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In a Jan. 3 press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said the U.S. would "run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition." We fact-checked Trump’s and Rubio’s statements from the press conference.

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.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine says U.S. forces had practiced maneuvers for months and got the go-ahead from Trump late Friday. Trump says Maduro was being "highly guarded" in a presidential palace, but wasn't able to close the door to a safe room.

Top Republicans in Congress praised President Trump for the operation in Venezuela amid calls for briefings in the days to come.

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried slammed President Donald Trump for attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization, saying the action “appears far more about oil than about democracy or regional stability.”

The Saturday celebrations in Doral and across Venezuela's vast global diaspora belie the reality that despite dictator Nicolás Maduro's capture by U.S. forces, his socialist regime appears to remain intact — and could be for a while.

U.S. airstrikes in Venezuela and Maduro's capture spark a mix of concern and celebration across Latin America and the globe. The U.N. Security Council is set to meet Monday as world leaders weigh in.

The U.S. Justice Department has unsealed a new indictment alleging "drug trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracies" against Maduro, his wife and other defendants.

President Trump says the United States conducted a strike in Venezuela and captured that country's president, Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores.

The onetime bus driver for the Caracas subway had risen to become president over a long political career. But as his country's leader, Maduro oversaw Venezuela's economic collapse and democratic undoing.

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country.

President Trump claimed overnight that the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro.