Why did Trump attack Venezuela? His press conference made his true motivations shockingly clear. It was jaw dropping TV. Or it should have been.

JD Vance was absent from Trump's briefing on the capture of Maduro due to security concerns. The Venezuelan leader was taken into U.S. custody in a major operation.

Venezuela's capital city, Caracas, was shaken by a number of explosions this morning - with US President Donald Trump then announcing the capture of the country's leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

Given his record, when the president mentions canceling elections, it’s difficult simply to shrug one’s shoulders.

Trump’s focus on foreign policy, either as a commander in chief presiding over airstrikes or as a “peacemaker” pushing for diplomatic deals, poses a potential political risk. His approval ratings have slipped as voters who hoped to see economic conditions brighten on his watch struggle to pay their bills.

President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

Lea en españolAfter President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the US plans to “run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed over the South American nation.  Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was an indicted prisoner on a flight bound for New York by the time his Vice President Delcy Rodríguez — who Trump said would partner with Washington to “make Venezuela great again” — denounced the intervention as “barbaric” and a “kidnapping.

I am thrilled.” Plenty of others who voted for President Donald Trump and spoke to The Associated Press about the raid are applauding, too — at least for now. The seizure of Venezuela's authoritarian leader and his wife has forced another reckoning on the “Make America Great Again” coalition,

President Donald Trump is meeting with House Republicans to align on their policy and political agenda at the start of a critical midterm election year.