News for January 3, 2026

Photos and satellite images show damage at Venezuela’s Fuerte Tiuna base after a U.S. operation that President Donald Trump said led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

The U.S. strike on Venezuela has drawn attention to the country’s huge oil reserves, but experts say the attack is unlikely to quickly change global oil prices or production.

Venezuelan officials denounced Nicolás Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces as a kidnapping, while President Donald Trump said the U.S. would oversee Venezuela’s next steps.

U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro in a surprise raid ordered by President Donald Trump after months of planning, according to Gen. Dan Caine.

Venezuelans around the world reacted with both celebration and anger after the U.S. said it attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuelans in the U.S. celebrated the reported capture of Nicolás Maduro, while also wondering what Donald Trump’s next steps would mean for Venezuela.

Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the managers of a bar in Crans-Montana after a New Year’s fire killed 40 people and injured more than 100.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent his first full day in office riding the New York City subway, then moved quickly to action on housing, city government, and a rollback of some late-stage Adams orders.

Alaska’s court system spent more than a year building an AI chatbot for probate help, but the project ran into accuracy, trust, and oversight problems before launch.