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4:10 AM ET, January 6, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
CIA Concluded Regime Loyalists Were Best Placed to Lead Venezuela After Maduro  —  Trump was briefed on intelligence report that found opposition would struggle to lead a temporary government  —  WASHINGTON—A recent classified U.S. intelligence assessment determined top members …
Discussion: New Yorker and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Trump says the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela  —  In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump discussed the path forward in Venezuela, including when there will be elections, the opportunities for oil companies and Congress' role.  — Add NBC News to Google
NBC News:
Trump says the U.S. government may reimburse oil companies for rebuilding Venezuela's infrastructure  —  Big oil firms will either “get reimbursed by us or through revenue,” Trump told NBC News in an exclusive interview.  — Add NBC News to Google  —  President Donald Trump said he believes …
Larry Diamond / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Betrayal of Venezuela's Democracy Movement Is Hard to Overstate  —  If he continues to snub María Corina Machado, the heroine of the opposition, America will bear responsiblity for the country's next tragic chapter  —  Few countries in the world have been dealt a sadder hand in the last quarter century than Venezuela.
Discussion: New York Times, France 24 and Mediaite
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Don't Call It Regime Change.  This Is Something Else Entirely.  —  Despite early appearances, the Trump administration's abduction of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela doesn't seem to be a regime change operation.  After all, America is leaving the regime, now headed by Maduro's vice president …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland  —  In a CNN interview, the top Trump aide also echoed the president's intent to run Venezuela as he laid out a case for the United States' controlling weaker states by flexing its military might.  —  Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
‘We set the terms and conditions’: Stephen Miller asserts US authority over Venezuela
Brian Tyler Cohen:   Oil First, America Last  —  We're barely a week into 2026 and Trump has already thrown …
Politico:
Latin America silent as Trump menaces Cuba, Colombia and Mexico
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Trump says U.S. stretch in Venezuela could last 18 months
Discussion: Mediaite and CBS News
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
“Come get me”: Colombian president's war of words with Trump escalates
Washington Post:
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots  —  The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A, rotavirus and meningococcal disease.  Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries.  —  The Trump administration is overhauling …
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Cassidy rips RFK Jr. vaccine schedule change, says it's ‘based on no scientific input’  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who cast a critical vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, on Monday blasted the reduction of the childhood immunization schedule …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
Politico:
92-year-old judge handling Maduro case 'doesn't give a s—t what anyone thinks about him' … “He's just old and old-school and does things his own way and doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks about him,” said another former federal prosecutor, who — like most lawyers interviewed for this story …
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Maduro, wife plead not guilty as ousted Venezuelan leader says he was ‘kidnapped’
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Trump's Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia's and China's Own Aggression  —  While both countries were allied with Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. attack could give them justification to use force in other spheres, analysts said.  —  After attacking Venezuela and seizing its head of state …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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David Smith / The Guardian:
US foes and allies denounce Trump's ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
2,000 federal agents deploying to Minneapolis in immigration crackdown, fraud probe  —  The Trump administration has begun a massive deployment of hundreds of Department of Homeland Security agents to the Minneapolis region as it escalates its federal crackdown in a Democrat-led area plagued …
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Hilton Says Minnesota Hotel Apologized Over Cancelled DHS Rooms  —  Hilton Hotels said one of its Hampton Inn operators had apologized for an incident in which reservations for Department of Homeland Security agents traveling to Minnesota were cancelled.  —  The Hampton Inn in the Twin Cities exurb …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service  —  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was dissolved Monday by its board of directors, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations.  —  The board of CPB …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially shutting down months after GOP funding cuts  —  The CBP's board of directors voted to dissolve the private, nonprofit corporation after 58 years of service.  —  WASHINGTON — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which helped fund NPR …
Robert Reich:
The most shameful day in American history  —  We will never forget, and we will not let the nation or the world forget.  —  Friends,  —  Five years ago tomorrow was the most shameful day in American history.  —  We must not allow Trump to persuade America that it did not happen or that he was innocent …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Kelly-Hegseth Grudge Match Helps No One  —  The Pentagon says a Senator's words were ‘seditious.’ They weren't.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon is looking to punish retired Navy captain and now Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.  His offense: appearing …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Pentagon to cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over ‘seditious’ video: Hegseth
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela's ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group  —  Last year, before capturing President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Financial Times:
Venezuelan government launches wave of repression after Maduro's ousting  —  Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists are arrested as crackdown on dissent widens  —  Joe Daniels in Bogotá and Ana Rodríguez Brazón in Caracas  —  Venezuela's government has launched …
Matt Taibbi / The Free Press:
To Protect Free Speech, I'm Suing the Man Who Defamed Me  —  There's a difference between censorship, which prevents speech, and seeking restitution for a harmful lie already in print.  —  Upgrade to Listen  —  Tech writer Eoin Higgins and Hachette Book Group in February published Owned …
Discussion: Racket News
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Only 33% of Americans approve of US strike on Venezuela, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  One in three Americans approve of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country's president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.
 
 
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