Allegations vehemently denied by White House and Israeli embassy, follow growing disagreements between Trump and Netanyahu over Iran diplomacy and fighting in Lebanon
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US hits Iranian radar sites after drone attacks, Iran fires missiles at Bahrain, Kuwait; Trump says deal stuck because Iran has to make tough decisions, says Tehran retains about 22% of missile arsenal
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Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro made his first public appearance Friday since the Trump administration charged him with murder over the 1996 shoot-down of planes operated by a Cuban exile group.
Castro appeared on state television during an Interior Ministry celebration in Havana, according to Reuters.
The appearance came weeks after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing Castro of playing a role in the downing of two aircraft operated by the Miami-based exile organization Brothers to the Rescue nearly 30 years ago.
Castro was charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, destruction of aircraft and four counts of murder.
Castro, who turned 95 on Wednesday, was last seen publicly during May Day celebrations in Havana, days before the indictment was unsealed.
Prior to his May Day appearance, Castro had remained out of public view for months, appearing only at a public ceremony in Cuba's capital in January honoring 32 Cuban soldiers killed during the U.S. military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The indictment centers on a February 1996 incident in which Cuban military aircraft allegedly shot down two unarmed civilian planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, killing four men: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre Jr., Mario de la Peña and Pablo Morales.
OBAMA’S BASEBALL OUTING WITH CASTRO REIGNITES FURY AFTER TRUMP DOJ DROPS HAMMER ON CUBAN LEADER
Prosecutors allege the aircraft were flying outside Cuban territory when they were destroyed.
The indictment came amid rising tensions in the Caribbean and a series of comments from Trump and his surrogates hinting at possible regime change in the island nation.
President Donald Trump previously praised the indictment, saying Cuban Americans whose families suffered under the communist regime had waited decades for accountability.
"We have big news on Cuba, as you know, with the indictment of Castro," Trump said. "A lot of people have suffered very big, very, very, at levels that few people would understand."
Trump also suggested tensions with Cuba would not escalate following the indictment.
"There won’t be escalation," he said. "We won’t have to."
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Still, the decision to indict Castro fueled comparisons to the pressure campaign Trump previously used against Maduro.
"At the very least, it means symbolically that he is now set up just as Nicolás Maduro was," Christine Balling, a Cuba expert at the Institute of World Politics and former advisor to U.S. Special Operations Command South, previously told Fox News Digital.
The U.S. indicted Maduro on narco-terrorism charges while tightening sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector, backing opposition efforts to remove him from power and increasing military operations in the Caribbean.
"I don't think that we are necessarily going to conduct the same operation," Balling said. "Raúl Castro is 94 years old. It might not be worth the trouble."
Still, Balling argued that the indictment sent "a very straightforward message that we are 100% behind the fall of the Castro regime."
Fox News Digital's Robert McGreevy, Greg Wehner and Morgan Phillips, along with Fox News' David Spunt, Bill Mears and Jake Gibson contributed to this report. Reuters also contributed to this report.
Democrat candidates across the country have been speaking out against President Donald Trump with ease but appear to struggle to answer basic policy questions on the campaign trail.
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Corporate special interests, including the tech industry and the United States Chamber of Commerce, have launched a "quiet" lobbying effort against President Donald Trump's crackdown on visa overstays, the Washington Post reports.
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A federal judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from halting legal immigration and asylum applications from nearly 40 countries deemed "high-risk" by officials.
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Friday on ABC's "The View," co-host Sunny Hostin said she was "embarrassed at how America is now seen across the globe."
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President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday, and his decision was in line with Graham moving to pass the SAVE America Act.
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Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo says she is "enraged" that the Trump White House used one of her songs for an ICE immigration enforcement video.
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A current Democrat congressional candidate in Iowa apologized for being white and said on a 2020 campaign website she "benefited greatly from privilege."
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America added 172,000 jobs in May under President Trump. Meanwhile, in the Democrat-run, left-wing entertainment industry, thousands of jobs were lost.
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Senate Republicans passed their $70 billion bill Friday to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown through the remainder of his term.
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A left-leaning podcaster is seething at liberals whom he claimed are "feeding" the "smear campaign" against U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).
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Some familiar sights, sounds and voices have been lined up by President Donald Trump to replace the “no talent” artists who nixed the planned “Freedom 250” Great American State Fair concert series in Washington, DC, designed as a celebration of the nation.
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Thursday on CNN's "The Source," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed President Donald Trump "cannot take any money in a settlement with the federal government while he's president."
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is reportedly seeking a new indictment pertaining to President Trump and the 2020 election.
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With Iran and Lebanon campaigns in the balance, and months before elections, dressing-down leaves Israelis suspicious that premier has lost control of life-or-death decisions
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President says he mulled sending troops to seize near-weapons-grade stockpile at war's start, but declined to do so given the risks: 'I don’t want to do it if we’re in conflict'
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Republican Reps. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) and Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) have introduced a resolution calling for the phased elimination of the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel and its replacement with a new partnership focused on trade, joint technology development, and strategic cooperation — a proposal endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that without energy dominance, the United States "can't win" after he announced $700 million in funding to bolster America's coal industry.
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The international hotel chain Meliá, based in Spain, announced it would stop operating 15 of the 34 hotels it currently administers in Cuba.
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Thursday on CNN's "New Central," Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) dismissed scandal-ridden Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner because Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) rubber stamps President Donald Trump's agenda.
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The bipartisan Senate bill aimed at reforming and saving college sports, got the most powerful endorsement it could get on Thursday: President Trump himself.
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is expected to make announcements on three major coal-related actions on Thursday.
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