Republicans largely support the military extraction of Venezuela's leader while Democrats strongly oppose the action taken without congressional approval.

The U.S. military had a very intense 2025, carrying out significant operations all over the globe in defense of the homeland.

Over the past four decades, the United States has increasingly relied on small, elite units to handle missions that fall outside the reach of conventional warfare. Delta Force has been central to that shift,

Hours after declaring from underneath the tented ceiling of Mar-a-Lago’s Tea Room that Venezuela’s leader was in American custody and the US was running the country on Saturday, President Donald Trump emerged victorious onto his club’s crowded patio as dinner-goers cheered the audacious mission he’d ordered from a few yards away.

No airline flights were crossing over Venezuela that day, according to FlightRadar24.com. And major airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean region and warned passengers that disruptions could continue for days after the Federal Aviation Administration imposed restrictions.

Details are emerging about how U.S. forces entered Venezuela and seized President Nicolas Maduro.

The US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, also left stranded tourists wondering how to get home — or to their next destination — after the FAA temporarily closed airspace over the Caribbean.

House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., discusses ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’ and the U.S. military’s capture of Nicolás Maduro on ‘One Nation.’