In a move that has alarmed national security experts and Republicans alike, outgoing President Joe Biden has removed Cuba from the U.S. State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, despite the island nation’s well-documented ties to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. This decision, widely criticized as a dangerous concession, overlooks Cuba's continued support for terrorist groups, which threaten U.S. allies and interests in the Middle East and beyond.

President Biden’s proclamation removing Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terror caused an uproar in Florida, notably among the president's fellow Democrats. The rare political unity in the Sunshine State was pronounced after Biden certified on Tuesday that Havana's Miguel Diaz-Canel regime has "not provided any support for international terrorism" during the preceding six-month period. Biden’s declaration also claimed Havana provided Washington with assurances it will not support terrorism in the future, and that the U.S.

The State Department has applied the “specially designated global terrorist” designation to the Terrorgram Collective in a groundbreaking move that for the first time sanctions a transnational white supremacist terrorist group with a significant presence in the United States.

The Florida Democratic Party slammed President Biden for his decision to lift Cuba’s State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) designation in exchange for freeing jailed political prisoners who protested the regime back in 2021. “While any return of political prisoners from the clutches of Communist Cuba is cause for celebration, the regime’s treatment of the Cuban people continues to be one of the biggest human rights violations of the last century,” Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said in a statement released Tuesday. “It would be naive to think that this...

It’s a rare moment indeed when a state party publicly criticizes a president from their own side of the partisan aisle, but that’s exactly what happened Tuesday when the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) sent out a press release stating that they “condemn in the strongest terms” President Joe Biden’s decision to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. On Tuesday, the White House notified Congress of the intent to remove Cuba from the list and ease some of the economic sanctions the U.S. has imposed, in connection...

President Joe Biden has announced plans to lift the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, undoing an order by former and President-elect Donald Trump. Just six days before Trump returns to the White House, Biden on Tuesday notified Congress that he will remove the designation as part of an initiative to free political prisoners on the Communist island. The move reverses an action taken by Trump only days before his own term ended in 2021. The Republican added Cuba to the state sponsor of terrorism list...

A decision by President Joe Biden’s administration to take Cuba off a list of state sponsors of terror infuriated Florida leaders across the political spectrum. Three Cuban-American Representatives from South Florida released a joint video statement condemning the action. There, U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart called the move a gift a communist regime still controlled by the family of former dictator Fidel Castro.

Joe Biden has removed Cuba from a list of nations classified as supporting international terrorism, reversing a decision by predecessor Donald Trump to crack down on the communist nation. The president notified Congress of the intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, less than a week before Trump is due to be sworn in for his second term. The move is part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free “many dozens” of political prisoners on the island, jwho...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, whose father was tortured and imprisoned in Cuba before fleeing to the U.S., condemned the Biden administration's announcement Tuesday that it will lift the U.S. designation of the Communist-led island nation as a state sponsor of terrorism. It is the latest in a number of environmental, immigration, and foreign-policy decisions the Biden administration has taken in its final days before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday. "Today's decision is unacceptable on its merits," Cruz said in a news release. "The terrorism advanced...

The Biden administration reportedly plans to lift Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, reversing a move made by the Trump administration in 2021. The Associated Press reported the news on Tuesday afternoon, though the White House has not yet denied or confirmed the reports. The move is reportedly part of a Catholic Church-sponsored deal to free political prisoners in Cuba. Cuba was given the designation in January 2021, shortly before Biden took office. At the time, the U.S. Embassy of Cuba accused the country of "repeatedly...