JUST IN: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will travel tomorrow to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, per Chief spox Sean Parnell. Hegseth "will meet with President Luis Abinader, Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre and Cabinet officials to strengthen defense relationships

Maduro and most of his cohorts view the U.S. military threats as a bluff, said a person who speaks often with senior Venezuelan government officials. “Maduro believes that the only way the U.S. can oust him is by sending troops to Caracas.” Read Jose de Cordoba

U.S. President Donald Trump on Venezuela: We’ll be starting to stop them on land soon.

Trump says US will begin stopping Venezuelan drug traffickers by land: 'Going to start very soon' foxnews.com/politics/trump…

NYTIMES - President Trump spoke by phone last week with Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, and discussed a possible meeting between them, multiple people with knowledge of the matter said, even as the United States continues to threaten military action against Venezuela.

NEW: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two U.S. officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the top U.S. diplomat from a key transatlantic gathering.

To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

"People briefed on the Trump administration’s Venezuelan strike deliberations have said that the initial targets could be drug-related sites, including production or storage facilities used by Colombian cartels that ship cocaine through Venezuela. American spy agencies have given

"U.S. officials contacted by Reuters were surprised by Trump's announcement and unaware of any ongoing U.S. military operations to enforce a closure of Venezuelan airspace." reuters.com/world/americas…

WSJ report: "Trump told Maduro that if he didn’t leave willingly, the U.S. would consider other options including the use of force" wsj.com/politics/natio…

CNN: "Maduro and his associates have reached out to the White House through a number of channels, and there are ongoing discussions about what communication between the two countries might look like, multiple administration officials said." cnn.com/2025/11/29/pol…

POTUS is expected to hold a meeting in the Oval Office at 5p on next steps regarding Venezuela, sources familiar with the meeting tell Natasha Bertrand & me Key members of Trump’s cabinet and national security team, including Pete Hegseth, Gen. Dan Caine & Marco Rubio are

BREAKING: President Putin blames Europe for 'hindering peace plan talks'. He adds that if Europe wants to fight a war, then Russia is ready now. trib.al/Pf5NmhW 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Dec 2 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has approved a migrant repatriation flight from the United States, Venezuelan authorities said on Tuesday, days after Caracas said comments by U.S. President Donald Trump had effectively halted the program.

“We’re going to be doing these strikes on land too”, says President Trump during discussion of Venezuelan boat strikes.

Trump says any country trafficking drugs into U.S. could be attacked reuters.com/world/us/trump…

President Trump again says land strikes will begin in Venezuela soon against suspected drug cartels. (He has said this multiple times going back several weeks)

Exclusive: China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date reut.rs/48hUZwd