Overview
- Demonstrations denouncing the operation filled streets in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, San Antonio, Rochester and New Orleans, with anti-war groups leading rallies and Venezuelan diaspora voices split between relief and concern.
- President Trump said the United States will temporarily run Venezuela and deploy U.S. oil companies to repair infrastructure and sell its crude, with proceeds he described as benefiting Venezuelans and reimbursing the U.S.
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores arrived in New York under U.S. control to face Southern District of New York charges including narco‑terrorism conspiracy, cocaine‑importation conspiracy and weapons offenses.
- Criticism over legal authority intensified as Sen. Tammy Duckworth and other officials called the action unconstitutional and urged congressional oversight, while local leaders compared the move to past unauthorized wars.
- Conflicting reports on deaths from the strikes persisted as some U.S. troops were reported injured but stable, and NSW Police in Sydney said planned “Hands off Venezuela” protests lack authorization under a public assembly restriction.