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By Erin Banco NEW YORK (Global News) — A senior advisor to Tulsi Gabbard, who serves as the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, stated in an email dated March 24th that the Venezuelan government might not have directly instructed the actions of a gang which the Trump administration cited for expediting immigrant deportations. However, they maintained that it was logical to connect Caracas with the gang based on common understanding. President Donald Trump of the United States has asserted that Tren de Aragua coordinates its operations within the U.S. with the administration led by Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro as grounds for using the Alien Enemies Act to support the deportation of suspected gang members to a high-security facility in El Salvador. Certain legal experts contend that employing this statute necessitates evidence linking these individuals directly to an opposing foreign power. According to someone knowledgeable about the situation and verified by ano...

Pope Leo has made the Vatican available as a site for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia . The newly elected pope took this action to assist with resolving the 'extremely challenging and dire circumstances'. A representative of the head of the Catholic Church expressed hope that they might offer an 'opportunity for peace.' His Holiness’s offer yesterday came as Russia and Ukraine each agreed to release 1,000 prisoners before the negotiations in Istanbul appeared to break down after an hour and a half. No headway was achieved regarding a truce during these being the initial face-to-face discussions between the conflicting sides in three years. In the afternoon, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin stated that Pope Leo XIV plans to ultimately propose the use of the Vatican and the Holy See as a neutral venue for a direct meeting between the two parties involved. He stated, "This is unfortunate because we had envisioned i...