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7:05 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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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:   A New Trump Game Plan Takes Shape: Strike and Coerce
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’
Associated Press:
Live updates: Rubio says US won't govern Venezuela but will press changes through oil blockade
Washington Post:
What Maduro's ouster means for Trump's mass deportation campaign
Discussion: IJR
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump warns acting Venezuelan leader will ‘pay a big price’ if she doesn't cooperate
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Rubio explains how U.S. might ‘run’ Venezuela after Maduros' ouster
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Democrats look primed to win the House but a wave may 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.
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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 and MS NOW
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
The Key Senate Races to Watch in 2026  —  Democrats want to regain control of the chamber, and they have recruited some top candidates.  But they are facing a tough map.  —  Democrats hoping to regain control of the Senate in this year's midterm elections face a tough task …
Discussion: CBS News and ABC News
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Congress returns to Venezuela clash, a shutdown deadline and a health care fight  —  The New Year brings a new list of legislative issues to address, including a funding deadline, a fight over Obamacare, a war powers debate, a stock trading ban and rules for AI and privacy.
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
Washington Post:
Trump amplifies conspiracy theories on killing of Minnesota lawmaker  —  The president shared a video baselessly linking the Minnesota governor to brazen political killings in the state over the summer.  —  President Donald Trump is amplifying baseless social media posts that Minnesota …
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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?
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Department of Justice Violates Epstein Files Law By Failing to Inform Congress of Reasons Behind Redactions  —  The Justice Department has now blown through another deadline.  —  A source familiar with the release of the Epstein files confirms that the United States Congress has yet to receive …
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Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Key Epstein Deadline Arrives as Attention Turns to Venezuela
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.
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
Big Tech won in Texas — but the age-verification fight is just getting started … In Texas, Utah and Louisiana, parent advocates have linked up with conservative “pro-family” groups to pass laws forcing mobile app stores to verify user ages and require parental sign-off.
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
The Dangers of AI and Extreme Wealth Inequality  —  A dramatic technological change makes the case for curbing extreme wealth even more formidable. … Rarely in politics do we see genuinely new big ideas; instead, we see old ideas repackaged and communicated through new media.
 
 
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