Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

NATIONAL NEWS

Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, Trump administration says

Jan 13, 2026, 5:49 PM

Supporters of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ride through the streets calling for his r...

Supporters of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ride through the streets calling for his release as he faces trial in the United States after being captured by U.S. forces, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Associated Press's Profile Picture

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS


WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released, the Trump administration said Tuesday.

“We welcome the release of detained Americans in Venezuela,” the State Department said.

“This is an important step in the right direction by the interim authorities.” It comes after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a stunning nighttime raid earlier this month.

National News

Defendant Lindsay Clancy looks at the jury after Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Clan...

Associated Press

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children

BOSTON (AP) — Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for killing her three young children because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, her lawyer told a judge Thursday, saying the court should decide she’s not guilty by reason of insanity. Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility last Friday, […]

1 hour ago

FILE - A group of undocumented migrants is deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement age...

Associated Press

Appeals court cites detention of Japanese Americans in ruling blasting Trump immigration policy

The Trump administration’s policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release on bond is illegal and “harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history,” including the mass detention of Japanese Americans during World War II, a divided federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became […]

1 hour ago

McKenna West, left, arrives with her legal team for a court hearing in Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 20...

Associated Press

Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby

A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect. McKenna West filed the emergency order Wednesday, widening a legal battle over surrogacy and abortion that has won the […]

2 hours ago

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum ...

Associated Press

Whitmer rethinks Line 5 tunnel permits, ramps up shutdown pleas after court ruling

State environmental regulators are reviewing permits they recently granted for the Line 5 tunnel project, in light of a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision that raised the bar for environmental reviews. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Phil Roos, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, announced the development Wednesday in a press […]

2 hours ago

People visiting the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, Tues...

Associated Press

Smithsonian marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a display of rare artifacts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seat belts and a flight attendant call button from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93. A purse filled with keys and a wallet recovered from the World Trade Center site. The telephone that sat on U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson’s desk when his wife, Barbara, called from a hijacked airplane. The Smithsonian’s […]

2 hours ago

FILE - The Michigan Marching Band performs at the end of the first period during an NCAA college me...

Associated Press

Former hockey players at University of Michigan sue, say they were sexually abused decades ago

DETROIT (AP) — More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging their coach and other staff were aware of sexual hazing that included the forced shaving of their genitals and other abuse by teammates decades ago. “The abuse was ritualized, meticulously planned, and sadistic. … Enduring sexual abuse was […]

3 hours ago

Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, Trump administration says