Trump administration faces mounting questions over what’s next for Venezuela – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s national security team briefed senior lawmakers amid mounting questions over the strategy in Venezuela. Ed O’Keefe has the latest. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: 100%; } .device–type-mobile .content__meta-wrapper::before { width: calc(100vw – 40px); }
Under heavy guard, former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were flown from a federal jail in Brooklyn to Manhattan on Monday morning to make their first court appearance since being captured by U.S. forces over the weekend. Surrounded by Drug Enforcement Agency agents, the shackled Maduro shuffled from the helicopter to
Representatives from petroleum giants Chevron, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil are planning to meet with the Trump administration later this week to discuss Venezuela, two sources confirmed to CBS News. The meeting is expected to take place Thursday with Energy Secretary Chris Wright, one source familiar with the matter said. The meetings come as President Trump pushes
This combination of pictures created on Aug. 20, 2019, shows Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (L) at a joint press conference on July 11, 2019, at the Chancellery in Berlin and U.S. President Donald Trump before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, N.J., on Aug. 18, 2019. Tobias Schwarz and Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
By Jacob Burg | January 05, 2026Updated:January 05, 2026 When a semi-truck driver made an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike in August 2025, causing the deaths of three occupants in a minivan, debate ignited over the industry that trains truck drivers and the skill level of those who possess commercial driver’s licenses. The Florida
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26, 2025. Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters U.S. corporations won’t face a global minimum tax proposed by the European Union, according to an announcement Monday in Paris by an international economic policy group. The United States under President Donald Trump demanded the EU carve out American companies from
Pedro Rojas, 33, a Venezuelan dissident, talks to reporters outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York City following the arraignment of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 5, 2026. Arjun Singh/The Epoch Times NEW YORK CITY—A Venezuelan dissident explained why he confronted his country’s former leader, Nicolás Maduro, inside a federal