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Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade

By REGINA GARCIA CANO, MATTHEW LEE, WILL WEISSERT and ERIC TUCKER
Jan 04, 2026 4:11 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quara...
Indictment of Maduro alleges major drug-fueled corruption

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Jan 04, 2026 3:59 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — A newly unsealed U.S. Justice Department indictmen t accuses captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” ...
Maduro’s case will revive a legal debate over immunity for foreign leaders tested in Noriega trial

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER
Jan 04, 2026 3:45 pm - MIAMI (AP) — When deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro makes his first appearance in a New York courtroom Monday to face U.S. drug charges, he will likely follow the ...
Friends of the Fox River urges opposition to Clean Water Act revision

By Joey Weslo
Jan 04, 2026 9:02 am - With looming changes to the federal Clean Water Act, potentially restricting protections for millions of acres of wetlands and miles of streams, environmental advcoates worry about the future of the Fox River.
Ouster of Maduro government sparks celebrations among Venezuelans in South Florida

By VANESSA A. ALVAREZ, TIM REYNOLDS and BRUCE SCHREINER
Jan 03, 2026 11:04 pm - Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the American military attack that toppled Nicolás Maduro’s government — a stunning outcome they had longed for but left them wondering what comes next in their troubled homeland.
Uber-wealthy Illinoisans already spending big on 2026 campaigns

By Russell Lissau
Jan 03, 2026 9:26 pm - Some uber-wealthy Illinois residents already have spent millions to get their preferred candidates elected in 2026.
Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge as Trump claims contact with Maduro’s deputy

By ISABEL DEBRE and JOSHUA GOODMAN
Jan 03, 2026 3:40 pm - Venezuelans on Saturday were scrambling to understand who is in charge of their country after a U.S. military operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro.President Donald Trump delivered a shocking pick: The United States, perhaps in coordination with one of Maduro's most trusted aides.
Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy

By Anna Liss-Roy
Jan 03, 2026 3:23 pm - A recent change to how the U.S. Postal Service says it postmarks letters could discount the ballots of thousands of last-minute voters.Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.
‘What comes next?’ Democrats warn U.S. could be walking into a quagmire after Maduro capture

By Marni Pyke
Jan 03, 2026 1:59 pm - Lawmakers lambast Maduro as a thug, dictator, and narco-terrorist but blast Trump for flouting Congress.
How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro

By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Jan 03, 2026 10:49 am - After months of growing military pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump ordered a brazen operation into the South American country to capture its leader and whisk him to the United States where his administration planned to put him on trial.

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