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First Thing: US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime

Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, and five others, in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s communist regime. The indictment, filed in US district court

GOP races to fund immigration enforcement. And, U.S. indicts former Cuban president

Raúl Castro,** the 94-year-old former president of Cuba. The department alleges that Castro played a [key role in shooting down](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/g-s1-122383/us-cuba-raul-castro-indictment) two U.S. planes in 1996. The attack killed four people