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In Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is telling pilots to treat the airspace over and around Venezuela as closed. He made the announcement in a post on social media offering no further details. NPR's Tamara Keith reports. It marks another move in the administration's pressure campaign on the government of Nicolas Maduro.
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The Trump administration has justified deadly airstrikes on Venezuelan boats in recent weeks as necessary to protect the American people from drug smuggling. Trump has also declared Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator, to be a narco terrorist, which Maduro disputes. In remarks on Thanksgiving, Trump implied there would be more coming.
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People aren't wanting to be delivering by sea, and we'll be starting to stop them by land. Also, the land is easier.
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A U.S. official not authorized to speak on the record tells NPR training flights are being conducted in the southern Caribbean, but there's no indication military action against Venezuela is imminent. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
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The FDA says it's planning to take a tougher approach to regulating vaccines. NPR's Rob Stein reports. Officials claim they've uncovered uncovered new evidence questioning the safety of the COVID 19 shots.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (1:37)
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary says the agency will require much stricter evidence that vaccines are safe and effective. Makary says the new approach was prompted by evidence that the deaths of at least 10 children were caused by the COVID vaccines. Makary's top deputy, Vinay Prasad, made that claim in an email distributed Friday. NPR obtained the email after it was reported by other news organizations. Independent public health experts, however, question the claim that the COVID vaccines caused these deaths, citing the administration's pattern of making unsupported and misleading claims. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes during the war in Gaza has topped 70,000. That's according to Gaza health officials. NPR's Kat Lansdorf reports from Tel Aviv.