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Teyana Taylor arrives at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Photos from the Critics Choice Awards

1:20 AM on Monday, January 5

Guinea's President, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, arrives with his wife, Lauriane Doumbouya, to cast their votes in the presidential election in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fode Toure)

Guinea's junta leader is confirmed president-elect after first vote since a 2021 coup

12:53 AM on Monday, January 5

Guinea’s Supreme Court has upheld the election victory of junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya

President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US capture of Maduro divides a changed region, thrilling Trump's allies and threatening his foes

12:29 AM on Monday, January 5

The U.S. capture and ouster of Venezuelan strongman leader Nicolás Maduro marked a stunning culmination of the Trump administration’s efforts to assert dominance in Latin America

Interim Venezuelan leader invites Trump to 'collaborate' and seeks 'respectful relations' in newly conciliatory message

10:01 PM on Sunday, January 4

Interim Venezuelan leader invites Trump to 'collaborate' and seeks 'respectful relations' in newly conciliatory message

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel waves Venezuelan and Cuban national flags during a rally in Havana, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in solidarity after the U.S. captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela

9:20 PM on Sunday, January 4

Cuba has acknowledged the deaths of 32 Cubans in the American military operation that ousted Venezuela's leader over the weekend

Cuba says 32 Cuban security officers were killed in U.S. attack on Venezuela

9:09 PM on Sunday, January 4

Cuba says 32 Cuban security officers were killed in U.S. attack on Venezuela

President Donald Trump departs on Air Force One from Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says that Ukraine didn't target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims

8:30 PM on Sunday, January 4

President Donald Trump said that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week

Skiers cast long shadows as they glide down a slope at the Mzaar-Kfardebian ski resort northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Photos show people in Lebanon enjoying winter weather on the slopes

8:26 PM on Sunday, January 4

FILE - Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, left, smiles at Venezuelan Defense Minister Padrino Lopez, as they take the route that the body of late President Hugo Chavez was transported to his final resting place, during the activities marking the 10th anniversary of Chavez's death, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Delcy Rodríguez becomes Venezuela's interim president after Maduro's ouster

6:37 PM on Sunday, January 4

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro who was captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation

In this photo released by the White House, President Donald Trump monitors U.S. military operations in Venezuela, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Molly Riley/The White House via AP)

After Maduro, who's next? Trump spurs speculation about his plans for Greenland, Cuba and Colombia

6:10 PM on Sunday, January 4

A day after the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland and is threatening Colombia with military action over its drug trade

Atlanta Falcons cornerback Dee Alford (20) celebrates his interception with linebacker Josh Woods (42) in the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Falcons beat Saints 19-17 to hand division title to Panthers. Atlanta fires coach and GM hours later

4:16 PM on Sunday, January 4

Dee Alford’s red-zone interception stopped a potential go-ahead drive by New Orleans, and the Atlanta Falcons beat the Saints 19-17 to give the NFC South title to the Carolina Panthers

Top photos from Week 18 of the NFL season

3:29 PM on Sunday, January 4

FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro places his hand over his heart while talking to high-ranking officers during a military ceremony on his inauguration day for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Maduro’s case will revive a legal debate over immunity for foreign leaders tested in Noriega trial

2:42 PM on Sunday, January 4

When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following a path taken by Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces

President Donald Trump listens to a question during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla., as Secretary of State Marco Rubio watches. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US intervention in Venezuela could test Trump's ability to hold GOP together in an election year

12:32 PM on Sunday, January 4

President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela is testing his ability to hold the Republican coalition together

Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

The Latest: Rubio suggests US won't run Venezuela day-to-day

10:05 AM on Sunday, January 4

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro

Vehicles drive past the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Trump's plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela's oil industry faces major hurdles

6:08 AM on Sunday, January 4

President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices

Government supporters burn a U.S. flag in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Rubio says US will press change in Venezuela with oil embargo, while Trump insists 'we're in charge'

1:26 AM on Sunday, January 4

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suggesting the United States won’t govern Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country

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