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11:35 AM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says US will tap Venezuela's vast oil reserves and sell 'large amounts' to other countries after Maduro ouster

11:26 AM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says Rubio has spoken to Venezuelan VP to make that country 'great again,' no word from Venezuelan government

11:03 AM on Saturday, January 3

No visible signs yet that US is running Venezuela after Trump claims, as country's security forces control key sites

10:33 AM on Saturday, January 3

President Donald Trump and U.S. officials have laid out some of the details of the U.S. military strike against Venezuela that led to the capture of leader Nicolás Maduro

10:09 AM on Saturday, January 3

Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor

8:57 AM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says some US forces injured in Venezuela strike but he believes 'we had nobody killed'

8:30 AM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says Maduro and his wife are aboard a US warship and will face prosecution in New York

8:21 AM on Saturday, January 3

US now deciding what's next for Venezuela after Maduro capture, ‘we’ll be involved in it very much' Trump tells Fox

8:14 AM on Saturday, January 3

Ruling Venezuelan party leader tells AP Maduro was at home on a military base when he was captured in US operation

7:53 AM on Saturday, January 3

Nicolás Maduro's fall at the hands of the United States follows months of pressure from the Trump administration

7:21 AM on Saturday, January 3

National security advisers from Europe and other allies have discussed security guarantees in Kyiv as the U.S.-led push to end the war in Ukraine intensifies

4:48 AM on Saturday, January 3

Utah Sen. Mike Lee says Trump administration has briefed him that Maduro will face criminal charges in U.S.

3:52 AM on Saturday, January 3

Gambia's president says dozens are missing after a boat carrying over 200 migrants capsized off the coast

3:43 AM on Saturday, January 3

Gambian president says dozens missing after boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized off the West African nation

3:38 AM on Saturday, January 3

Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin visits China starting Sunday, marking the first visit by an Irish leader in 14 years

3:26 AM on Saturday, January 3

Trump says Venezuela's Maduro has been captured after the US conducted a 'large scale strike' on country

1:43 AM on Saturday, January 3

Venezuela's government accuses US of attacking civilian and military installations in multiple states; no word from US

7:30 PM on Friday, January 2

President Donald Trump has invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States this year

5:18 PM on Friday, January 2

Minnesota officials are rushing to provide information to the Trump administration about child care providers and parents receiving federal funds

3:32 AM on Friday, January 2

U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic