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Although much remains unknown about the raid, a review of visuals by The Post and an account given by officials identify some crucial developments.

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges. He was captured in an audacious military operation that President Donald Trump said would set the U.S. up to “run” the South American country and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations.

President Trump said the U.S. would "run" Venezuela, following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday. But many questions remain about what's next.

The latest updates after U.S. struck Venezuela, and took President Maduro to New York to face charges.

Nicolas Maduro, exfiltrated on narcoterrorism conspiracy charges, has arrived in New York after a covert operation early Saturday morning. President Donald Trump announced the takeover of Venezuela until "such time that we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition." [Full Story]

President Trump opened a new chapter in American nation building as he declared that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela for an indefinite period.

The mission successfully extracted Nicolás Maduro with no loss of American life, a result heralded by President Trump amid larger questions about legality.

The Jan. 3 operation is being interpreted as a signal that Washington may move more aggressively against authoritarian leaders it deems security threats.

Trump administration’s capture of Nicolás Maduro bore some familiar echoes to 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.

Former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife arrived in New York to face federal charges related to drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations.

Hundreds of revelers chanted and celebrated outside a Brooklyn lockup as Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were hauled inside to face federal narco-terrorism…

Nicolás Maduro was plucked out of Caracas, but the more shocking news was that the White House plans to run Venezuela.

Under cover of darkness, highly trained Delta Force troops arrived by helicopter and descended into a compound to grab the Venezuelan president and his wife.

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Venezuelans scrambled to understand who was in charge of their country after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro. President Trump offered an answer: The United States would take control of Venezuela.

The wife of Trump’s top adviser warned that a U.S. ally could be America’s next target.

The kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a crude act of Trumpian aggression. Yet it also illustrates the US leadership’s weakness, as it moves to lock down control of the Western Hemisphere.

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Where did US forces strike in Venezuela? Maps show where the attack unfolded.

The United States does not have "boots on the ground" in Venezuela and is not at war against the South American country following the apprehension of Nicolas Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday. In multiple interviews, Rubio sought to tamp down fears of a broader military conflict, describing the dramatic raid that captured Maduro as a limited, law-enforcement-focused mission aimed at dismantling a narco-trafficking network operating under the cover of a hostile regime. [Full Story]

The top U.S. diplomat has pushed for regime change for over a decade.

The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.

The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.

The president and his team are said to have felt mocked by a particular clip of Maduro dancing to a very catchy tune.

A former Venezuelan diplomat speaks to Jacobin about how the state, military, and popular forces are responding to US military aggression — and what comes next.

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. arrest of Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro was a “law enforcement function.”

The top U.S. diplomat has pushed for regime change for over a decade.

U.S. forces attacked Caracas and multiple states in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

The top U.S. diplomat has pushed for regime change for over a decade.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino officially stepped down from his post on Sunday after serving less than a year in his post with the bureau.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked about annexing Greenland. He reupped those calls hours after the U.S. captured Venezuela's leader.

Top Democrat calls operation 'a violation of the law' and promises Senate vote on President Trump's war powers.

The president’s announcement stunned even his own inner circle, according to author Michael Wolff.

As who is in charge of Venezuela question looms, Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to work with Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in after Maduro capture.

Nicolas Maduro and his wife are expected to face federal charges related to drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed that he spoke with President Donald Trump after learning of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro’s capture to voice his opposition.

Operation Absolute Resolve, that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro, echoes the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that brought down Manuel Noriega. But big differences abound.

In Washington and Caracas, the vision for administering Venezuela in the weeks and months ahead appears uncertain.

Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her looming ally President Nicolás Maduro who was captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation.

The Cleveland Browns star defensive end set the new standard once held by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt.

As who is in charge of Venezuela question looms, Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to work with Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in after Maduro capture.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that a military “quarantine” on some oil exports would stay in place to put pressure on the country’s acting leadership.

President Trump again asserted American control of Venezuela, hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would only pressure the leadership.

President Trump again asserted American control of Venezuela, hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would only pressure the leadership.

Sen. Mark Kelly questioned the Trump administration’s vision for Venezuela.

‘We’re prepared to do a second strike, if we need it,’ President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened military action against Colombia's government, telling reporters that such an operation "sounds good to me." "Colombia is ⁠very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making ​cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he's not going to be doing it very long," ⁠Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, an apparent reference to Colombia's President Gustavo Petro. [Full Story]

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