Mitch McConnell's arc of Trump doesn't bend toward justice
CNN
The Senate minority leader went from condemning Trump in February to asking his colleagues as a "personal favor" to kill a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol riot. However much he might yearn to escape Trump's long shadow, McConnell knows that his party's base is wedded to the former president and could decide the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections.
This was the action of someone who, however much he might yearn to escape Trump's long shadow, knows that his party's base is wedded to the former president and could decide the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections.
An emboldened President Donald Trump declared Sunday night that the US is “in charge” of Venezuela after detaining President Nicolas Maduro in a military raid over the weekend, as he issued stark warnings to other countries that they could be next.
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is set to appear in a New York federal courtroom today for the first time since his capture by the US. Follow for live updates.
Residents of Venezuela’s capital reflect on the US attack and capture of their president, Nicolás Maduro, as they head out to run errands a day later.
The US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, also left stranded tourists wondering how to get home — or to their next destination — after the FAA temporarily closed airspace over the Caribbean.
Hours after declaring from underneath the tented ceiling of Mar-a-Lago’s Tea Room that Venezuela’s leader was in American custody and the US was running the country on Saturday, President Donald Trump emerged victorious onto his club’s crowded patio as dinner-goers cheered the audacious mission he’d ordered from a few yards away.
President Donald Trump’s administration is working quickly to establish a pliant interim government in Venezuela following the dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to US officials, prioritizing administrative stability and repairing the country’s oil infrastructure over an immediate turn to democracy.
Venezuela is entering a new and very uncertain era after the sudden capture and removal of Nicolas Maduro, the country’s president for the last 12 years.
Heavy rain and high tides believed to be the most severe in two decades caused flooding in parts of Northern California on Saturday, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars.
Business owners and families in Minneapolis’ deeply rooted Somali community say they have been threatened, harassed and bullied on social media since a video was posted online alleging fraud at multiple child care facilities.
President Donald Trump’s allies in the Republican Party and his Make America Great Again movement — even some who previously warned against wading into new foreign conflicts — largely rallied behind his actions in Venezuela on Saturday, hours after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro in a large-scale military operation.
Over three decades ago, the US government executed the shocking arrest of the leader of a foreign country: Panama’s Manuel Noriega. The dictator’s case may prove to be a guide for the prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges now involved in the case against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.
After word spread early Saturday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces in Caracas, jubilant demonstrators sang and danced on streets more than 1,300 miles away in the heart of South Florida’s Venezuelan community.
Following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro during a US military operation in Venezuela, the command of the South American country has fallen into the hands of a woman: Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez.