President Donald Trump received a private note from Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a televised press conference on Jan. 9, which he then proceeded to read aloud.

Why did Trump attack Venezuela? His press conference made his true motivations shockingly clear. It was jaw dropping TV. Or it should have been.

JD Vance was absent from Trump's briefing on the capture of Maduro due to security concerns. The Venezuelan leader was taken into U.S. custody in a major operation.

Venezuela's capital city, Caracas, was shaken by a number of explosions this morning - with US President Donald Trump then announcing the capture of the country's leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

Removing a leader and pledging to rebuild a country represents a major shift in Trump's America First vision, writes Anthony Zurcher.

Previous Trump visits to Mar-a-Lago were mainly about golf and social galas. But since Nicolas Maduro's arrest, his trips have the world on edge.

Lea en españolAfter President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the US plans to “run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed over the South American nation.  Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was an indicted prisoner on a flight bound for New York by the time his Vice President Delcy Rodríguez — who Trump said would partner with Washington to “make Venezuela great again” — denounced the intervention as “barbaric” and a “kidnapping.

Trump's next remark may provide the answer as to why the Trump administration is now Maduro's loyal lieutenant - at least for now. Trump quoted Rodríguez as saying "we'll do whatever you want", adding "she really doesn't have a choice".

After President Trump told House Republicans to be “flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits public funding of elective abortions, in negotiations on health care subsidies, a key national pro-life group argued the policy should be “a minimum standard in the Republican Party.

President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

Trump said following the strikes that the United States would be "making the decision" about who should lead Venezuela next.