On the same day that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to drug charges in a Manhattan courtroom, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Monday said he planned to introduce legislation in Washington that would block federal funds from being used for U.S. military occupation in the South American nation.

The chance of the...Read more

WASHINGTON — On the same day Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared before a Manhattan judge, Western Maryland Rep. April McClain Delaney called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment over the operation that brought Maduro to the United States.

“I cannot stand by as my Republican colleagues allow President Trump to defy the rule ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lead the process to implement economic and political reforms in Venezuela and the U.S. believes it is getting “full, complete and total” cooperation from the government in Caracas after the capture of Nicolas Maduro, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said ...Read more

MIAMI — After months of calling Edmundo González — backed by opposition leader María Corina Machado — the legitimate winner of the 2024 Venezuelan elections, South Florida’s congressional delegation is now defending President Donald Trump’s comments that Machado doesn’t have the “respect” to lead Venezuela, and Trump’s plans ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Venezuela risks “a second strike” if its interim government doesn’t acquiesce to U.S. demands. Cuba is “ready to fall,” and Colombia is “very sick, too.”

Iran may get “hit very hard” if its government cracks down on protesters. And Denmark risks U.S. intervention, as well, because “we need Greenland,” ...Read more

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is set to leave Congress with an anti-Trump bang.

The MAGA firebrand-turned-critic of President Donald Trump officially served her last day in the House of Representatives on Monday after blasting the U.S. attack on Venezuela, which she framed as a betrayal of his promise to keep the nation out of foreign ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Official Washington on Monday continued to grapple with the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s order to capture and arrest Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, wondering what Trump’s long-term plan is for the South American nation.

The answer remains far from clear, with Trump and officials like Secretary of State Marco ...Read more

President Donald Trump wasn’t joking when he welcomed guests to the live “Trump-Kennedy Center Honors” on Dec. 7, a comment that was cut in the televised version Dec. 23. Shortly after the original event, the president’s hand-picked board voted to rename the center. Guess who got top billing?

Signage was erected on the facade the day ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene came to Congress in 2021 as a MAGA luminary and staunch Donald Trump loyalist.

She is resigning Monday — a year before her term ends — deeply disillusioned with a president she once revered.

“I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want ...Read more

WASHINGTON — It’s been five years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but Rep. Pete Aguilar still finds small reminders of that day all over — like when groups of people congregate in red hats, or even when the weather outside becomes “cold and crisp,” like it was last month as the anniversary approached.

“Those are ...Read more

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., was hit with a censure letter from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday and could face a demotion and pension cut over a video message he made urging troops to refuse to carry out illegal orders.

Hegseth called the official letter to the retired Navy pilot and astronaut “a necessary process step” ahead of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota mistakenly claimed a 30-year high in abortions in a report it released on New Year’s Eve before discovering an error and determining the total actually declined in 2024.

The corrected total of 13,729 represents a more than 6% decline from the number of elective abortions in 2023, according to an update the Minnesota ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — House Financial Services Chairman French Hill is on a campaign to embed financial regulations into law, a move to make it much more difficult for a different administration to reverse course.

Hill, R-Ark. has pushed the committee to approve nearly 100 bills since the start of the year. He has said he wants to take advantage of...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are returning to Washington this week confronting the fallout from the stunning capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — and familiar complaints about the Trump administration deciding to bypass Congress on military operations that have led to this moment.

Democratic leaders are demanding the administration ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congress returns from its holiday recess this week, and President Donald Trump’s use of military force to extricate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is sure to take center stage in Washington.

Democrats criticized the U.S. military action that took place overnight Jan. 2, warning of broader consequences in the region and ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s stunning year-end announcement that he is redirecting decades of U.S. Naval planning by re-emphasizing surface, rather than submarine warfare with construction of a new class of battleships is running into a buzzsaw of skepticism and could face a Congressional challenge.

Among the critics is U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-...Read more

President Donald Trump warned other drug-producing nations in the Western Hemisphere that he wouldn’t long tolerate the flow of illegal substances to the U.S.

A day after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to stand trial in the U.S., Trump said several other nations need to change their ways.

“Colombia is very sick, too,...Read more

Minnesota political leaders from both parties condemned a social media post Saturday by President Donald Trump that amplified a baseless conspiracy theory suggesting Gov. Tim Walz was involved in the killing of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman.

Trump reposted a video on Truth Social asserting, without evidence, that Walz had Hortman ...Read more

The U.S. plans to control Venezuela through an oil “quarantine” and a coordinated pressure campaign — but could still send in ground troops if President Trump decides to, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday.

“What you’re seeing right now is an oil quarantine that allows us to exert tremendous leverage over what happens next,”...Read more