1 week ago - After Donald Trump made it clear that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela following the stunning arrest of the Latin American nation’s President, Nicolás Maduro, at the start of the year, memes proliferated online of Secretary of State Marco Rubio—who has additionally taken on the roles of acting USAID administrator, acting national archivist, and acting national security adviser—getting his latest fill-in assignment.

2 weeks ago - The administration is demanding acquiescence to Trump’s dream of an obedient, MAGAfied Western Hemisphere. The focal point of the effort is Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, the interim leader in Caracas since a spectacular US special forces operation spirited Maduro out of his bed and to New York, where he’ll appear in court Monday.

46 minutes ago - Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said Trump's "foolhardy tariffs have already driven up prices and damaged our economy and now he is only making things worse".

2 days ago - Meetings in Washington had failed ... Greenland. Venezuela is on the back burner for now, after Mr Trump took his lap of victory for illegally snatching Nicolás Maduro....

2 days ago - Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel prize winner had been sidelined by White House after US seized Maduro ... Donald Trump will host María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel peace prize winner, at the White House on Thursday for high-stakes talks on the oil-rich nation’s future following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro.

2 days ago - Risch that “there are currently no U.S. armed forces in Venezuela.” He also said that any future military actions that placed American forces into hostilities would be undertaken “consistent with the Constitution” and that Congress would be notified in accordance with the War Powers Resolution. Such notifications from the Trump administration have come only after military operations have been carried out, including the dozens of strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans and the operation to capture Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

4 days ago - Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife appeared in a federal court in New York City on Monday, following their capture by U.S. forces over the weekend in a military operation in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. Following the operation, President Donald Trump said that the U.S.

2 weeks ago - After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren de Aragua to the U.S., according to ...

5 days ago - In the early hours of 3 January, Caracas and other cities in Venezuela were bombed and the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, was kidnapped along with his wife by US military personnel.

2 weeks ago - As much as it may seem like we’re heading into a new, dangerous, and destabilizing period of Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime—his actions in Venezuela appear illegal under both international law and US law and happened without any congressional consultation—it’s important to recognize ...

1 week ago - “US citizens in Venezuela should remain vigilant and exercise caution when traveling by road,” the alert added, urging citizens to depart immediately now that some international flights from Venezuela have restarted. Speaking to the New York Times last week, Donald Trump said he would like to visit Venezuela in the future after having claimed the US was “running” the South American country after removing its leaders with a deadly night-time assault on Caracas.

2 weeks ago - We are pausing our live coverage now. You can read more about what's happened today here: Trump warns new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court

1 week ago - PROTECTING VENEZUELAN OIL REVENUE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue held in U.S. Treasury accounts from attachment or judicial process, ensuring these ...

2 weeks ago - President Donald Trump on Saturday held an extended news conference to explain the U.S. raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, at times veering off topic and repeating false claims around his initiatives.

2 weeks ago - President Trump made a poignant threat toward Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, the interim leader of Venezuela, following the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.