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2:25 AM on Tuesday, January 6

The capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has sparked global controversy

11:48 PM on Monday, January 5

Authorities say an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada buried a snowmobiler in snow and killed him

10:03 PM on Monday, January 5

A congressional ethics watchdog says there's substantial reason to believe the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mike Collins hired his girlfriend as an intern and that she didn't perform proper work

9:42 PM on Monday, January 5

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela

9:26 PM on Monday, January 5

Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has filed paperwork to run for governor

7:07 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela has emerged as a flash point in a closely watched Republican primary campaign in Kentucky

6:57 PM on Monday, January 5

Pipeline safety regulators have imposed their largest fine ever on the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast in 2023

5:50 PM on Monday, January 5

President Donald Trump has again raised the idea of acting against Mexican drug cartels, but Mexico and analysts doubt unilateral U.S. military action

4:22 PM on Monday, January 5

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance

3:58 PM on Monday, January 5

The United States has reached a deal with Caribbean nation Dominica to start sending foreigners seeking U.S. asylum there

2:08 PM on Monday, January 5

For retirement savers and retirees, the new year brings more than the usual inflation adjustments to retirement contributions

1:46 PM on Monday, January 5

Venezuelan leaders are asserting the country's independence after the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro

12:29 PM on Monday, January 5

Allies and adversaries of the United States have used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to voice opposition to the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro

9:10 AM on Monday, January 5

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is ending his bid for a third term amid President Donald Trump’s relentless focus on a fraud investigation into child care programs in the state and its Somali community

8:14 AM on Monday, January 5

Top officials from President Donald Trump's administration have briefed congressional leaders on the U.S. government’s plans for the future of Venezuela

7:20 AM on Monday, January 5

Approaching the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the official plaque honoring the police who defended democracy is nowhere to be found

3:22 AM on Monday, January 5

2:59 AM on Monday, January 5

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he is pleading not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges

Monday, January 5

A Texas judge has seated a jury in the trial of a former school police officer who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting in 2022

12:07 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2025