Overview
- U.S. officials say Nicolás Maduro and his wife were captured and are being transported to custody in New York.
- President Trump named senior officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to help administer a transition in Venezuela.
- Trump did not rule out additional military action and said U.S. forces remain at high readiness in the region, according to Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine.
- The president said he will authorize U.S. oil companies to invest in Venezuela’s energy infrastructure while the embargo on Venezuelan oil remains in place.
- Venezuela condemned the strikes as military aggression and the U.N. expressed deep alarm, while U.S. organizers announced nationwide protests opposing a war.