Tag: Nicolas Maduro

President Donald Trump.

Trump turns from tariffs to threats of military action in foreign policy pivot

Mabinty Quarshie · January 12, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Capturing Maduro proves it: Trump’s foreign policy is isolation-ish

Conner Brace · January 12, 2026 6:00 am

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez raises a finger

Cuba rejects Trump demand for deal in order to keep Venezuelan oil flowing

Jenny Goldsberry · January 11, 2026 11:34 pm

Susan Collins is met by reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026.

Trump unloads on war powers Senate vote in ‘very hot’ phone calls to GOP senators

Emily Hallas · January 9, 2026 9:38 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump voices confidence in Venezuela’s interim government: ‘Seem to be an ally’

Christian Datoc · January 9, 2026 5:54 pm

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks to the press in Caracas.

Hundreds of opposition members still imprisoned as Venezuela plays nice with Trump

Timothy Nerozzi · January 9, 2026 5:36 pm

Split image between Donald Trump and oil operations. The Trump administration is meeting with executives from more than a dozen oil and gas companies on Friday, as the president has called the industry to invest more than $100 billion in Venezuelan oil operations.

Energy and Environment

WATCH LIVE: Oil executives meet with Trump at White House

Molly Parks · January 9, 2026 2:31 pm

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2025, a day ahead of Maduro's inauguration ceremony where he was then sworn in for a third term. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado to visit White House: Trump

David Zimmermann · January 9, 2026 8:50 am

President Donald Trump departs on Air Force One from Palm Beach International Airport.

Trump announces cancellation of ‘second wave of attacks’ on Venezuela

Washington Examiner Staff · January 9, 2026 6:01 am

The El Palito refinery rises above Puerto Cabello, Dec. 2025. (Matias Delacroix/AP)

Economic implications of Maduro ouster in Venezuela are broad and deep

Zach Halaschak · January 9, 2026 5:50 am

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's president, right, shakes hands with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, during a meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Russia and Venezuela agreed to broaden their oil production cooperation, Russia's Lavrov said from Caracas. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Venezuela raid is about the oil — keeping it from Russia and China

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 9, 2026 5:15 am

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, left, and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez hold up vote tally sheets from the top of a truck during a protest against the official presidential election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, two days after the election. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Maduro operation shows Trump administration wasn’t planning wholesale regime change

Mike Brest · January 9, 2026 5:00 am