President Donald Trump approved the strike before Christmas after months of planning, including troops training using a model of Maduro’s compound.

Sara Foster defended the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro, and revealed decade-long aid work helping Venezuelan families survive harsh conditions under his rule.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that the U.S. would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela but would enforce an “oil quarantine” on the country, contrary to what President Donald Trump announced after capturing President Nicolás Maduro.

The president of Venezuela was taken by American forces and transported to the U.S. Saturday to face federal drug charges.

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

President Donald Trump’s administration is working quickly to establish a pliant interim government in Venezuela following the dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to US officials, prioritizing administrative stability and repairing the country’s oil infrastructure over an immediate turn to democracy.

The secretary of state says the US will retain "multiple levers of leverage" if Venezuela's leaders don't "make the right decisions".

Venezuela's new president Delcy Eloina Rodríguez Gómez has a long political memory that stretches back to her Marxist father, who died in detention during a democratic government before a leftist movement rose in its wake. Now, President Donald Trump is watching her every move.