President Donald Trump downplayed acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez's recent comment to NBC News that Nicolás Maduro is still the legitimate leader of Venezuela, telling reporters Monday that the response was one of political necessity.

Two days after the U.S. military captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, retired Cuban colonel Oscar Larralde led a small gathering of officials at the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. to commemorate the 32 Cuban soldiers killed during the lightning American operation in Caracas. He also delivered a stern warning.

A number of prominent critics have started to emerge from hiding to test the limits of political speech after years of self-imposed silence driven by fear.

Venezuela's government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado.

Plus, officials want to ban an immigration detention center in Spokane, but SeaTac has already done it. And Sandpoint considers taxing itself—and visitors.