The United States government issued an urgent security alert on January 12, 2026, instructing American citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately as anti-government protests entered their third week with escalating violence and a nationwide internet blackout.

A US State Department team traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since the ouster of Nicolas Maduro, according to a US official.

The order follows turbulence in the country's political landscape, including the capture of Maduro by U.S. forces last week.

The president of Venezuela was taken by American forces and transported to the U.S. Saturday to face federal drug charges.

Before Polk was inaugurated, John Tyler asked Congress to “invite” Texas in as a state without a treaty. This, they concluded, only required a simple majority, which he was able to get. Opponents argued that annexing demanded a treaty because Texas was a foreign nation.

The U.S. State Department's top aid official on Thursday said Cuba's authorities must not interfere with a shipment of humanitarian aid to its people and suggested President Donald Trump could take action if Cuba does not comply.

A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st U.S. state as President Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory.

The US sovereign wealth fund (SWF) announced in early 2025 is not a symbolic policy experiment or a passive reserve vehicle.