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Trump 2.0 is all about power. His biggest move may be just days away

Under Trump 2.0, the so-called norms of the rules-based order are being tossed aside in favour of raw power and brute strength. But it won’t necessarily pay off.

  • Michael Koziol

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America’s attack on Venezuela has drawn international criticism, such as these protesters in South Korea.

Trump has pulled the US into a joint venture with a leftist kleptocracy

Little now remains of the moral and legal order that we used to call the West.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Then-French interior minister Manuel Valls in front of 1.3 tonnes of pure cocaine found on board a cargo plane in 2013.

The record cocaine haul and a panicked ‘insider’: US outlines case against Maduro

For customs agents at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, what they found inside 30 suitcases was like nothing they had ever seen.

  • Colin Freeman
US President Donald Trump addresses House Republicans in Washington on Tuesday.

Nobel winner backs ‘courageous’ Trump over raid – but issues warning

The Venezuelan political leader who fled the country last month thanked the US president, but sounded the alarm over her country’s new Trump-backed interim leader.

  • David Crowe
A photo posted by US President Donald Trump to Truth Social showing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima.

Mystery trader gains $610,000 windfall with bet on Maduro’s capture

The trade is likely to attract scrutiny from US lawmakers who have been pushing for stricter insider trading rules.

  • Anirban Sen
Marco Rubio called the blockade one of the largest “quarantines” in modern history that was successfully “paralysing” the Venezuelan regime’s ability to generate revenue.

Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela

The briefing came as toppled leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to US drugs charges and the Venezuelan government sought to show the world it is being run independently.

  • Lisa Mascaro and Michelle Nichols
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A court sketch of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

With slow, deliberate steps and a smile, ousted autocrat meets his new reality

Ripped from his compound two days earlier as he slept, Nicolás Maduro found himself in a crowded New York courtroom - where he was no longer the highest authority.

  • Jonah E. Bromwich, Benjamin Weiser, Maia Coleman and Hurubie Meko
President Donald Trump monitors the US military operations in Venezuela, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach on Saturday morning.

US won’t govern Venezuela, Rubio says, as Trump threatens Maduro deputy

Venezuela’s interim leader may pay a hefty price “if she doesn’t do what’s right”, Trump warned, and said other territories – including Colombia – may be subject to American intervention.

  • Andy Sullivan and Regina Garcia Cano
President Donald Trump monitors the US military operations in Venezuela, with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.

US-Venezuela as it happened: ‘Extremely dangerous’ precedent set by Trump; Maduro prepares to face New York court after capture

After Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in an audacious US military operation, the fallout continues as questions mount over Trump’s actions and what comes next for Venezuela. Follow our updates.

  • Jack Gramenz and Daniel Lo Surdo
Helicopters are seen flying over Caracas after explosions rocked the city.

‘They’re invading us’: It began as a normal night, until the casual atmosphere turned to panic

Video filmed on mobile phones by Venezuelans in different cities captured the US air and ground incursion playing out in real time.

  • Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Arijeta Lajka and McKinnon de Kuyper