Overview
- After a classified briefing, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he does not expect U.S. troop deployments and described the move as not a regime-change operation, while a Senate war powers resolution to restrict future action is headed for a vote.
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty in New York to drug and weapons charges and remain in U.S. custody, with the next court hearing set for March 17.
- Venezuela’s vice-president Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as acting president in Caracas, as President Trump signaled the U.S. would work with her government and pressed for American involvement in Venezuela’s oil sector.
- Casualty counts from the operation remain disputed, with reports of at least dozens killed and Cuba claiming 32 of its personnel died, while U.S. officials reported no American fatalities.
- Allies and adversaries criticized the U.S. action at the U.N., regional leaders issued condemnations, and new threats by Trump toward Colombia and Mexico stirred concern as a poll showed Americans divided over the raid and U.S. control of Venezuela.