When news broke that the United States military had attacked Venezuela on Saturday, there wasn’t even a flicker of activity among the Fifa Council, according to senior sources. This is despite the primary host of their grand global event launching what is actually a rare act of aggression for a country staging the World Cup,

Chris Wright said the Trump administration was in “active dialogue” with Venezuela’s government about the plan.

As tensions in Venezuela rise, Congress considers checks on presidential military power, signaling a broader effort to constrain executive action overseas.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed Venezuela and fraud in Minnesota during an interview with FOX News host Jesse Watters. JESSE WATTERS, HOST: So, down in Venezuela, there's a lot of action,

What Venezuelan oil was under contract to go to Russia at the time of the raid is now, of course, in limbo. On the bright side, Russia will no doubt make hay with the Trump Doctrine of “spheres of influence” now on display in Venezuela, which justifies Russia’s own intervention in its near abroad, such as in Ukraine.

President Trump's focus on Venezuela's and push to expand America's reach steers him further from America's top concern: the economy.

Today’s U.S.–Venezuela tensions aren’t just about a single strike or a single policy decision, they’re the result of years of political decay, economic mismanagement, and a long-running

Early in the morning of January 3, 2026, residents of Caracas, Venezuela, awoke to bombs falling from the night sky. Gunshots rang out near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s presidential compound. Mere hours later, United States President Donald Trump announced that Maduro was in custody aboard the USS Iwo Jima.