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The Guardian view on Trump’s capture in Caracas: oil matters, but it’s not the whole story | Editorial
The seizure of Venezuelan leader was induced by the prize of petroleum, but driven by spectacle, geopolitics and domestic politicsIt’s all about oil. ...
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Trump touts ‘brilliant’ Venezuela attack in remarks at House Republicans retreat
Trump called deposed leader Nicolás Maduro a ‘violent guy’ in speech that received warm reception from RepublicansDonald Trump has received rapturous ...
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Trump says US companies will invest billions in Venezuelan oil production. Experts aren’t so sure
Industry insiders say US oil firms want to ‘avoid getting screwed’ and will proceed with extreme caution in regionAnalysis: Trump’s focus on Venezuela...
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Pesticide industry ‘immunity shield’ stripped from US appropriations bill
Democrats and the Make America Healthy Again movement pushed back on the rider in a funding bill led by BayerIn a setback for the pesticide industry, ...
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Cops of the World by Phil Ochs captures the zeitgeist again | Brief letters
US imperialism | Trump’s actions in Venezuela | Roosevelt’s big stick | Tony Blair Institute | Citizens’ arrest | Fifa peace prize | Triumph of evilPh...
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How a US takeover of Greenland would undermine Nato from within
The alliance has no provision for the previously unthinkable: one of its members turning on anotherEurope live – latest updatesThe idea that one Nato ...
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George Conway, a former anti-Trump Republican, to run for Congress as a Democrat
Conway, a conservative lawyer and ex-husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, is vying for a New York district seatGeorge Conway, the former Republi...
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Doug LaMalfa, California Republican congressman, dies aged 65
LaMalfa’s death cuts the House Republican majority to 218-213, tightening GOP control for passing billsDoug LaMalfa, a California Republican who repre...
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Elon Musk is moving back into politics. Can’t he take up a new hobby instead? Arwa Mahdawi
It didn’t go very well for him last time, but the tech billionaire seems to have abandoned his plans for a third party and has renewed his bromance wi...
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Two Republicans oppose Pete Hegseth’s censure of fellow Senator Mark Kelly
Pushback from Susan Collins and Thom Tillis is striking amid tepid response from most other Republican senatorsTwo senior Republican senators on Monda...
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Trump is marching into 2026 with the worst cabinet in history | Austin Sarat
From RFK Jr to Pete Hegseth, the president’s top aides have been disastrous. We shouldn’t be surprisedAs 2024 ended and Donald Trump’s cabinet picks w...
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Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics sayDonald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Madu...
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Michigan loophole makes it difficult to track utilities’ donations to politicians
Revelation comes as a first-in-the-nation citizen’s ballot initiative to ban donations by utilities picks up steamAn investigation into Michigan elect...
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January 6, five years on: sustained effort by Trump to rewrite history
President and Republican allies have tried to make sure the deadly attack on the Capitol has been erased from memoryFive years after the deadly attack...
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Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization | Robert Reich
The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking the weaker. The US was founded on that principleTrump’s domestic and ...
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US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege
Exclusive: Letter decries ‘stunning abdication of basic responsibilities’ and demands to know how many officers divertedThe Trump administration has a...
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Opposition leader Machado says she hasn’t spoken to Trump since attack as she vows to return to Venezuela – live
María Corina Machado tells Fox News she would share her Nobel peace prize with US president after removal of Nicolás MaduroDeposed Maduro pleads not g...
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Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci
The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as suchThere is no two without a t...
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US ‘not at war’ in Venezuela, Johnson says after briefing with top officials
Speaker says Trump not looking to take control militarily as Democrats say briefing raises more questions than answersThe United States is “not at war...
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Trump news at a glance: Maduro appears in US court as nations condemn president’s attack on Venezuela
Trump’s moves spark global wave of revulsion and fears that similar actions could happen in other countries – key US politics stories from Monday 5 Ja...
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Is Trump really as lawless as he seems? Or is he just a law unto himself? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s open to interpretationSee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
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Corporation For Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts
Board of directors vote to dissolve organization after nearly 60 years in operation after funding cuts under TrumpThe nonprofit charged by Congress wi...
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‘Soy inocente’: Maduro defiant in surreal New York courtroom spectacle
The Venezuelan leader entered a heartfelt not guilty plea – and told a member of the gallery he was a prisoner of warVenezuela crisis – latest updates...
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US to slash routine vaccine recommendations for children in major change experts say creates doubt
Jabs to prevent influenza, rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other vaccines are no longer fully recommendedThe Trump administration wil...
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‘A warning not an insult’: US doubles down on criticism of Europe
Forecast of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ was part of call for pro-growth reform, says Trump officialDonald Trump’s administration has doubled dow...
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US foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting
US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of warThe ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy ha...
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What’s in the US criminal indictment against Nicolás Maduro?
US alleges the Venezuelan president has spent past two decades working with international drug trafficking groupsThe criminal indictment against the d...
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Pete Hegseth issues formal censure to Democratic senator Mark Kelly
US defense secretary also started proceedings that could strip Kelly from retired military rank and cut pensionDefense secretary Pete Hegseth said on ...
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With Trump’s military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe | Volker Türk
This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of lawVolker ...
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For Americans, 2026 started with two starkly different visions for the country | Moira Donegan
Zohran Mamdani’s optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trump’s brazen invasion of VenezuelaThe new year opened with a pair of sc...
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Trump’s Venezuela invasion sets a perilous precedent | Kenneth Roth
If Trump can invade Venezuela, why can’t Putin invade Ukraine? Or Xi Jinping seize Taiwan?No matter how you slice it, Donald Trump’s invasion of Venez...
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Tim Walz says he will not run for third term as Minnesota governor
Announcement comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases became focus of ire for Republicans and TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesTim Walz...
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Maduro taken off helicopter in New York on way to court – video
Video footage shows Nicolás Maduro and a woman thought to be his wife taken off a helicopter in New York on his way to a Manhattan courthouse. The dep...
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All eyes on secretary of state races – with 2028 White House at stake
Voters will choose secretaries of state in contests that could play key role in outcome of 2028 presidential electionWhen Americans go to cast ballots...
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Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns
Maj Gen Paul Eaton says US president’s effort to bend military to his will could have dire long-term consequencesDonald Trump and his defense secretar...
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Oil price dips as markets assess impact of Trump’s moves in Venezuela
Crude oil falls amid fears US president’s pledge to run country and unlock vast reserves could deepen global supply glutBusiness live – latest updates...
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Made in America by Edward Stourton review – why the ‘Trump doctrine’ is no aberration
From territorial overreach to deportations, the current president is not as much of an anomaly as he might seem‘Almost everyone is a little bit in lov...
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Nicolás Maduro to appear in New York court on drugs and weapons charges
Deposed Venezuelan president was controversially captured over weekend amid US military interventionDeposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is exp...
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Venezuela live updates: interim president offers to ‘collaborate’ with US after Trump warns of further strikes
Delcy Rodríguez adopts conciliatory tone as she stands in for Nicolás Maduro after Venezuelan leader captured by American forces and brought to USTens...
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Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAEI neve...
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The awkward truth about some of Trump’s views on Europe? European leaders agree with him | Shada Islam
The US president’s fears about ‘woke’ Europe are laughable. He would feel right at home in today’s EUI expected the EU to push back strongly against D...
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Trump news at a glance: Republicans backpedal on claims US will ‘run’ Venezuela
Trump has called on Venezuela’s interim leader to adhere to US demands as top Republicans scramble to answer questions about what happens next – key U...
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Trying to take a break from the news? Trump has other ideas | Jess Harwood
The US president has delivered another unhappy new year Continue reading...
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Few in Caracas are celebrating as they face an uncertain post-Maduro future
Stockpiling not partying is the priority for Venezuelans who say they fear crackdowns by the regime the US left in placeThere was a whirlwind of emoti...
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Venezuelans under TPS can apply for refugee status, Kristi Noem says
Homeland security secretary says Venezuelan leader needs to protect America against drug trafficking and terroristsKristi Noem, the US homeland securi...
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Protests erupt in US cities over Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela
Hundreds came out to protest in large cities coast to coast, even as many in the diaspora celebrated ousting of Maduro Protests bubbled up in several ...
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‘They lied to our face’: Democrats decry Trump’s military raid on Venezuela
Lawmakers call US intervention and capture of Maduro ‘wildly illegal’ and say it lacked congressional approvalTrump’s Venezuela intervention: latest u...
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The Guardian view on Zohran Mamdani’s task: a high-stakes test case for progressive ambition | Editorial
New York’s new mayor will face headwinds as he attempts to carry out a programme of civic renewal. But his affordability agenda speaks to the timesThe...
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Wisconsin judge resigns after being convicted of obstructing immigrant arrest
Hannah Dugan faced calls to resign from state Republicans amid threats to impeach her if she did notThe Wisconsin judge convicted of obstruction for h...
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Top Republicans backpedal from Trump claim that US will run Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends capture of Nicolás Maduro and says US has ‘leverage’ over countryMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, and pr...
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‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say
Emergency managers say the US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disastersDonald Tru...
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Stephen Lillie on Trump’s intervention in Venezuela – cartoon
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