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President Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out “a large scale strike against Venezuela” and were bringing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife to New York.

The Trump administration has for months increased pressure on the Maduro government through a series of diplomatic and military maneuvers.

Mr. Maduro has “multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism,” the vice president said.

The Venezuelan president was first charged in 2020 with narco-terrorism and other crimes. That indictment said Nicolás Maduro and others “prioritized using cocaine as a weapon against America.”

A U.S. pressure campaign has been building for years, through a series of indictments, sanctions and, recently, military actions.

The fire that killed at least 40 people in a Swiss bar on New Year’s Day was made more likely by apparent flaws in the site’s design and management, experts say.

The spy agency also used stealth drones to monitor the whereabouts of the Venezuelan leader.

While Kyiv has reported progress in negotiations, and is accelerating talks in the coming days, major questions remain unresolved about which countries will provide what kind of security for how long.

Democrats raised constitutional concerns and said the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while most Republicans cheered the action.

Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, next in the line of succession, and other top Venezuelan officials issued defiant pronouncements after Mr. Maduro’s capture.

Swiss authorities say the fire was probably sparked by small fireworks on champagne bottles that ignited foam insulation on the bar’s basement ceiling.

Galloping inflation and a currency crisis have provoked demonstrations across the country.

In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.

In Doral, Fla., where some 40 percent of people are of Venezuelan origin, music blared in celebration early on Saturday.

The Venezuela president was first charged in 2020 with narcoterrorism and other crimes. That indictment said Maduro and others “prioritized using cocaine as a weapon against America.”

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that in addition to that appointment, he planned to name a new defense minister as part of “a wave of personnel changes.”

President Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, following a “large-scale attack.”

The Dionne quintuplets were a global sensation during the Great Depression. The last of the five sisters, Annette, died in December.

In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant" but did not address whether he had consulted Congress.