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8:55 AM ET, January 5, 2026

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Washington Post:
U.S. plan to ‘run’ Venezuela clouded in confusion  —  In Washington and Caracas, the vision for administering Venezuela in the weeks and months ahead appears uncertain and stubbornly complex.  —  The Trump administration's bold operation to capture strongman Nicolás Maduro from his home …
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump on return trip to Washington predicts demise of Cuba, warns Colombia, threatens Greenland … “Cuba looks like it's ready to fall,” Trump said.  I don't know if they're going to hold out.  The president waved off the possibility that the administration might use American forces to hasten …
Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
Trump Threatens Venezuela's New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro's  —  The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro's unless she complies with U.S. wishes.  —  In a telephone interview this morning, President Donald Trump issued …
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
After Maduro, who's next?  Trump spurs speculation about his plans for Greenland, Cuba and Colombia  —  A day after the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake …
New York Times:
Live Updates: As Venezuela Projects Defiance, Rubio Says U.S. Will Use ‘Leverage’ to Advance Its Interests  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a military quarantine of Venezuela and its oil industry would remain in place.  The death toll from the raid to seize Nicolás Maduro rose to 80.
David French / New York Times:
Gunboat Diplomacy Is Back.  What Could Go Wrong?  —  “War,” the Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz wrote, “is a mere continuation of policy by other means.”  If there is one line that virtually every Army officer learns from Clausewitz's posthumously published 1832 book, “On War …
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Frenzied Trump, 79, Posts Almost 100 Times in an Hour in Late-Night Rampage  —  PRIORITIES  —  The president was more focused on re-litigating past elections than sharing plans for Venezuela's future.  —  President Donald Trump still hasn't announced a plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's Venezuela coup sends America down a dark path  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  Early Saturday morning, US forces illegally invaded Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
Discussion: CNBC, MS NOW and NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Was Skeptical of Ousting Maduro—Until He Wasn't  —  Fed up with repeated efforts to persuade Maduro to leave office, the president decided in favor of military action  —  Six months before he sent U.S. forces to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Trump wanted …
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
PMs of Greenland, Denmark tell Trump to stop U.S. takeover threats … - “We do need Greenland, absolutely,” Trump told The Atlantic. … The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish kingdom."  — Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Facebook …
Christian Paz / Vox:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's requiem for MAGA
Discussion: New Yorker, USA Today and New Republic
Luke Garrett / NPR:
Rubio says there's ‘not a war against Venezuela’ despite U.S. capture of Maduro
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:   Trump revives an old vision of American power, with global implications
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Says U.S. Is ‘In Charge’ of Venezuela, While Rubio Stresses Coercing It
Bloomberg:
Trump Says US Needs ‘Total Access’ to Post-Maduro Venezuela
New York Times:
Trump's Move for Regime Change in Venezuela Threatens a New MAGA Rift
Discussion: Status, NPR, Reuters and Mother Jones
Wall Street Journal:
A New Trump Game Plan Takes Shape: Strike and Coerce
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Dispatch
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump: Venezuela leader to pay “big price” if “she doesn't do what's right”
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Marco Rubio says he believes Cuba is ‘in a lot of trouble’
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Old headaches will plague Mike Johnson in the new year … But Johnson will find it hard to escape internally divisive clashes as the GOP feels pressure to address the rising cost of living and otherwise firm up its standing ahead of the November midterms.  —  He will immediately confront …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and MS NOW
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Democrats look primed to win the House, but a wave might be harder  —  Gerrymandering and longer-term polarization have left fewer competitive House seats in this year's midterm elections.  —  Democrats are celebrating signs that the tide is turning their way for the 2026 midterms.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Congress returns to Venezuela clash, a shutdown deadline and a health care fight
Discussion: The Hill, CBS News and CT Mirror
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
The Key Senate Races to Watch in 2026
Discussion: CBS News and ABC News
Mary LeBus / WXIX-TV:
Police investigating incident at JD Vance's Cincinnati home  —  CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A suspect is in custody following an incident that occurred at Vice President JD Vance's home Monday morning.  —  It happened at Vance's East Walnut Hills house, located on William Howard Taft Drive.
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Slain Minnesota lawmaker's children call on Trump to remove social media video amplifying false claims about her death  —  Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in June.  —  The children of slain Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman are urging President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios, Mediaite, CBS News and MPR News
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New York Times:
27 Million Fewer Car Trips: Life After a Year of Congestion Pricing  —  The authors commute to the Times office inside the congestion zone by foot, bus, bike, subway, ferry, tram, Amtrak and occasionally car.  —  One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say  —  A new study found that the court's Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953.  —  Supreme Court justices take two oaths.
Washington Post:
We texted 1,000 Americans about U.S. actions in Venezuela Here's what they said.  —  What do Americans think about the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro?  What role should the U.S. have in deciding how the country is governed?
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
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Reuters:
Hungary's Orban says US intervention in Venezuela good for energy markets
Discussion: Bloomberg, France 24 and Al Jazeera
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