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Venezuela’s flights fade, Navy flags carrier gaps, Florida raid nets kratom arsenal, and SCOTUS to parse five words on birthright citizenship
Venezuela's air links dwindle as more airlines suspend routes
Four more carriers have halted service, joining earlier safety-driven pullouts, leaving Venezuela largely cut off and international flights reduced to a trickle. Airlines are voting with their wings, and the result is isolation for ordinary Venezuelans while officials pretend turbulence is just a state of mind.
Navy flags carrier strike group gaps after string of mishaps
A Navy investigation into four recent incidents tied to the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, including a collision and fighter jet losses, found weaknesses the service now vows to fix. The brass calls them lessons learned, which is a polite way to say readiness got an expensive remedial course, because even supercarriers still need competent oversight.
Florida raid finds kratom lab and a small war's worth of weapons
After a months-long probe, Brevard County deputies say they shut down Overseas Organics, a kratom-based operation run by 26-year-old Maxwell Horvath. Undercover buys flagged elevated 7-hydroxymitragynine, and investigators say Horvath bragged about a Breaking Bad on steroids setup. The warrant turned up roughly 92,000 pounds of illegal product worth about 4.7 million dollars, plus explosives, automatic weapons, and thousands of rounds. The sheriff called it the largest bust of its kind and warned the cache looked like preparation for war. Horvath, a convicted felon, faces dozens of firearms and weapons charges, with more expected. Not exactly wellness supplements, more like a mail-order militia kit with tracking.
Supreme Court to decide birthright citizenship fight over five words
The court will review Trump v. Washington, testing a January 2025 executive order that ended recognition of citizenship for U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants and short-term visitors, not retroactively. The outcome hinges on the 14th Amendment phrase subject to the jurisdiction thereof. One side cites Reconstruction’s broad promise, longstanding practice, and Wong Kim Ark, with narrow exceptions for diplomats, invading armies, and historically tribal citizens. The other side argues consent of the governed and Elk v. Wilkins, claiming citizenship requires mutual allegiance and that unlawful or temporary presence lacks consent. Expect a divided court, with Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett likely in the middle, and a ruling by early July 2026. Nothing says happy 250th like debating who counts as American over a five-word clause.
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