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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 …
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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
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Persuasion, The American Conservative and Reuters
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 …
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Politico:
Trump administration launches new bid to pressure US oil companies on Venezuela
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Trump says he's prepared to send more US troops to Venezuela if interim president doesn't cooperate
Trump says he's prepared to send more US troops to Venezuela if interim president doesn't cooperate
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
‘We set the terms and conditions’: Stephen Miller asserts US authority over Venezuela
‘We set the terms and conditions’: Stephen Miller asserts US authority over Venezuela
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Brian Tyler Cohen:
Oil First, America Last — We're barely a week into 2026 and Trump has already thrown …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Trump's Retro Imperialism
Trump's Retro Imperialism
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The Hill:
Venezuela briefing leaves lawmakers questioning what's ahead
Venezuela briefing leaves lawmakers questioning what's ahead
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Axios:
Inside Congress's deep split after marathon Venezuela briefing
Inside Congress's deep split after marathon Venezuela briefing
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
“Come get me”: Colombian president's war of words with Trump escalates
“Come get me”: Colombian president's war of words with Trump escalates
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Paul: Lindsey Graham was behind Trump's decision to topple Maduro
Paul: Lindsey Graham was behind Trump's decision to topple Maduro
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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 …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
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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’
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David Smith / The Guardian:
US foes and allies denounce Trump's ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting — US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of war — The US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” …
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Trump's Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia's and China's Own Aggression
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Al Jazeera
Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
From grudging respect to unease: Russia weighs up fall of Maduro
From grudging respect to unease: Russia weighs up fall of Maduro
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Politico, Atlantic Council, CNBC and Middle East Monitor
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
At the U.N., Even Allies Condemn U.S. Action in Venezuela
At the U.N., Even Allies Condemn U.S. Action in Venezuela
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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 …
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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 …
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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Wall Street Journal:
The Kelly-Hegseth Grudge Match Helps No One
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
2 GOP senators caution Hegseth on punishing Kelly
2 GOP senators caution Hegseth on punishing Kelly
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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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Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
The straight line between Trump's Jan. 6 terrorist attack and his attack on Venezuela
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Mimi Rocah / The Contrarian:
Jack Smith's Testimony: A Reminder that Donald J. Trump Owns All of It
Jack Smith's Testimony: A Reminder that Donald J. Trump Owns All of It
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New Yorker
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.
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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 …
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Emily Peck / Axios:
Trump administration to freeze childcare funding in five states, including New York and California — The Trump administration says it is freezing $10 billion in funds for child care and poor families in five blue states, the Office of Management and Budget confirmed to Axios Monday.
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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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