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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Graham: Iran is going down, Cuba is next

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump meets with the Colombian President Gustavo Petro in the Oval Office on Feb. 3, 2026. (Colombian Presidency Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump foe dons MAGA hat after Venezuela

Heather Digby Parton
Protest on Whitehall, London against the American action in Venezuela. (Matthew Chattle/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Before Venezuela, there was Guatemala

Aaron Coy Moulton - The Conversation
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) meets the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei during his visit in Tehran, Iran on October 22, 2016. (Pool / Supreme Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Can the Iran regime survive Trump?

Aaron Pilkington - The Conversation
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A demonstrator protesting against ICE in Houston, Texas on Jan. 8, 2026. (Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Image)

America reaches its breaking point

Brian Karem
Activists protest President Donald Trump's military action in Venezuela on Jan. 6, 2026 in Pasadena, California. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA wants to be a colonial power

Sophia Tesfaye
resident Donald Trump takes questions from the press in the Oval Office on Nov. 18, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

US races into autocratic new year

Shelley Inglis - The Conversation
Nicolas Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/Getty Images)

Feds admit "terrorist" cartel isn't real

Jelinda Montes
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Overnight, U.S. forces struck multiple targets in Venezuela and captured its president and his wife to face charges in the U.S, leaving a fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex as the sun rose. (STR / Getty Images)

After Venezuela, who's next?

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump returns to the White House on Jan. 4, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

An exhausted strongman invades Venezuela

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks to the press following U.S. military actions in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

The mass media's blind spot on Venezuela

Sophia Tesfaye
Nicolas Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/Getty Images)

Maduro pleads not guilty

Alex Galbraith
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James Carville speaks onstage during the 2019 Politicon at Music City Center on October 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Politicon )

Carville: Venezuela coup is smokescreen

Alex Galbraith
Armed supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro gather near the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Jan. 3, 2026. (Federico Parra / AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuela: Trump's latest crime scene

Andrew O'Hehir
US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions, "large scale attacks" and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump: US will “run” Venezuela for now

CK Smith
Overnight, U.S. forces struck multiple targets in Venezuela and captured its president and his wife to face charges in the U.S, leaving a fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex as the sun rose. (STR / Getty Images)

Maduro captured, Venezuela hit

CK Smith
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Nov. 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

US carries out first strike in Venezuela

Garrett Owen
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump's war on drugs has exceptions

Heather Digby Parton
President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro delivers a speech while holding the Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar's 'Sword of Peru' during a military ceremony on November 25, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. The United States recently designated the "Cartel De Los Soles" (Cartel of The Suns) as a foreign terrorist organization, a group allegedly led by the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and which, it is presumed, includes high-ranking members of the Venezuelan government. ((Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images))

Trump's message to Maduro: Get out now

Garrett Owen
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Venezuelan fishermen take precautions in response to U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, Sept. 24, 2025. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump has free rein to kill

Jesselyn Radack
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are greeted by 18th Airborne Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump's Venezuela squeeze could backfire

Robert Muggah - The Conversation
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Cabinet meeting, July 8, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Little Marco" goes big MAGA

Heather Digby Parton
A billboard in Caracas accusing Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado (center) and other opposition leaders of supporting U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

Did Trump win the Nobel after all?

Andrew O'Hehir
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