US expels 2 Cuban diplomats, citing ‘influence operations’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is expelling two Cuban diplomats and is restricting travel of members of Cuba’s permanent mission to the United Nations days before world leaders gather for the annual U.N. General Assembly.
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus says the Cuban diplomats who are being expelled are attached to the U.N. mission.
Ortagus says in a statement that the diplomats tried to “conduct influence operations against the United States.” The statement give