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12:45 PM 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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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.
Paul Krugman:
The Real Donroe Doctrine  —  Seeking cash and an ego boost, not regime change  —  For Americans of a certain age, the snatch and grab abduction of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's president, brings back memories of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, in some ways with good reason.
Discussion: MS NOW
Andrea Rodríguez / Associated Press:
Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela  —  An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes in the South American nation.
David French / New York Times:
Trump Is Unleashing Forces Beyond His Control  —  “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,” …
Discussion: Raw Story
William Kristol / The Bulwark:   The Danger and Foolishness of Trump's Foreign Policy
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the administration's message about its strikes on Venezuela …
Nesrine Malik / The Guardian:
Trump's coup in Venezuela didn't just break the rules - it showed there aren't any. We'll all regret that
Discussion: The Nation and HuffPost
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Did Trump really invade Venezuela for oil?
Discussion: New York Times, MS NOW, New Republic and CNN
Politico:
Trump weighs more military action
Manuel Quiñones / Politico:
To Get to Maduro, Trump Went Through Puerto Rico
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Maduro is taken to a US courthouse for his first appearance on drug trafficking charges
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Was Skeptical of Ousting Maduro—Until He Wasn't
Discussion: New Yorker, Reason and Axios
Financial Times:
Nicolás Maduro and his wife to appear in New York court
Discussion: Bloomberg
Richard Milne / Financial Times:
Denmark tells Donald Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland  —  Danish prime minister says US has no right to annex Arctic island  —  Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called on US President Donald Trump and his allies to stop threatening to seize Greenland as tensions flared between …
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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Trump Says ‘We Need Greenland’ and Threatens U.S. Action in Colombia and Mexico
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Greenland prime minister on Trump takeover threats: ‘No more fantasies’
Discussion: The Guardian, Rolling Stone and IJR
Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump on return trip to Washington predicts demise of Cuba, warns Colombia, threatens Greenland
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
PMs of Greenland, Denmark tell Trump to stop U.S. takeover threats
New York Times:
Tim Walz Drops Re-election Bid, and Amy Klobuchar May Run Instead  —  Mr. Walz said a growing scandal over fraud in social services programs led him to abandon his run for a third term as governor of Minnesota.  —  Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said on Monday that he was abandoning his bid …
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Associated Press:
Tim Walz, Democrats' 2024 VP candidate, won't run for a third term as Minnesota governor  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats 2024 candidate for vice president, is ending his bid for a third term as governor less than four months after launching a reelection campaign.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Pentagon to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over ‘seditious’ video: Hegseth … The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat's “seditious” statements on a video telling service members …
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Pentagon to demote Sen. Kelly from retired Navy rank as captain, but stops short of threatened trial  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that he will demote retired naval officer and sitting Senator Mark Kelly for “reckless misconduct” after he and other Democratic …
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
Fox News:
Hegseth moves to censure Sen Mark Kelly, review his retirement rank and pay over ‘seditious video’
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?
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Hundreds of judges reject Trump's mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight … Others have become so familiar with the cases that they've begun issuing terse, carbon-copy rulings to dispense with the deluge.  Immigrant advocates say the administration's win-loss record is beside the point …
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.
Discussion: NBER
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire  —  The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.  —  In a Saturday morning military raid ordered by President Trump, U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Discussion: Reuters and The Lever
NBC News:
Man arrested after allegedly breaking windows at Vance's Cincinnati home  —  Vice President JD Vance and his family were in Washington, D.C., during the incident, his spokesperson said.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  A man was taken into custody overnight after allegedly damaging Vice …
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Ségolène Le Stradic / New York Times:
10 Are Convicted of Cyberbullying France's First Lady  —  The defendants made false claims about Brigitte Macron, the wife of President Emmanuel Macron of France.  —  Ten people who falsely claimed that Brigitte Macron, France's first lady, was born male were found guilty on Monday of online harassment.
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: Raw Story, The Hill and MS NOW
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 …
 
 
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