The Trump administration informed congressional leaders about the strikes only after the Venezuela operation began, congressional sources said. The gang of eight, the House and Senate leaders and the chairs and ranking members of the intelligence committees, received the notification. The chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, confirmed
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs executive orders while accompanied by his campaign volunteers during a press conference at Grand Army Plaza in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Jan. 2, 2026. Jeenah Moon/Reuters New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his decision to rescind a dozen executive orders issued
Washington — President Trump said Saturday the U.S. would “run the country” of Venezuela “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition” after President Nicolás Maduro was captured in an overnight military operation. Mr. Trump said in remarks from Mar-a-Lago that the U.S. carried out an “assault like people have not seen
US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R), CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2025. President Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas
Washington — President Trump said that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was “highly guarded” when he was captured early Saturday morning, while confirming that Maduro is heading to New York. “He was in a very highly guarded, like a fortress actually,” the president said Saturday morning on “Fox and Friends.” “He was in a fortress.” Mr.
U.S. special operations forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, in an overnight operation on Jan. 3, and flew them out of the country to face criminal charges in the United States. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Over the past three days, federal agencies have terminated and descoped 55 “wasteful” contracts with a ceiling value of $1.6 billion, resulting in savings of $542 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in