On Truth Social, the far-right social media site owned by Mr. Trump, over 20,000 accounts liked a message Mr. Trump posted on Tuesday accusing prosecutors in Georgia of a witch hunt, after a lengthy investigation brought charges against him and some of his key advisers on Monday for their efforts in the state to reverse the results of the 2020 elec

Two of the episodes described in the greatest detail occurred at his summer residence. The first involves a recording of the former president talking on 21 July, 2021 about a secret US “plan of attack” against a country that is not named, but believed to be Iran.Bringing a complex racketeering case to trial can also be tough, given the need to

On August 4 Maduro was the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt undertaken with two explosive-laden drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) that were detonated near him while he spoke to National Guard troops after a commemorative parade in Caracas. Maduro was unharmed. Responsibility for the assault was unclear.Now, a few politicians who are

Maduro was narrowly elected a few months later and re-elected in 2018 to a six-year term in an electoral process widely criticized as fraudulent.Only about 31 percent of eligible voters went to the polls, which allowed the PSUV to capture nearly 68 percent of the vote and hence secure an overwhelming majority in the Assembly (the opposition parties

“We will stay here until there is a military intervention or the electoral court changes what is happening,” said Antoniel Almeida, 45, the owner of a party-supply store who was helping run the blockade. Mr. Almeida believed the election was rigged. “We need an investigation,” he said.Since Brazil began using electronic voting machines in 1