The U.S. sanctioned five Cuban state entities Tuesday, targeting the military-controlled conglomerate that controls nearly 40 percent of the island's economy.
The State Department on Thursday sanctioned Cuba's state-owned oil and gas company, Union Cuba-Petroleo (CUPET), as the Trump administration tightens economic pressure on the island nation's communist government amid what officials describe as an escalating confrontation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday and delivered a pointed message to troops: the Pentagon is ready for armed conflict with Cuba.
The head of U.S. Southern Command sat down with a senior Cuban general at the edge of Guantanamo Bay on Friday, a direct military encounter so unusual it signals just how tense relations have become between Washington and the communist regime in Havana.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is defending her April trip to Cuba after revealing she met directly with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, foreign ambassadors, and senior government officials to discuss lifting U.S. sanctions and the American fuel embargo against the communist island.
