5 GOP Senators Join Democrats to Advance Measure to Block Military Action in Venezuela

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times WASHINGTON—The Senate, on Jan. 8, voted to advance a resolution to curtail President Donald Trump’s authority to order further military action on Venezuela in the days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from a fortified compound in Caracas. Senators

Trump lays out Venezuela oil strategy as Senate votes on war powers

President Trump said on Truth Social Wednesday that Venezuela will use the money that it draws from a recent oil sale deal with the U.S. on “ONLY American Made Products.” Those purchases could include agricultural products, medicines, medical devices and equipment needed to fix the country’s beleaguered electrical grid, Mr. Trump wrote. “In other words,

Border Czar Tom Homan Responds to Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Wants Investigation to ‘Play Out’

White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2025.Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The Trump administration’s border czar said on Jan. 7 that he has not seen any examples of excessive force in videos showing a woman being shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs

REPLAY: Noem Holds Press Conference on ICE Operations in New York

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 8 in New York to discuss ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens in New York. Officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations, and Enf… Original News Source