will erase my widowhood.As I filled out the intake paperwork at my annual physical, I quickly clicked through all the standard demographic information, halting as I reached the marital status question. I hovered over the dropdown menu before clicking "widowed." I realized that next year I would be clicking "married."Though I will consider myself both "married" and "widowed" after my coming wedding, the binaries that govern paperwork will not honor this joint identity, erasing a title that I have come to embrace in the past four years since my husband's death.I was a widow in my 20sEli died in an accident when he was 25. We were newlyweds, embarking on a life together and humming with excitement for all the future held. Overnight, that future we had spent years discussing and planning evaporated.The author's first husband died unexpectedly when he was 25.Courtesy of the authorMany other young people I know who have lost partners have grappled with the title "widow" or "widower," words that rarely conjure images of people in their 20s with potentially decades of life ahead. But, as I attended dozens of grief groups, sitting among others who had lost loved ones, I realized that partner loss is unusual in having a title I could claim.There is no equivalent for someone mourning a sibling, a child, or a friend, no single word to signal the magnitude of that perpetual pain. Grateful for the terminology available to me, I quickly adopted "widow," weaving it into my identity.Widowhood has redefined how I live in countless ways, but three lessons have lit my path forward.I say 'yes' more nowFirst, I have fought (and continue to fight) to let go of the pervasive culture of delayed gratification. I am haunted by the number of times I said "no" to Eli in favor of pursuing a future moment of joy rather than relishing the present.I said no to spontaneous weekend trips because I deemed it more responsible to save for a bigger vacation later. I said no to small pleasures, such as theater tickets and late-night snacks at the bodega, because I was budgeting for future milestones and increasing my contributions to retirement accounts. I said no to quiet moments together at the end of long workdays because I was preoccupied with climbing a career ladder.The author and her husband always dreamed of hiking the Inca Trail and visiting Machu Picchu. She hiked it by herself, carrying his passport with her.Courtesy of the authorNow, rather than living for a future that might or might not come, I try to say yes — to joy, to love, and sometimes to a touch of chaos, even when it feels impractical or risky. Celebrating the present is often a messy endeavor, but it is undoubtedly a way of living.There's more than romantic loveSecond, I was raised in a sea of cultural narratives that centered romantic love as the ultimate love. And it was for me. But when it slipped through my fingers, I realized that what I missed most about our partnership was the love that had been nurtured and developed in our friendship.After Eli's death, the love that sustained me came from expanding the boundaries of connection — in the friends who could sense how I was doing by the tone of my voice, in the family that welcomed me for weeks on their futons when I couldn't bear to be home alone, and in random strangers who understood my loss through their own experiences. Love is an unlimited resource that doesn't subscribe to any hierarchy. There is so much to go around.I live like any day could be my lastThird, I now live each day knowing it could be my last, or worse, the last for someone I love. Rebuilding my life after loss has meant learning to find peace in uncertainty and to hold both hope and fear…

Si le MHR a réussi à s’imposer contre l’Union Bordeaux-Bègles (28-24), ce samedi 29 novembre à l’occasion de la 11e journée de Top 14, un coup de sifflet de l’arbitre de la rencontre, Kevin Bralley, a déclenché une...

C'est une invitée évènement mais qui n'a pas vraiment fait mouche. Ce vendredi, l'émission Quotidien recevait Aya Nakamura pour clôturer la semaine. Malheureusement, les audiences n'ont pas suivi. Alors que les deux premières parties étaient toutes deux en hausse sur une semaine, la dernière, diffusée jusqu'à 21h20, a vu son audience décrocher. La venue d'Aya Nakamura n'a visiblement pas contenté tout le monde… Seuls 1,33 million de personnes ont assisté à son interview, soit une baisse de 0,5 point.Une interview qui a été fortement commentée sur les réseaux sociaux. En effet, interrogée sur les nouveaux mots qu'elle créé pour ses chansons, la chanteuse a jugé bon de parler d'elle à la troisième personne... De quoi agacer ses détracteurs, qui s'en sont donné à cœur joie sur X. C'est le cas de Marguerite Stern, militante féministe rattachée à des mouvances d'extrême droite."Je pense qu’on avait jamais vu une artiste aussi libre artistiquement déclare Aya Nakamura au sujet de sa propre personne. Elle semble ignorer l’existence de Brel, Barbara, Radiohead, Anthony and the Johnson’s, Julian Casablancas, Alex Turner" tacle ainsi la militante. Le compte Destination Télé, ouvertement d'extrême droite, a aussi relayé la vidéo : "Elle parle d’elle à la 3ème personne". Elle parle d’elle à la 3ème personne🤯#AyaNakamura pic.twitter.com/Vc1qD07mlR— Destination Télé (@DestinationTele) November 28, 2025 Aya Nakamura casse les codes... Si la manière de parler d'Aya Nakamura choque l'extrême droite, certains Français célèbres faisaient pourtant la même chose... C'est le cas de l'iconique Alain Delon, qui nous a quittés il y a un an et demi. Sur le plateau de Bouillon de culture en 1996, il avait expliqué pourquoi il parlait toujours de lui à la troisième personne : "Je ne suis pas quelqu'un qui a le culte du Moi. Je crois que dans la profession, il y a des confrères beaucoup plus en avance que moi sur le sujet".Pendant toute sa carrière, Alain Delon a parlé de lui à la troisième personne... sans que cela ne gêne ni ne choque quiconque. Mais hier, dans Quotidien, une simple phrase d'Aya Nakamura, qui s'est présentée à la troisième personne comme "une artiste aussi libre artistiquement", a fait tout l'inverse. Dans ses chansons, les francophones les plus streamées au monde tous les mois, la chanteuse franco-malienne impose un style bien à elle, et une "africation" qui dérange les uns, et enchante les autres.

Cet ancien enseignant, très attaché à la justice sociale, s’est éteint à l’âge de 76 ans. Ceux qui l’ont croisé dans son quartier de Clemenceau ou lors de mobilisations ne l’oublieront pas.