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The meeting will take place at the White House at 2:30 p.m. local time...

Tom Friedman, The New York Times opinion columnist, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the situation in Venezuela following the capture of president Nicolas Maduro, practicality of America's Venezuela oil plan, future of Venezuela, and more....

The New York Times has been on the ground in the country since at least the 1880s, through celebration, suffering and political turmoil....

The Trump administration has balked at backing Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader María Corina Machado following Operation Maduro for fear of being forced to scale up its military intervention in Venezuela, The New York Times reported....

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US Mainstream Media Had Prior Knowledge Of Trump's Venezuela Assault But Withheld Coverage Via The Cradle The two largest US newspapers learned in advance of the secret US raid to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but chose not to publish what they knew to avoid endangering US troops, Semafor reported on 4 January, citing two people familiar with the matter. Despite their hostility toward US President Donald Trump regarding domestic issues, the New York Times (NYT) and Washington Post cooperated with his administration ahead of the operation to attack Venezuela. via The Associated Press US forces deployed more than 150 aircraft to eliminate air defenses, clearing the way for helicopters to insert troops who then moved on to President Maduro's location. After Maduro and his wife were abducted, President Trump and top administration officials praised the operation, citing both the lack of US casualties and the total secrecy surrounding it, including from the media. "The c...

CIA Drone Carried Out First Known Land Strike On Venezuela  The CIA is reported to have carried out a bombing operation within Venezuelan territory, CNN and The New York Times report in follow-up to President Trump touting that the US had knocked out "a big facility". CNN while citing unnamed sources, reports that the CIA conducted a drone strike on a remote dock along Venezuela's coastline, after the US suspected the site was being used to store and transport illegal drugs, and which were supposedly bound for America. Illustrative: MQ-9 Reaper Drone Reports indicate the location was unoccupied at the time of the strike, which occurred earlier this month. The New York Times published a similar account based on anonymous sources, specifying that the operation took place last Wednesday. As we detailed, President Trump had on Friday in a radio interview disclosed something which missed the attention of the US and global media. He let slip that a large land site had been knocked ou...

Venezuela Vows To Defend 'Homeland At Any Cost' - Orders Naval Escorts Of Tankers Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has said Venezuela would defend the "homeland at any cost" in response to President Trump's declaration that he's imposing a blockade on all "sanctioned" tankers entering and leaving Venezuelan ports. "We say to the US government and its president that we are not intimidated by their crude and arrogant threats," Padrino Lopez said on Wednesday. "The dignity of this homeland is neither negotiable nor cowed by absolutely anyone." Handout via Reuters Padrino Lopen also told state TV that the blockade violates the UN Charter. "For this reason, these actions amount to an open act of aggression, and we are declaring this to the entire world," he said. The New York Times reported that, in the wake of Trump's threat, which he issued on Tuesday night, the Venezuelan Navy be...

Trump Considering Menu Of Venezuela Attack Options, Including Oil-Field Seizures Though Donald Trump campaigned on pledges to end America's endless wars and regime change campaigns, the White House has now assembled a list of potential military attacks on Venezuela, with the president and senior officials evaluating the associated risks of each option, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Those options include the seizure of oil fields or a targeted ousting of President Nicolás Maduro.  In a parallel undertaking, the Department of Justice is evaluating legal rationales for the various options, with an eye on justifying unilateral action by the president without congressional authorization for the use of military force. According to the Times' sources, those rationales would likely center on the allegation that Maduro and top officials are working for Cartel de los Soles, which the administration has imaginatively designated a "narcoterrorist" group. Under that pretext, the D...

US Masses 10,000 Troops Near Venezuela, A Top Admiral Resigns Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Are we going to invade? “We are certainly looking at land now,” said Trump. Head of the U.S. Military's Southern Command Resigns The New York Times reports Head of the U.S. Military's Southern Command Is Stepping Down The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission. It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one current and one former U.S. official, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks ...

Trump Says He's Mulling Land Strikes On Venezuela, Confirms CIA Covert Ops President Trump later in the day Wednesday verbalized that he's mulling a land operation or strikes in Venezuela following a New York Times report that same day which said he had authorized CIA covert operations targeting the Maduro government.  "We are certainly looking at land now because we've got the sea under control. We've had a couple of days now where there isn't a boat to be found," Trump told reporters inside the Oval Office when asked about the issue. Below is direct confirmation from the Commander-in-Chief: President Trump confirms reports that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in US efforts to pressure President Nicolas Maduro's regime https://t.co/oRfumD3eFu pic.twitter.com/iZeME55qG7 — Reuters (@Reuters) October 16, 2025 "I authorized for two reasons, really. No. 1, they have emptied their prisons into the United States ...

Overthrow: Trump Authorizes CIA Covert Ops Targeting Venezuela's Maduro It is easy to imagine that there's been CIA infiltration into Maduro's Venezuela for a long time, but covert operations there are now becoming an "open secret" - as fresh Wednesday reporting in the New York Times indicates. "The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action in Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, stepping up a campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the country's authoritarian leader," the Times writes. Already the Pentagon has been engaged in what could be interpreted as more overt acts of war in regional waters - the targeting of boats off Venezuela accused of being engaged in narco-smuggling operations. Clearly anti-Maduro operations are picking tempo, and ratcheting the temperature. Trump's CIA Director John Ratcliffe, via LA Times/AP At this point after five instances of drone attacks on these boats, at least 27 people have died. The Trump admin...

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U.S. Preparing Possible Drone Strikes On Drug Cartels Inside Venezuela Weeks after U.S. officials told the New York Times that the real goal of the military buildup (read report) in the Caribbean, and the strategic strikes against drug boats in the region, was regime change, a new NBC News report citing four unnamed sources, including two U.S. officials, now says the U.S. could be nearing a strike phase targeting drug cartels inside Venezuela. The sources include two U.S. officials familiar with the planning and two others familiar with the discussions, who told NBC News that drone strikes targeting command and control nodes of traffickers, including drug labs, could occur within the next several weeks. They added that President Trump has not yet approved the operation. Strikes inside Venezuela would represent a significant escalation following the recent U.S. military strikes against three drug boats off the South American country's coast: Hegseth To Narco-Terrorists: "Assets Gatherin...

Goal Is Regime Change In Venezuela, US Officials Say Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, US officials have told The New York Times that the real goal of the US military buildup in the Caribbean, and the bombing of boats in the region, is regime change in Venezuela. The policy is being largely driven by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has long wanted to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power. Back in 2019, when the first Trump administration attempted to back a coup against Maduro, Rubio posted a photo on Twitter of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the moment he was being brutally murdered in an apparent threat to the Venezuelan leader. The Trump administration claims that Maduro is the leader of a drug cartel, but has not produced any evidence for the charge. Maduro and other Venezuelan officials have forcefully rejected the accusation and have pointed to data that shows the majority of the cocaine that is produced in Colombia doesn't go through Venezuela...

Almost four dozen Venezuelan workers who had temporary protected status have been put on leave by Disney after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to strip them of legal protections......

Judge Leans Toward Contempt Proceedings For Trump Admin In Venezuelan Deportations Case Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. District Judge James Boasberg seemed inclined during a hearing on April 3 to find there was probable cause that President Donald Trump's administration was in contempt of court by disobeying his order prohibiting deportations of suspected Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act. James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, attends a panel discussion at the annual American Board Association (ABA) Spring Antitrust Meeting at the Marriott Marquis in Washington on April 2, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration has said it didn't violate two of Boasberg's orders, which prohibited illegal immigrants from being deported under that particular law but allowed deportations under other authorities. During the April 3 hearing, Boasberg seemed incredulous while asking Departm...

DOJ Probes Classified Intel Leak To New York Times Challenging Deportation Of Venezuelan Gang Members Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Justice Department announced Friday that it has opened a criminal investigation into a leak of classified intelligence regarding the Tren de Aragua gang—information that was reported by The New York Times and appears to challenge the legal foundation for President Donald Trump's recent deportation efforts targeting the violent transnational gang. In this image from video, Todd Blanche testifies during his confirmation hearing in Washington on Feb. 12, 2025. He was later confirmed as deputy attorney general. The Epoch Times via Senate Judiciary Committee In a statement issued March 21, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating what he called the “selective leak of inaccurate, but nevertheless classified” intelligence about Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that the S...