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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.

The U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro – praised by Trump as stunning and powerful – leaves behind uncertainty about who is running the oil-rich country.

Trump’s plan to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country’s president in a military raid isn’t likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices.

North Korea on Sunday fired a number of ballistic missiles to its east prior to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung heading to China, the South Korean military said, according to The Associated Press. Per the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military identified multiple launches of ballistic missiles in the capital region of…

President Trump’s operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday drew a sharp response in the U.S. and abroad, from outright praise to fury, with some expressing gladness over the end of a dictator’s regime tempered by concern over how it was handled. The massive covert operation, in the works since late summer, followed…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is escalating the Trump administration’s attacks on Minnesota by freezing all federal funding to the state’s childcare providers. Day care operators and advocates have few answers about how the sudden stoppage will impact their communities. They said the restriction is putting providers at risk of closure and…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is now on U.S. soil after the Trump administration captured and removed him from power. Late on Saturday, Maduro reportedly arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., after being flown into the city by helicopter, senior law enforcement officials told Jackie Koppell and Andrew Fischer Espitallier of NewsNation, The…

The protests, have become the biggest in Iran since 2022, when the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody triggered nationwide demonstrations.

United States elected officials reacted to the early morning airstrike and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Saturday.

The U.S. strikes in Venezuela are sure to reignite a centuries-old debate about when the president can deploy the military.

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…

The New York City mayor called Saturday’s U.S. military operation in Caracas an “act of war” that violates both “federal and international law.”

President Trump on Saturday said the operation in Venezuela, which culminated with strikes on the capital and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, were part of what he coined the “Don-roe Doctrine.” Trump said under Maduro, Venezuela hosted “foreign adversaries in our region and acquiring menacing offensive weapons that could threaten U.S. interests and…

“Congress should not be sidelined as the Trump administration gets sucked into another nation-building quagmire,” Schumer said.