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WATCH: Vance says U.S. wants to create critical minerals trading bloc to counter China

By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the trade war over the past year exposed how dependent most countries are on the critical minerals that China has a stranglehold on.

WATCH: Sen. Paul presses Rubio on why Maduro ouster isn't an act of war

By Joshua Barajas

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., repeatedly asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a congressional hearing Wednesday on why the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro wouldn’t be considered an act of war.

WATCH: Coons, Rubio disagree on whether Congress should've been consulted before Maduro ouster

By Joshua Barajas

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said the Trump administration failed to properly consult with Congress in the months leading up to the dramatic U.S. military raid that ousted President Nicolás Maduro. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was "a trigger-based…

WATCH: Rubio defends Trump policy on Venezuela, downplays fears about Greenland and NATO

By Matthew Lee, Stephen Groves, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun his much-anticipated congressional testimony about Venezuela, defending the Trump administration’s military operation to oust and arrest then-President Nicolas Maduro as Republican and Democratic lawmakers offered starkly different readings of the current situation.

Denmark and Greenland envoys meet with White House officials over Trump's call for a 'takeover'

By Aamer Madhani, Claudia Ciobanu, Associated Press

Denmark and Greenland's envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump's call for a "takeover" of the strategic Arctic island.

Denmark calls proposed Greenland talks with U.S. a chance for 'the dialogue that is needed'

By Claudia Ciobanu, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said on Wednesday a meeting about Greenland would happen next week, without giving details about timing, location or participants.

Denmark and Greenland seek talks with Rubio over U.S. interest in takeover of island

By Stefanie Dazio, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a select group of lawmakers that it was the administration’s intention to eventually purchase Greenland — a self-governing territory of Denmark and part of NATO — rather than use military force.

Trump administration thanks the media for keeping quiet before the strike that captured Maduro

By David Bauder, Associated Press

That came from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. It contrasts with the consistent posture of Pete Hegseth's Defense Department, which has been at odds with the media.

Who is Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's interim president after Maduro's ouster?

By Megan Janetsky, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press

Interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro, captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation, and offered “to collaborate” with the Trump administration in what could be a seismic shift in…

Fact-checking Trump's claims after U.S. strike on Venezuela and capture of Maduro

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact

After the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements about previous U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats and Maduro sending the gang Tren de Aragua to the U.S., according to fact-checking by PolitiFact.