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January 05, 2026 11:07 AM ET Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday began taking steps to demote Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly from his current military rank over his role in a viral video telling U.S. service members and spy agencies they must “refuse illegal orders” by the Trump administration. Hegseth posted a statement

January 05, 2026 11:07 AM ET Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday began taking steps to demote Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly from his current military rank over his role in a viral video telling U.S. service members and spy agencies they must “refuse illegal orders” by the Trump administration. Hegseth posted a statement

January 05, 2026 11:03 AM ET President Donald Trump and deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are both fond of silly dances, but it may have been the latter’s downfall.  Maduro’s “ regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking

January 05, 2026 9:33 AM ET Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dropped his 2026 reelection bid Monday. Walz, the failed 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, announced the news in a statement, claiming that the Trump administration wants to make his state “a colder, meaner place.” Walz’s announcement comes after his administration has recently faced national

January 03, 2026 2:36 PM ET President Donald Trump said Saturday he doubted that Nobel laureate María Corina Machado’s wishes for who could succeed deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro could come to pass. Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that military forces protected a law enforcement operation which arrested Maduro and his wife

January 04, 2026 8:17 PM ET President Donald Trump warned Venezuela’s acting leader Delcy Rodríguez that she faces serious consequences if she continues to resist American demands following the U.S. military capture of Nicolás Maduro. “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” Trump

January 04, 2026 7:26 PM ET Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer told “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday he would introduce a War Powers Act resolution to prevent further military operations against Venezuela. President Donald Trump announced in a Saturday post on Truth Social that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia

January 04, 2026 5:45 PM ET Former Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused the Biden-Harris administration of treating public safety as a “political game” after it placed a $25 million bounty on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro before leaving office. Adams fired back at critics of recent U.S. action against Maduro in a post

January 03, 2026 6:43 PM ET The operation ordered by President Donald Trump which led to Saturday’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro drew support across the Make America Great Again movement. American military forces, reportedly including the Army’s elite Delta Force, protected a law enforcement operation which arrested Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores

January 02, 2026 2:06 PM ET Europe is celebrating 2026 by welcoming a slate of non-European babies.  In Avignon, France, a baby named Zaïd was born around 1:30 a.m., according to French newspaper La Provence, making him the hospital’s first baby of the year. La Provence notes that Zaïd “ means ‘growth’ or ‘prosperity’ in