The US military on Monday bombed a boat near Venezuela and killed three people, according to a statement released by President Trump on Truth Social. President Trump claimed without providing evidence that the boat was carrying drugs and that the three people who were...
The Trump administration is considering multiple options for launching military strikes against alleged drug cartels in Venezuela, including hitting targets that could weaken Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as it is deploying F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico, CNN...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday didn't rule out the possibility of the US military pursuing regime change in Venezuela and suggested more US strikes on boats in the region were coming. Hegseth made the comments in an interview on Fox News on Wednesday...
Updated on September 2, 2025, at 6:32 pm EST President Trump claimed in a post on Truth Social that a US military strike on a boat near Venezuela targeted Tren de Aragua (TDA), a Venezuelan gang that the Trump administration recently designated as a terrorist...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held a press conference on Monday where he addressed the deployment of US warships off Venezuela's coast and warned that if the US attacked, he would declare his country a "republic in arms" and engage in an "armed struggle."...
Venezuela's defense minister has ordered drone and naval patrols along the Venezuelan coast in response to the US deploying a group of warships to the Southern Caribbean. According to Al Jazeera, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino announced a "significant"...
The US is deploying three Navy destroyers off the coast of Venezuela in a move aimed at pressuring President Nicolas Maduro, signaling what appears to be another push for regime change. One US official told Reuters that a total of 4,000 US sailors and Marines are...
The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of US air and naval forces to the Southern Caribbean Sea to "address threats from Latin American drug cartels," Reuters reported on Thursday, citing two sources briefed on the decision. The report didn't specify what...
The Venezuelan government said over the weekend that it arrested six foreigners, including three American citizens, over an alleged plot to destabilize the country that included a plan to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. Among the Americans arrested was Wilbert...
The US has stolen the official airplane of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under claims that it was purchased by violating US sanctions, US officials told CNN on Monday. The US officials described the plane as the equivalent of Air Force One and said it was taken...
