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President Donald Trump said the United States will control Venezuela for an unspecified period after a U.S. raid captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak Saturday morning following a stunning, large-scale attack on Venezuela overnight.
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The US president earlier said if peaceful protesters are killed, Washington "will come to their rescue".
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Top Republicans in Congress praised President Trump for the operation in Venezuela amid calls for briefings in the days to come.
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President Donald Trump addressed the attack on Venezuela from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
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"We can't take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn't have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind," President Donald Trump said.
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Maduro and his wife were captured and removed from the country following the operation, Trump said in a statement on Truth Social.
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In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela "brilliant" but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.
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Lawmakers head into President Trump's second year facing questions about whether they can reclaim congressional clout in the face of his power grab.
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"We are locked and loaded and ready to go," Trump wrote, without elaborating.
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Mr. Trump's remarks that he was ready to come to the protesters' "rescue" are a sharp escalation as protests over economic hardship turned deadly.
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The Trump administration says its stopping federal funds to Minnesota because of fraud. The day cares and the state are fighting back.
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The plane, carrying about 50 Iranians and other deportees, took off from Arizona on Sunday, under a deal the Trump administration reached with Iran two months ago.
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