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Who are the key Venezuelan political players after Maduro’s capture?
The Trump administration’s move to capture and remove from power Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday has sparked a political crisis in the South American country after more than a decade under the strongman’s rule. Maduro, whom the U.S. government views as an illegitimate leader, and his wife were taken to New York to face…
Was the arrest of Nicolás Maduro legal?
The U.S. strikes in Venezuela are sure to reignite a centuries-old debate about when the president can deploy the military.
Texas leaders react to Venezuela airstrikes and Maduro’s capture
United States elected officials reacted to the early morning airstrike and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Saturday.
Donroe Doctrine: Trump Nabs Maduro in Daring, Middle-of-the-Night Operation
President Donald Trump on Saturday described a meticulously planned, middle-of-the-night special forces operation that ended in the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. The operation followed months of surveillance tracking Maduro’s movements.
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The Trump-Kennedy Center Kerfuffle
Amidst the dust-up over the renaming of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, “The Donald Trump and the John…
McCarthy says lawmakers heading for the door because ‘nothing is happening’
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday said congressional lawmakers are retiring because “nothing is happening” on Capitol Hill. “If nothing’s being accomplished — because they are making a sacrifice, they’re being away from their family, sometimes it’s a long travel, you get harassed, you get death threats, all the different things — but you’re…
Things appear grim in search for Dec. 30 boat strike survivors
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Things appear grim in search for Dec. 30 boat strike survivors The U.S. Coast Guard painted a grim picture of its ongoing search for the survivors of a Dec. 30 strike on an alleged drug-trafficking convoy…
Trump’s Iran threat angers ‘America First’ wing; Tehran hawks question tactics
President Trump is seizing on protests in Iran to threaten U.S. military intervention against the Islamic regime, angering leaders of the GOP’s “America First” wing, which has been increasingly critical of the Republican administration’s interventionist foreign policy. The president’s threats come as Israel lobbies for American support to strike what it says are renewed efforts…
Man fought off a mountain lion weeks before a suspected fatal Colorado attack
A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year’s Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks.
Trump insults Pritzker with AI-generated social media post
President Trump on Friday shared an AI-generated image mocking Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), the latest in his feud with the governor since his return to the White House almost one year ago. The image shared on Truth Social depicts Pritzker in a city, surrounded by flames and homeless encampments around him, with people lying…
