Hours after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces, the country’s vice president and other top regime figures condemned the military operation in stark terms and suggested they plan to push back on U.S. involvement in the country, posing a potential challenge to President Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela. Maduro
President Donald Trump shared his plans for Venezuela on Jan. 3 during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, outlining what would happen next and who would lead the country after what he called an “extremely successful” U.S. military operation that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power the night before. The country’s decades-long socialist
Washington — After months of preparation that included building a replica of Nicolás Maduro’s compound and studying his daily habits, U.S. forces arrived at the Venezuelan president’s residence in downtown Caracas just after 2 a.m. local time Saturday. President Trump and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, detailed the stunning
President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Saturday morning following the successful capture and extradition of Venezuelan leader and suspected narcotrafficker Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The president, sharing details of the joint military and law enforcement operation, announced that the United States will run Venezuela until the country is ready for a
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