It was just like watching television. Huddled in a draped-off room at Mar-a-Lago around screens set up for his viewing pleasure — including, according to photos released by the White House, a live fee...

Explosions were heard in Venezuela’s Caracas on early Saturday (Jan 3), following which President Nicolas Maduro declared a state of emergency.

The raid, carried out by the US Army’s elite Delta Force, did not lead to any US casualties, a US official said.

Just two months later, though, the Trump administration has done what it previously indicated it couldn’t.

In the immediate hours following US forces bombing Caracas and abducting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Venezuela’s beleaguered opposition was ecstatic.

US President Donald Trump has accused Venezuela of using oil revenues to fund an array of criminal activities, including drug trafficking and terrorism.