US Special Operations forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a nighttime raid near Caracas, using over 150 aircraft. At least 40 civilians and soldiers died, including an elderly woman in a residential airstrike. Maduro faces US drug charges in New York.
US Senator Mike Lee claimed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is in US custody following a military operation. He said Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the arrest, describing it as a “kinetic” action carried out to protect US personnel.
US President Trump ordered a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela, calling it a terrorist organization. This follows a US seizure of a massive tanker off its coast. Pressure mounts with naval forces surrounding the nation until stolen US assets are returned.
A day after naming Nigeria a “country of particular concern,” Donald Trump warned of direct U.S. intervention to eliminate Islamist terrorists, as Nigeria’s President Tinubu dismissed the allegations and defended the nation’s record on religious freedom.
Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, claiming defamation over a report linking him to Jeffrey Epstein. The story has reignited controversy around the unreleased Epstein files and MAGA supporters' demands for answers.
US President Donald Trump on Friday again claimed credit for brokering a cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, adding that he used trade as a weapon, leading to both countries stopping the war immediately.