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'Stop the Threats,' Denmark Says After Katie Miller Post

Image on social media showed Danish envoy rebukes online hint at future Greenland annexation

(Newser) - A social media post linking US moves in Venezuela to American ambitions in Greenland has drawn a sharp reply from Denmark. Katie Miller, a former Trump administration official and wife of deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted on X late Saturday an image of Greenland overlaid with portions of...

Venezuela Operation Knocks New Anchor Off Course

Instead of average Americans, viewers mostly see Pete Hegseth

(Newser) - The new anchor of the CBS Evening News released a video message to viewers on Thursday telling them where established media, including his network, has gone wrong and providing details of his new approach. "We've taken into account the perspective of advocates, and not the average American,"...

Rubio Backs Off Claim US Is Running Venezuela

Secretary of state backs away from Trump's assertion while not committing on what's ahead

(Newser) - Although he was vague about what's next for Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed away from President Trump's claim that the US is running the country after removing President Nicolas Maduro. "What we are running is the direction that this is going to move moving forward,...

Maduro, Handcuffed in Brooklyn: 'Happy New Year'

Deposed Venezuelan leader behind bars in New York

(Newser) - On Friday, he was running a country of about 30 million people. On Sunday, deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was behind bars in Brooklyn. "Happy new year," the handcuffed Maduro said as photographers snapped his photo upon his arrival Saturday at the Metropolitan Detention Center, reports El Pais...

Venezuelans in US Cheer as Those at Home Line Up for Food

Joy, apprehension greet news of Maduro's removal

(Newser) - Street celebrations and chants of "Liberty!" broke out before dawn Saturday in South Florida's Venezuelan community, after the US attack on their homeland overnight that included the seizure of President Nicolas Maduro. Hundreds of people outside El Arepazo, a restaurant in Doral, joyously waved Venezuelan flags and...

Legal or Not, Overthrow in Venezuela Was the Easy Part

Now, Trump will have to make the Venezuelan regime change work, editorials say

(Newser) - Commentary differed Saturday on whether the US attack on Venezuela and accompanying removal of its president from power was legal—or even a good idea. There was more agreement that the overnight military operation did not solve all the issues involved. The editorial board of the New York Times is...

Interim Leader Tells Venezuela Maduro Remains Its President

Delcy Rodríguez denounces US attack in televised address

(Newser) - Interim President Delcy Rodríguez delivered a defiant address to Venezuela on Saturday denouncing the US attack and declaring, "There is only one president in this country, and his name is Nicolás Maduro Moros." Earlier in the day, President Trump said she had agreed to help US...

'We Are Going to Run' Venezuela, Trump Says

President plans for US companies to rebuild nation's oil infrastructure

(Newser) - Speaking hours after the military struck Caracas and seized President Nicolás Maduro, President Trump announced the US will take control of Venezuela. "We are going to run the country. But till such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," Trump said Saturday at...

'Iraq 2.0': Democrats Blast Trump's Venezuela Strike

Democrats question legality, warn of destabilizing fallout after Maduro capture

(Newser) - President Trump's overnight move to remove Venezuela's leader has triggered a fresh war-powers brawl in Washington, with Democrats accusing the White House of launching "Iraq 2.0" without Congress on board. Trump announced on Truth Social that US forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and...

Trump Calls Maduro's Capture 'Brilliant' in 50-Second Call

The New York Times got him on the line briefly

(Newser) - President Trump picked up the phone, but he didn't stay on the line long. New York Times reporter Tyler Pager reports he called Trump about 10 minutes after Trump announced the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his wife, and connected with him after three rings. In a 50-second call,...

World Leaders React to Decision to Seize Maduro

Kremlin urges dialogue, denounces Trump's Venezuela strike as unlawful

(Newser) - Russia quickly sided with its ally on Saturday, blasting Washington's military move in Venezuela. Moscow said Venezuela must be allowed to decide its own path "without destructive external interference, particularly of a military nature" and offered to facilitate dialogue between Washington and Caracas, per the Wall Street Journal ...

US Hits Caracas in 'Large-Scale Strike,' Captures Maduro

Trump says Venezuelan leader has been 'captured and flown out of the Country'

(Newser) - The United States hit Venezuela with a "large-scale strike" early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás 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 Trump on social media hours after the attack....

Venezuela's Maduro Extends Olive Branch to US

As American pressure escalates, he says he wants talks on how to stem drug trafficking

(Newser) - Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, under heavy pressure from the Trump administration, says he wants to open talks with the White House on how to combat drug trafficking, per the AP . Maduro, in an interview with Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet that aired on state TV, reiterated his assertion that the US...

Sources: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike Inside Venezuela

Covert attack on alleged drug hub heightens tensions with Maduro

(Newser) - For the first time, the CIA has reportedly taken its drone war inside Venezuela's borders. CNN , citing multiple sources, reports that the agency earlier this month bombed a remote dock on Venezuela's coast that US officials believed a major gang, Tren de Aragua, was using to stash drugs...

Trump: US 'Knocked Out' Big Facility in Venezuela

President says there was a 'major explosion in the dock area' last week

(Newser) - President Trump says the US took out a major target in Venezuela last week. In a radio interview Friday with GOP donor John Catsimatidis on WABC , Trump claimed the US "knocked out" a "big plant, or a big facility, where the ships come from" in Venezuela "two...

Venezuela Stuck With 20 Old Planes After US Airspace Ban

Travelers stuck trying to get home as ban cripples Venezuela's international connections

(Newser) - Venezuelans trying to get home now face a new obstacle: There are barely any planes left to fly them there. After the US announced it wanted traffic barred in the skies of Venezuela over security concerns, more than a dozen foreign airlines halted service to the country. That's left...

60 Minutes Exec: I Had to Obey Bari Weiss

Decision to spike deportation segment continues to drive CBS newsroom backlash

(Newser) - CBS' flagship newsmagazine is now at the center of its own story after a finished 60 Minutes investigation into Trump-era deportations was yanked just before going on the air. In a private staff meeting on Monday, executive producer Tanya Simon said she backs the reporting on Venezuelan migrants deported to...

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Dec 23, 2025 1:00 AM CST

Trump Has a Warning for Maduro

'If he plays tough, it'll be the last time he'll ever be able to play tough'

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the US Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican administration's escalating pressure campaign on the government in Caracas. Trump was surrounded by his...

Cuba Regime May Not Survive US Squeeze on Venezuela

Tanker seizures threaten vital fuel lifeline to Havana

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal reports that Washington's latest strategy against Venezuela might be landing hardest 1,300 miles away—in a Cuba already buckling under its worst economic crisis in decades. The US has begun enforcing a partial blockade on Venezuelan oil exports by targeting tankers under sanctions—ships...

Coast Guard Tries to Seize Fleeing Tanker

US forces had seizure order for the Bella 1 off Venezuela

(Newser) - US authorities were pursuing an oil tanker off Venezuela on Sunday, after the ship did not submit to being boarded by American forces and sailed away in the Caribbean Sea. Officials said the US Coast Guard approached the vessel, which they said was not flying a valid national flag, late...

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