Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, convened an urgent meeting with the country’s top military and intelligence officials in Abuja on Monday to chart the government’s response to pressure from Donald Trump and formal U.S. sanctions.
On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s State of the Union, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating what he called the “largest pay-to-play scheme in the history of the country.”
President Trump told U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, that interdiction operations in the Caribbean have been so effective “we can’t find a ship” loaded with drugs anymore.
Congressional staffers were notified this week that they will not receive their October 31 paychecks due to the ongoing government shutdown, now in its 29th day.