Month: January 2026

Trump’s comments to reporters aboard Air Force One raised the possibility of further U.S. military interventions in Latin America.

Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland and is threatening Colombia with military action over its drug trade.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday underscored the importance of safeguarding Venezuelan sovereignty after U.S. forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and took control of the country’s governance. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square during his Sunday prayer, the first American pope weighed in on the world events and called for the Venezuelan people’s interests to be put…

Trump administration officials will brief a select group of lawmakers on Monday on the operation in Venezuela to capture and arrest President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The briefing on “Operation Absolute Resolve” will involve several administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Attorney General…

“I don’t believe that strike happened,” Trump told reporters as he traveled back to Washington on Sunday.

Mette Frederiksen’s blunt warning came in the wake of the United States’ military operation in Venezuela.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starlink, the company’s satellite internet provider, will provide the service free of charge to the people of Venezuela for the next month. Musk reposted a statement from Starlink’s account on the social platform X, which Musk owns, announcing the policy shift. “Starlink is providing free broadband service to the people…

The House Minority Leader also slammed the Trump administration’s decision to attack the South American country without informing Congress.

HuffPost spoke with Columbia University professor Elizabeth Saunders about the risks of a “personalist” foreign policy and potential pushback.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said on Sunday he doesn’t think capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will have a significant impact on the scope of drug trafficking in the United States. “No, I don’t,” Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” when asked if he…

The House will return from a holiday break to face sagas that have vexed the chamber for months. Debates on health care and attempts to revive expired ObamaCare subsidies will stretch into January and the first quarter of the year. An end-of-month funding deadline poses a threat of a partial government shutdown. And the Department…

The vice president claimed the military operation was all about “narcoterrorists,” but couldn’t help slip in the undeniable truth at the end.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the U.S. military activity in Venezuela this weekend did not require congressional approval because it was a law enforcement operation, not a prolonged invasion of a foreign country. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Rubio defended the operation against claims that it was illegal….

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, on Sunday labeled the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela an “imperial adventure.” “Look, this is a long pattern and a particularly egregious example of a pattern of this administration not giving a hoot about the United States Congress, which, by the way, Jim…

The secretary of state accused Democrats of only going “bonkers” when it’s an issue involving the president.

President Trump on Sunday reportedly threatened Venezuela’s new leader Delcy Rodríguez after the U.S. ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” Trump told The Atlantic’s Michael Scherer in a Sunday phone interview. The Hill has reached out to…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pushed back Sunday on the Trump administration’s justification for capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “There’s been no evidence that the administration has presented to justify the actions that were taken in terms of there being an imminent threat to the health, the safety, the well-being, the national security of…

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) slammed the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela, stating that “there are evil, brutal dictators all over the world” but “that does not give the American president the right to invade.” “Listen, there are evil, brutal dictators all over the world. That does not give the American president the right to invade…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suggesting the United States won’t govern Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country.

Trump shared a video of a conspiracy theory that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) had state Rep. Melissa Hortman killed.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that multiple U.S. agencies, including the State Department, Pentagon and Department of Justice (DOJ) will be involved in running Venezuela for the time being.  “This is a team effort by the entire national security apparatus of our country. But it is running this policy. And the goal of…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the U.S.’s recent action in Venezuela was not similar to American actions in the Middle East, despite some recent comparisons. “I still think that a lot of people analyze everything that happens in foreign policy through the lens of what happened from 2001 to 2000 — you…

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Sunday that any new leadership in Venezuela would be required “to meet our demands” after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.  “When the president said the United States is going to be running Venezuela, it means that the new leaders of Venezuela need to meet our demands,” Cotton told…

The Trump administration announced all parks will be offering free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump’s birthday, but five other formerly free days are being dropped.

Trump’s decision to attack Venezuela, arrest its president and temporarily run the country marks a striking departure for a politician who long criticized others for overreaching on foreign affairs and vowed to avoid foreign entanglements.