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Trump Torpedoes Nobel Winner At Presser -- Says She 'Doesn't Have Respect' To Run Her Country After She Gushed About Him

Jan 3rd, 2026, 1:51 pm President Donald Trump torpedoed the idea that Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado could assume leadership in Venezuela, saying she “doesn’t have respect” in her country. News broke after midnight Friday that the United States struck Venezuela’s capital of Caracas early Saturday morning, and at 4:21 AM, Trump announced on Truth Social that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to the United States. Tyler Pager of The New York Times sc ...

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Maduro, family and Venezuelan officials face 'narco-terrorism' grand jury indictment. Here are the charges

Saturday 03 January 2026 10:52 EST The Department of Justice has unsealed a sweeping grand jury indictment accusing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of leading a massive cocaine trafficking operation. A 25-page document from federal prosecutors in New York City claims Maduro, his wife and Venezuelan officials have “abused their positions of public trust and corrupted once-legitimate institutions to import tons of cocaine into the United States.” The four-count indictment, unsealed hours a ...

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Trump sees US oil giants driving Venezuela oil rebound. Energy execs are wary.

01/03/2026 02:35 PM EST American oil companies have long hoped to recover the assets that Venezuela’s authoritarian regime ripped from them decades ago. Now the Trump administration is offering to help them achieve that aim — with one major condition. Administration officials have told oil executives in recent weeks that if they want compensation for their rigs, pipelines and other seized property, then they must be prepared to go back into Venezuela now and invest heavily in reviving its sha ...

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Trump releases first picture of Nicolás Maduro in US custody

Updated Jan. 3, 2026, 12:48 p.m. ET President Donald Trump on Jan. 3 released the first photo of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima after his capture in an overnight U.S. military operation. The photo, posted to Trump's social media network Truth Social, shows Maduro in a gray sweatsuit, holding a water bottle and wearing what appeared to be sound-suppressing earmuffs and a dark covering over his eyes. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were both captured in the ...

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Senate to vote on war powers measure following Maduro ouster

01/03/2026 11:38 AM ESTUpdated: 01/03/2026 04:37 PM EST Sen. Tim Kaine said he will force a vote next week to block further military action against Venezuela without congressional approval in the wake of President Donald Trump’s operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Kaine, who has so far been unable to get Congress to stop Trump’s Latin American military operations, called the move to oust Maduro without congressional approval “a sickening return to a day when the United St ...

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Trump says U.S. will govern Venezuela after surprise attack

(CNBC) President Donald Trump said the U.S. is going to temporarily take over governing Venezuela after launching a large-scale surprise attack on the country overnight. “We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said in a press conference Saturday morning from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, said the mission involved “more than 150 aircraft launching across the western hemisphere in political coordination, all coming together in time and place to layer effects for a single purpose, to get an interdiction force into downtown Caracas, while maintaining the element of tactical surprise.”

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Secret memo, public strikes: Trump's Venezuela gambit tests war powers

(MS NOW) The Trump administration’s months-long campaign against Venezuela culminated Saturday in a series of strikes in Caracas and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro — an extraordinary escalation that makes the administration’s refusal to publicly explain its legal justification for military involvement even more urgent. President Donald Trump announced the operation in a 4:21 a.m. Truth Social post, revealing that U.S. forces had seized Maduro and flown him out of the country to face criminal charges in the United States. The action, which Trump did not seek congressional authorization for, represents the most aggressive use of military force against a foreign head of state in a generation.

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US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country

Updated 5:29 AM EST, January 3, 2026 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The United States hit Venezuela with a "large-scale strike" early Saturday and said its president, Nicols Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington -- an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack. Multiple explosions rang out and low-flying aircraft swept through Caracas, the capital, as Madu ...

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Utah Sen. Mike Lee says Trump administration has briefed him that Maduro will face criminal charges in U.S.

Sat, January 3, 2026 at 5:48 AM EST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utah Sen. Mike Lee says Trump administration has briefed him that Maduro will face criminal charges in U.S. ...

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Top Democrat calls on Trump to expand oil tanker seizures to target Russia

01/02/26 4:42 PM ET Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Friday called on President Trump to expand the administration’s seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers to tankers coming from Russia. “He’s been using our military to interdict oil tankers because there is this ghost fleet that helps keep Venezuela’s regime alive,” Coons told Jonathan Lemire of “Morning Joe” on MS NOW. “He should be using those same tools to interdict the ghost fleet that helps fund Russia’s brutal war machine, that helps keep the ...

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Trump says Cuba 'something we'll be talking about' after Maduro ouster

23 min ago - Updated Jan. 3, 2026, 6:44 p.m. ET PALM BEACH — With Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody and American authorities running Venezuela, which is next? Cuba? Colombia? The Panama Canal? The Havana regime is in his sights, President Donald Trump sai ... (USA Today/Palm Beach Post)

Lawmaker Warns Trump's 'Little War Of Revenge' Against Maduro Will Cost Taxpayers

36 min ago - Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) tore into President Donald Trump’s declaration that he will “run” Venezuela in the aftermath of a military strike on the country and capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. “Is anyone g ... (Huffington Post)

Maduro's capture draws echoes of Noriega in 1990

1 hr ago - Updated 12 hours ago Saturday's capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro isn't the first time the U.S. entered a Latin American country by force to seize its leader on drugs charges. Why it matters: What comes next is likely years of court battle ... (Axios)

Numerous House Democrats Praise Trump's Capture of Maduro: 'Venezuelans Deserve the Promise of Democracy'

1 hr ago - Several Democratic politicians celebrated the Trump Administration’s capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, saying it has paved the way for democracy in the socialist country. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) was o ... (Mediaite)

Senate to vote on war powers measure following Maduro ouster

1 hr ago - 01/03/2026 11:38 AM ESTUpdated: 01/03/2026 04:37 PM EST Sen. Tim Kaine said he will force a vote next week to block further military action against Venezuela without congressional approval in the wake of President Donald Trump’s operation to cap ... (Politico)

Captured Venezuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro Lands in New York

2 hrs ago - Published Jan 03, 2026 at 05:15 PM EST updated Jan 03, 2026 at 05:16 PM EST A Department of Defense plane carrying Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro arrived in New York on Saturday evening. Photos of the plane landing and Maduro departing the plane st ... (Newsweek)

Trump Torpedoes Nobel Winner At Presser -- Says She 'Doesn't Have Respect' To Run Her Country After She Gushed About Him

3 hrs ago - Jan 3rd, 2026, 1:51 pm President Donald Trump torpedoed the idea that Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado could assume leadership in Venezuela, saying she “doesn’t have respect” in her country. News broke after mi ... (MEDIAite)

Trump sees US oil giants driving Venezuela oil rebound. Energy execs are wary.

4 hrs ago - 01/03/2026 02:35 PM EST American oil companies have long hoped to recover the assets that Venezuela’s authoritarian regime ripped from them decades ago. Now the Trump administration is offering to help them achieve that aim — with one major ... (Politico)

Maduro, family and Venezuelan officials face 'narco-terrorism' grand jury indictment. Here are the charges

5 hrs ago - Saturday 03 January 2026 10:52 EST The Department of Justice has unsealed a sweeping grand jury indictment accusing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of leading a massive cocaine trafficking operation. A 25-page document from federal prosecutors i ... (The Independent)

European security advisers discuss peace proposals in Ukraine ahead of leaders' summit

6 hrs ago - By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Updated 9:54 AM CST, January 3, 2026 Leer en español KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European national security advisers arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss the latest peace proposals as a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the ... (AP)

Trump releases first picture of Nicolás Maduro in US custody

6 hrs ago - Updated Jan. 3, 2026, 12:48 p.m. ET President Donald Trump on Jan. 3 released the first photo of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima after his capture in an overnight U.S. military operation. The photo, posted to Trump's ... (USA Today)

Trump: We are going to run Venezuela until we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition

7 hrs ago - Published Sat, Jan 3 2026 11:59 AM EST Updated 11 Min Ago President Donald Trump said the U.S. is going to temporarily take over governing Venezuela after launching a large-scale surprise attack on the country overnight. "We are going to run the coun ... (CNBC)

Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing arrest of immigrant resigns as GOP threatens impeachment

8 hrs ago - By JOSH FUNK Updated 10:57 AM CST, January 3, 2026 Leer en español 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 gov ... (AP)

Secret memo, public strikes: Trump's Venezuela gambit tests war powers

9 hrs ago - Jan. 3, 2026, 6:49 AM EST The Trump administration’s months-long campaign against Venezuela culminated Saturday in a series of strikes in Caracas and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro — an extraordinary escalation that makes th ... (MS NOW/MSNBC News)

U.S. says China's military activities near Taiwan "increase tensions unnecessarily"

10 hrs ago - Chinese war games around Taiwan "unnecessarily" spiked tensions in the region, the U.S. State Department said, calling on Beijing to "cease its military pressure." "China's military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan and others in the region incre ... (CBS News)

Maduro and wife held on U.S. warship, Trump warns loyalists

10 hrs ago - Jan 3, 2026 Updated 16 mins ago U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro attempted to negotiate in the final days before U.S. forces captured him, but Trump refused the offer. “I didn’t w ... (Trinidad Express)

Venezuela's oil facilities unscathed in US strike, sources say

10 hrs ago - January 3, 2026 7:30 AM EST Updated 1 hour ago Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state-run oil production and refining were operating normally on Saturday and suffered no damage from a U.S. strike to extract the country's president, two sources with know ... (Reuters)

Crews respond to 5-alarm fire in Denver; evacuation alerts issued

10 hrs ago - Huge fire in Denver last night. an apartment building under construction.. a full city block. ... (Denver 9 news)

Federal judges strike down California open-carry ban

11 hrs ago - 12h SACRAMENTO, California — California’s near-total ban on openly carrying firearms in public is unconstitutional, a panel of federal judges ruled on Friday. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a portion of California’s gu ... (msn/Politico)

Democrats rip Trump administration for 'illegal' strikes on Venezuela

12 hrs ago - 01/03/26 7:58 AM ET Democratic lawmakers lambasted the administration early Saturday after President Trump announced U.S. personnel captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, flew them of the South American nation ... (The Hill)

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