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Venezuelan leaders call Trump’s threat to close the nation’s airspace ‘illegal and unjustified aggression’
28+ min ago (372+ words) OAN Staff'Blake Wolf12:24 PM " Sunday, November 30, 2025 Venezuelan leaders responded to President Donald Trump's Truth Social post announcing that Venezuelan airspace should be considered "closed in its entirety," condemning the statement as an attempt to "undermine the sovereignty" of Venezuela. In a Saturday Truth Social post, President Trump wrote: "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" President Trump's remark represents a new escalation after months of threats and warnings against the Nicolas Maduro regime, which the Trump administration has accused of engaging in the trafficking of narcotics to the United States. The United States has also engaged in a military buildup in the Caribbean, including the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group, over a dozen large naval warships, a…...
Noem blames Biden admin. for allowing National Guard Shooting suspect into U.S. without proper vetting: ‘Responsibility lies with them’
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (632+ words) OAN Staff'Blake Wolf10:34 AM " Sunday, November 30, 2025 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem slammed the Biden administration for allowing Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspected murderer of two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. last week, into the United States. Lakanwal is accused of ambushing National Guard troops stationed in Washington, D.C., near the White House on Wednesday, killing 20-year-old Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom. 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remains hospitalized, fighting for his life. Lakanwal entered the United States under the Biden administration under Operation Allies Welcome, following the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, which resulted in the death of 13 service members. Lakanwal previously worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the U.S. war in Afghanistan and was granted asylum this April. "He was brought into the country by the Biden administration through Operation Allies Welcome. And then, maybe vetted after that,…...
Rubio and Witkoff meet with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida following resignation of Zelensky’s top negotiator
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (321+ words) OAN Staff'Blake Wolf9:06 AM " Sunday, November 30, 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner met with top Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday as the Trump administration aims to hammer out the details of the proposed peace plan. The meeting builds on previous talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials last weekend in Geneva, which centered around President Trump's proposed 28-point peace plan. In Trump's original proposal, Ukraine would have ceded parts of the Donbas region, reduced its military to 600,000 troops, barred NATO forces from entering the country, and abandoned its goal of joining NATO. According to a Fox News report, the updated framework includes 19 points, down from the original 28 points, as Ukraine and Western European allies criticized the proposal as too favorable to Moscow. "This is about ending a war in a way that…...
Trump announces new D.C. National Mall project to fix ‘Biden filth and incompetence’
22+ hour, 1+ min ago (180+ words) OAN Staff'Katherine Mosack2:51 PM " Saturday, November 29, 2025 President Trump announced a new Washington D.C. National Mall project near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. On Wednesday, Trump posted a video of the pool in D.C., declaring that he and the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum plan to "fix it." "Study it hard because you won't be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!" Trump said. In the video, text came across the screen that read, "Make D.C. beautiful again." The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was completed in 1923, over a century ago, as part of architect Henry Bacon's design for a memorial honoring President Abraham Lincoln. The long, shallow pool stretches nearly 2,000 feet between the 99-foot-tall Lincoln Memorial and the 555-foot-tall Washington Monument. Famously, the pool was the location for the 1963 March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream…...
Report: DOJ determined drug boat strikes are legal under U.S. and international law in classified memo
22+ hour, 7+ min ago (299+ words) OAN Staff'Katherine Mosack3:45 PM "Saturday, November 29, 2025 In a classified memo, the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) advised the Pentagon that strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats are legal under both U.S. and international law. The 50-page document was sent out this summer, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing four sources familiar with the matter. This was shortly before the Trump administration started carrying out deadly strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. military has completed 19 strikes since September. The opinion also clarified that military personnel would not be exposed to prosecution in the future for their involvement in the strikes. The document argues that the U.S. is engaged in a "non-international armed conflict" under the president's Article II authorities, which would allow the attacks under domestic law. President Donald Trump echoed this idea in…...
Gas prices hit lowest point since 2021
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (309+ words) OAN Staff'Katherine Mosack1:25 PM "Saturday, November 29, 2025 The prices of gasoline across the United States have dropped to their lowest levels for the first time in four years. GasBuddy data published on Friday revealed that the national average price per gallon of gasoline dipped below $3, which is the lowest average since May 2021. GasBuddy released a news statement on Friday reporting the low numbers, which dropped in "all 50 states over the last seven days, an exceptionally rare and broad-based retreat." "U.S. gas prices now average $2.946/gallon, according to GasBuddy, the lowest since May 9, 2021," De Haan posted to X on Friday. De Haan also made previous posts disproving the idea that gas prices would go up over the Thanksgiving holiday. He added in the news statement that he could see prices continuing to fall more over the next four weeks, though prices typically begin to…...
FDA officials: At least 10 children died due to COVID shots
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (599+ words) OAN Staff'Katherine Mosack10:10 AM "Saturday, November 29, 2025 The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Chief Medical Officer Vinay Prasad revealed data findings that at least 10 children have died due to COVID-19 vaccinations. "At least 10 children have died after and because of receiving COVID-19 vaccination," Prasad wrote in an email sent to staff Friday afternoon. Prasad is also the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director, and was selected by President Donald Trump's appointed FDA Commissioner, Marty Makary. He emphasized that the number he referenced is "certainly an underestimate due to underreporting and inherent bias," arguing that the studies performed on the COVID vaccinations and booster shots "often fail to look at the balance in younger people." The medical officer explained how the commissioner "closely" studied "reports of vaccine-induced myocarditis," which seemed to be primarily affecting "young, healthy boys and men," who…...
WH launches fake news ‘Media Offender of the Week’
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (264+ words) OAN Staff'Katherine Mosack11:32 AM "Saturday, November 29, 2025 The White House has created an official website page to call out fake news "media offenders" each week. The three "offenders" of the week are currently CBS News, The Independent and The Boston Globe. Listed under the "offense" section of the page is the explanation, "The media misrepresented President Trump's call for Members of Congress to be held accountable for inciting sedition by saying that he called for their "execution." The offenses were also categorized as "misrepresentation" and "omission of context." The White House maintained that the truth is, "The Democrats and Fake News Media subversively implied that President Trump had issued illegal orders to service members. Every order President Trump has issued has been lawful. It is dangerous for sitting Members of Congress to incite insubordination in the United States' military, and President Trump…...
Trump to airlines: Consider Venezuela’s airspace closed
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (381+ words) OAN Staff'Katherine Mosack8:04 AM "Saturday, November 29, 2025 President Donald Trump has informed airlines that the airspace above Venezuela should be considered closed to air travel amid tensions with Venezuelan leadership. "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," he posted to his Truth Social platform on Saturday morning. To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP(TS: 29 Nov 07:43 ET)" The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also recently issued a notice calling for airlines to avoid the area. "Operators are advised to exercise caution when operating in the Maiquetia flight information region at all altitudes due to the worsening security situation and heightened…...
Zelensky's chief of staff and lead negotiator in U.S. talks resigns after anti-corruption investigators search his home, office
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (614+ words) OAN Staff'Brooke Mallory5:19 PM " Friday, November 28, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the resignation of Andriy Yermak, his longtime chief of staff and the country's most influential official after himself. The move came just hours after anti-corruption investigators searched Yermak's residence and office in connection with a massive embezzlement probe. "We don't have a right to retreat or argue between ourselves. If we lose unity, we risk losing everything " ourselves, Ukraine, our future," Zelenskyy said. "We must unite, we must hold on. We have no other choice. We won't have another Ukraine." "To preserve our internal strength, there must be no reasons to be distracted at anything else except for defense of Ukraine," he added. "I don't want anybody to be questioning Ukraine, and that's why we have today's decisions," Zelensky stated. The Nature of the Investigation The probe has already…...