Political fallout after Venezuela operation With more lawmakers being briefed on the military attack on Venezuela, Republicans are defending the actions, while Democrats are raising questions about the White House’s plans to govern Venezuela.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPam Hemphill, the so-called “MAGA Granny” who refused a pardon from President Donald Trump after getting convicted for rioting at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, returned on the attack’s fifth anniversary with a message. “Once I got away from the MAGA cult and started educating myself about Jan. 6, I knew what I did was wrong,” she said. And the attack began.”Pam "MAGA Granny" Hemphill, who served a federal prison sentence for her role in the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, is seen at a rally in 2024. “I cannot allow the Capitol officers to be lied about. How dare you,” she closed, directing her anger to Trump and MAGA lawmakers.

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Five years after the Capitol attack, most of the officers injured that day have never widely shared their experience. I had to call my mom and just let her know, like, “I don’t know how this is gonna play out. I have co-workers that were there with me that day and helped to secure the Capitol that still love Donald Trump. I don’t always understand how you can call yourself my friend and still love this guy who you don’t know. I don’t know how anybody can say that they’re pro-law enforcement and pro-justice if you don’t let the justice system do its job.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGVenezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said she would personally “love” to give President Donald Trump her prestigious award after the U.S. captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in a military operation Saturday. “I certainly would love to be able to personally tell him that we believe the Venezuelan people, because this is a prize of the Venezuelan people, certainly want to give it to him and share it with him,” Machado told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday. The ousted Venezuelan leader was taken to the U.S., where he is facing narco-terrorism-related charges, and pleaded not guilty Monday. Trump told reporters Saturday he would not support Machado’s bid to lead Venezuela, claiming she lacked “respect” from the people. She had previously dedicated her Nobel prize to him in October, after Trump publicly campaigned for the award himself.

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Claim:A photograph circulating online in early January 2026 authentically showed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro being escorted by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officers while in custody. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementOne such image appeared to show Drug Enforcement Administration officers flanking Maduro while he was in custody. The photograph showed the Venezuelan president blindfolded, handcuffed and wearing a gray sweatsuit. The clip's caption stated that a U.S. government helicopter brought the Venezuelan president to Manhattan, New York, and that heavily armed officers escorted him ahead of his court appearance. 'Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Board the USS Iwo Jima On...' Getty Images, 3 Jan. 2026, https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-on-board-the-uss-iwo-news-photo/2253875352.

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Funeral Held for Woman Killed in U.S. Strikes on VenezuelaThe family of Rosa González held her funeral on Monday in Catia La Mar, Venezuela. Ms. González, 80, died from her injuries after U.S. airstrikes hit a three-story apartment complex early Saturday. By Jamie LeventhalJanuary 6, 2026

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — In the span of a few hours, House Republican leaders just watched their already narrow vote margin slip to about as weak as it can get. Assuming all 430 show up for every vote, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) And that’s assuming all members are present and all other Republicans vote his way. “I have not lost control of the House,” Johnson declared last month, as moderate Republicans went around him to force a vote to extend soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies. via Associated PressAdvertisementPresident Donald Trump brought up Republicans’ tight new vote margin during remarks at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSeveral European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland. Advertisement“The future of Greenland and Denmark are decided solely by the people of Denmark,” Carney said, standing next to Frederiksen at the Canadian Embassy in Paris. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Tuesday, Jan.6, 2026. His comments came after the Danish leader, together with Greenland’s prime minister and other European leaders, firmly rejected Trump’s renewed call for the island to come under U.S. control in the aftermath of the weekend U.S. military operation in Venezuela. Frederiksen said Monday that Trump’s comments about Greenland “should be taken seriously.”“If the United States chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops,” Frederiksen told Danish broadcaster TV2.

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“The U.S. may have decided it no longer wants to be the world’s policeman, but the military operation that captured Venezuela’s autocratic president shows it is far more willing now to be the enforcer in its own hemisphere,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “President Trump’s audacious decision to seize Nicolás Maduro from his Caracas compound and whisk him off to a New York court to stand trial on drugs and weapons charges heralds a new geopolitical strategy: The U.S. and the U.S. only will dominate the Western Hemisphere.”