Power Showdown in Washington Over Venezuela Strikes House Democrats are pushing a vote to limit President Trump's authority to expand military action in or near Venezuela.
Maduro’s People’s War: The Asymmetric Trap Awaiting Any Venezuela Invasion Force As U.S. carriers and Marines mass in the Caribbean, Venezuela has placed its military and millions of civilian militiamen on...
Airlines Halt Venezuela Flights as US Military Buildup Triggers FAA Warning The FAA cited increased U.S. military operations in the Caribbean as creating risks to civilian aircraft “at all altitudes.”
US Joint Chiefs Chair to Visit Base Amid Venezuela Tensions General Dan Caine, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet service members of the U.S. Southern Command on...
US Set to Label Maduro-Tied Cartel de Los Soles as a Terror Organization President Donald Trump’s administration is set to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the...
Mission Creep: How Limited Missions Become Open-Ended Wars Mission creep occurs when a mission that begins with narrow objectives slowly expands into something far larger and more open...
Massive US Marine Buildup in Caribbean Just 7 Miles from Venezuela’s Coast U.S. Marines and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group have deployed in force to the Caribbean under the backdrop of...
US Rebukes Gustavo Petro, Calls Colombian Leader ‘Illegal Drug Dealer’ Colombian President Gustavo Petro had choice words for the U.S. and others staking claim in the Caribbean as tensions rise...
US Adds New Terror Designation to Cartel Linked to Maduro In addition to banning entry of members of the Cartel de los Soles to the U.S. and allowing the U.S. government to seize the...
US Military’s 20th Strike on Alleged Drug-Running Boat Kills 4 in the Caribbean A Pentagon official says the U.S. military's 20th strike on a boat accused of transporting drugs has killed four people in...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
