Overview
- The Senate voted 52–47 to advance a resolution that would bar additional operations in Venezuela without authorization from Congress, reopening a path for oversight after earlier failed attempts.
- President Trump criticized Republican senators who supported the measure and said a more consequential vote is coming next week, arguing the move undermines his commander-in-chief authority.
- Trump set a White House meeting for today with leaders of major oil companies on restoring Venezuela’s energy sector, saying the firms could invest at least $100 billion.
- The president asserted the U.S. obtained $4 billion worth of Venezuelan oil in a single day and said the operation brought regional stability, claims presented in his interviews without independent corroboration in the reporting.
- Vice President J.D. Vance denied reports he was excluded from planning the Venezuela mission, saying he and CIA Director Tulsi Gabbard were involved; international pushback continued, including a Polish request to clarify Congress’s stance and broader legal concerns voiced by multiple governments.