Lately, it feels like the firehose we’ve all been drinking from has switched to pumping out bleach. Around the world, autocratic leaders are dismantling democratic norms, threatening opponents, and ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump gave the Venezuelan leader one last chance to step down. In a private phone call a week ago, Trump told Nicolás Maduro that he had to go. By that point, an ...

WASHINGTON — It is a case of geopolitical déjà vu. On the same day 36 years apart, U.S. forces seized a deeply unpopular, Latin American dictator and brought him to the United States to face drug ...

The U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro was a months-in-the-making mission rehearsed using replicas of Maduro’s fortified compound, showcasing military might, ingenuity — and ...

Underneath a full moon in Caracas, the might of the U.S. military was on full display during the early morning hours of Jan. 3. Fighter and bomber jets supported the raid force, striking air defenses ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of growing military pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump ordered a brazen operation into the South American country to capture its ...

Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine provided details Saturday on how the U.S. military and various intelligence agencies worked together to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, revealing that more ...

At 10:46 p.m. EST on Friday, President Trump pulled the trigger on a plan to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, following months of rising tensions and failed diplomacy. The mission, known as ...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago club on Jan. 03, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe ...

The operation led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife after months of planning by the US military. Maduro, his wife and other Venezuelan leaders have since been indicted on ...

The assault that captured the president of Venezuela was the result of months of intense rehearsal to ensure that hundreds of aircraft and thousands of troops could carry out myriad interlocking tasks ...