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With imposition of ‘complete blockade,’ Trump makes clear his goal is regime change in Venezuela

Jamie McIntyre · December 17, 2025 7:27 am

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a ceremonial sword said to have belonged to independence hero Simon Bolivar during a government-organized civic-military march in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025.

Beltway Confidential

The road to Venezuela runs through Cuba

Michael Rubin · December 17, 2025 6:00 am

Collage of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump designates Venezuelan government terrorist organization, orders blockade on oil tankers

Brady Knox · December 16, 2025 7:09 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, as White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and Vice President JD Vance listen.

Wiles says Venezuela strikes will continue until Maduro ‘cries uncle’

Mike Brest · December 16, 2025 4:44 pm

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to the press.

Trump administration rolls out new designations in effort to curb drug trade

Mike Brest · December 16, 2025 3:56 pm

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth and GOP clash over refusal to release Venezuelan boat strikes video

Ramsey Touchberry · December 16, 2025 1:55 pm

Sitting next to founder and CEO of Dell, Michael Dell, left, President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Latin American allies lend Trump support in anti-drug operations in Caribbean

Emily Hallas · December 16, 2025 8:55 am

President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela’s 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Maduro’s narco-terrorism plot against America unraveled by defectors

Mike Gonzalez · December 16, 2025 8:00 am

U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge John Bush and President Donald Trump.

Washington Secrets

‘Doom loop’ loosens around Trump and GOP in start of ‘turnaround’

Paul Bedard · December 15, 2025 11:55 am

A plane carrying migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown lands at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025.

JetBlue plane near Venezuela ‘almost had a midair collision’ with Air Force aircraft

Emily Hallas · December 15, 2025 8:55 am

This image from video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi's X account, and partially redacted by the source, shows an oil tanker being seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (U.S. Attorney General's Office/X via AP) Screenshot

Seized oil tanker is another point to Trump’s pressure campaign on Maduro

Mike Brest · December 15, 2025 6:00 am

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves

Machado says Venezuelan military members reaching out to opposition: ‘They are scared’

Molly Parks · December 14, 2025 3:22 pm