Trump's USA

American defense
The six Democrats are investigated by the FBI: "Standing up for my country"

The federal police agency FBI is opening a preliminary investigation against six opposition politicians and summoning them for questioning, American media reports.

After they urged military personnel to refuse illegal orders in a video, President Donald Trump called them traitors and wrote that the crime was “punishable by death.”

The FBI’s Counterterrorism Division has announced that it has opened “what appears to be a preliminary investigation into all six of us,” Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin told CBS. According to several of the others, the FBI has tried to schedule them for questioning through Congress.

“I will not let the FBI stop me from standing up for my country and our Constitution,” writes Elissa Slotkin on X. 

US job figures
Negative job growth in the US private sector is increasing

On average, employment in the US private sector decreased by 13,500 people per week during the last four-week period. This is reported by CNBC, referring to the latest weekly statistics from the payroll system company ADP.

This represents a deterioration compared to last week, when the four-week average was a negative job growth of 2,500 positions.

While waiting for the official statistics to catch up after the long-term shutdown of the US government apparatus, ADP's surveys have gained increased importance in determining the development of the country's labor market. 

Tensions in the Caribbean
Sources: Trump ready for talks with Maduro

US President Donald Trump has told his advisers that he plans to speak directly with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Axios reports.

There is no date yet for when such a conversation could take place.

The statement came on the same day that the US has classified the criminal network Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. The US has designated Maduro as the leader of the organization.