Politics & Government News

2:37 PM on Saturday, January 3

Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and U.S. plans to “run” the South American country

2:05 PM on Saturday, January 3

1:29 PM on Saturday, January 3

1:14 PM on Saturday, January 3

Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the American military attack that toppled Nicolás Maduro’s government

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 and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations in the aftermath of an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country

4:03 PM on Friday, December 5, 2025

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country