President Donald Trump called for the US to “run” Venezuela on Saturday, shortly after the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro amid US strikes on the country’s capital of Caracas. The attack is a major escalation in Trump’s months-long pressure campaign against Venezuela and pushes the US into uncertain territory legally, politically, and militarily. Here’s […]

President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that the United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying that the US had flown Maduro to a military ship off the country’s coast and will be taking him to New York. The capture of Maduro was part of a military operation that included “large-scale strikes” on Venezuela, […]

It’s January 3. The gyms are suddenly crowded; the freshly bought journals are pristine; and suddenly, everyone you know is trying to learn Italian like they’re about to become a deep-cover spy in Tuscany. It’s the new year, new you, new everything. Or, at least, it is for a few days. January 9, the second […]

Editor’s note, January 3, 2026, 8:30 am: President Donald Trump announced early on Saturday, January 3, that the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife after a “large-scale strike” on the country, a significant escalation of US involvement in the region. This article was originally published December 1, 2025, and last […]

The Trump administration has been telling Americans that fentanyl is so widespread, it’s a “weapon of mass destruction.“ But according to the Washington Post’s Mexico City bureau chief Samantha Schmidt, fentanyl isn’t the drug the administration should be paying attention to — it’s cocaine.  Globally, supply and demand for the drug are surging, according to […]