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The Justice Department laid out its case on Thursday for why President Donald Trump believes the Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua has made a “predatory incursion” into the United States, which ...

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In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Oil prices barely budged after the U.S. ousted Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and President Trump pledged billions to revive the country’s oil infrastructure. WSJ’s David Uberti breaks down the market ...

Where is the international outrage over the US assault on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro? President Donald Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe monitor the US ...

Here’s what you need to know about the U.S. incursion into Venezuela. By Adam B. Kushner I am the editor of this newsletter. Yesterday, President Trump resurrected the interventionist foreign policy ...

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It would be hard to blame someone who woke up Saturday morning — seeing the news that the United States had invaded Venezuela and exfiltrated its dictatorial ruler — and thought he or she might still ...