Politics & Government News

7:35 PM on Saturday, January 3

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has begun his visit to China as Beijing aims to strengthen ties amid heightened tensions with Japan over Taiwan

6:04 PM on Saturday, January 3

President Donald Trump has held a news conference to explain a U.S. raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife

4:58 PM on Saturday, January 3

Plane carrying deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro arrives in New York following his capture by US, AP source says

4:09 PM on Saturday, January 3

Venezuelans are trying to understand who is in charge after the United States announced the capture of President Nicolás Maduro

2:37 PM on Saturday, January 3

Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and claims that it will “run” the South American country

12:35 PM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says US will tap Venezuela's vast oil reserves and sell 'large amounts' to other countries after Maduro ouster

12:26 PM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says Rubio has spoken to Venezuelan VP to make that country 'great again,' no word from Venezuelan government

12:03 PM on Saturday, January 3

No visible signs yet that US is running Venezuela after Trump claims, as country's security forces control key sites

11:33 AM on Saturday, January 3

President Donald Trump and U.S. officials have laid out some of the details of the U.S. military strike against Venezuela that led to the capture of leader Nicolás Maduro

11:09 AM on Saturday, January 3

Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor

10:25 AM on Saturday, January 3

President Donald Trump declared Saturday’s military operation that led to the ouster of Nicolás Maduro a major success

9:57 AM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says some US forces injured in Venezuela strike but he believes 'we had nobody killed'

9:30 AM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says Maduro and his wife are aboard a US warship and will face prosecution in New York

9:21 AM on Saturday, January 3

US now deciding what's next for Venezuela after Maduro capture, ‘we’ll be involved in it very much' Trump tells Fox

9:15 AM on Saturday, January 3

The United States has conducted a swift military operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores

9:14 AM on Saturday, January 3

Ruling Venezuelan party leader tells AP Maduro was at home on a military base when he was captured in US operation

8:21 AM on Saturday, January 3

National security advisers from Europe and other allies have discussed security guarantees in Kyiv as the U.S.-led push to end the war in Ukraine intensifies

5:24 AM on Saturday, January 3

President Donald Trump insists that the U.S. government would run Venezuela after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country

2:59 AM on Saturday, January 3

Iran’s supreme leader has addressed the ongoing protests, insisting that “rioters must be put in their place.”

1:33 AM on Saturday, January 3

President Donald Trump says the United States will run Venezuela at least temporarily after an audacious military operation plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country