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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and President Donald Trump. Getty Images/YouTubeHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hammered President Donald Trump’s claims that he will “run” Venezuela after having attacked the country and ″captured” its leader. “Donald Trump claims that he’s gonna run Venezuela. He’s done a terrible job running the United States of America,” Jeffries said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday. However, Jeffries argued that the administration had provided no evidence as to why the US even attacked Venezuela.

“The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret U.S. raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops,” Semafor reports. “The decisions in the New York and Washington newsrooms to maintain official secrecy is in keeping with longstanding American journalistic traditions — even at a moment of unprecedented mutual hostility between the American president and a legacy media that continues to dominate national security reporting. And it offers a rare glimpse at a thread of contact and even cooperation over some of the highest-stakes American national security issues.”

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But with Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Jake LaRavia leading the way, the Lakers pulled out a 120-114 win. It was the second straight time LaRavia, who came in averaging 9.1 points, scored 20-plus. A back-and-forth game featured several lead changes in the fourth quarter, with the Lakers and Grizzlies taking turns delivering in tense moments. The Lakers finally took the lead for good at 100-99 on a basket by Doncic. Then James scored on a three-point play and made one of two free throws for a 104-99 lead with 3 minutes 49 seconds left.

Even before the first US military strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat from Venezuela in early September, the plan to remove Maduro from power was already in motion. The assets included a CIA source operating within the Venezuelan government who assisted the United States with tracking Maduro’s location and movements ahead of his capture, one source briefed on the operation told CNN. Caine said Maduro and his wife “gave up” to the US military personnel before being flown out of the country. Vance joined several late-night meetings via secure video conference with top national security officials leading up to the operation. Asked by CNN whether he’d taken into consideration the mixed track record of American efforts to oust dictators, the president set himself apart.

Venezuela’s Maduro and wife expected to appear in court this week ABC News investigative reporter Olivia Rubin breaks down the charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.

LOADING ERROR LOADING“I have to say this very directly to the United States: It makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland,” Frederiksen wrote in a statement on a Danish government website on Sunday. “The United States has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Commonwealth.”AdvertisementDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen published a warning to the U.S. about Greenland on Sunday. “We do need Greenland, absolutely. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it, that I can tell you.” Then he insults Denmark: “To boost up security in Greenland. Additionally, she emphasized that the U.S. already possessed “wide access” to Greenland via a defense agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump is dialing up the saber-rattling in the wake of the United States’ attack on Venezuela last weekend. “I don’t think we need any action; it looks like it’s going down,” Trump said. Trump also hasn’t discounted further military action in Venezuela. AdvertisementIn comments aboard Air Force One on Sunday, President Donald Trump dialed up the saber-rattling in the wake of the United States’ attack on Venezuela this weekend. “Don’t ask me who’s in charge because I’ll give you an answer, and it’ll be very controversial,” Trump said during the Air Force One gaggle.

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He also said that Cuba, a close ally of Venezuela, “looks like it’s ready to fall” on its own without U.S. military action. His capture by the United States has sparked deep uncertainty about what is next for the oil-rich South American nation. A supporter of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro demonstrates with a national flag in Caracas on January 4, 2026, a day after he was captured in a US strike. The Venezuelan military recognized Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro's VP, as acting president Sunday. AdvertisementU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Venezuela’s next leader should keep Venezuela’s oil industry out of the hands of U.S. adversaries and stop drug trafficking and cited an ongoing U.S. blockade on tankers.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference with President Trump after the military action in Venezuela. Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem underscored the strategy in a series of interviews Sunday morning. “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” Trump told the Atlantic magazine, referring to Rodríguez. “This is about making Trump’s oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. AdvertisementOn Sunday morning, the United Nations Security Council held an urgent meeting to discuss the legality of the U.S. operation in Venezuela.

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded two others, including a 4-year-old child, in Russia’s Belgorod region on Sunday, officials said, ahead of peace talks in Paris this weekOne person was killed and two others wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a car in the Russian border region of Belgorod, local officials said Sunday, ahead of peace talks to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Paris this week. Vyacheslav Gladkov said a young child was among the wounded. In Ukraine, three people were wounded in the Kharkiv region in drone strikes overnight into Sunday, the country’s State Emergency Service said. He said there also would be meetings with U.S. representatives in Paris. ___Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Rubio said Maduro was 'provided multiple very, very, very generous offers' Brett Bruen, President of the Global Situation Room and former U.S. diplomat, discusses what the Trump administration did before Saturday’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Analysis: Why the US is interested in Venezuela’s oilVenezuela is sitting on the biggest known oil reserve in the world - so why hasn't that translated into production, and why is the US so interested? CNN's Rafael Romo explains.