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American flag raised at U.S. Embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019

By Associated Press

Though the flag is now waving, the building is undergoing renovations and it remains unclear when it will fully reopen.

U.S. and Venezuela agree to reestablish diplomatic ties in major shift after Maduro's ouster

By Regina Garcia Cano, Megan Janetsky, Associated Press

The announcement was made at the end of a two-day visit by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to Venezuela.

Opposition leader Machado says she will return to Venezuela in the coming weeks

By Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize María Corina Machado said on Sunday that she will return to Venezuela in the coming weeks and that elections will be held in the South American country.

These refugees were already admitted to the U.S. The Trump administration is detaining and questioning them anyway

By Gisela Salomon, Jack Brook, Sarah Raza, Associated Press

Overturning years of precedent, immigration authorities have arrested or questioned dozens of refugees in Minnesota, attorneys and advocates say, with more detentions likely to come nationwide.

US moves to claim tanker and 2M barrels of seized Venezuelan oil

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

It's the first complaint filed by the U.S. to start the legal process to formally take control of one of at least 10 oil tankers intercepted by American authorities since late last year.

Rubio defends U.S. ouster of Venezuela's Maduro to Caribbean leaders

By Matthew Lee, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brushed aside concerns about the legality of Maduro’s capture last month that have been raised among Venezuela’s island-state neighbors and others.

U.S. military boards third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

The Treasury Department's website states the Bertha is under U.S. sanctions related to Iran.

Rubio visiting Caribbean to reassert Trump's interests after Venezuela strikes and Iran threats

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration’s interests in the Western Hemisphere.

Venezuela approves amnesty bill, paving way for release of hundreds of political detainees

By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Venezuela’s legislature on Thursday approved an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others, effectively acknowledging that the government has held hundreds of people in prison for political motivations.

U.S. military boards sanctioned oil tanker after pursuit from Caribbean to Indian Ocean

By Ben Finley, Michael Biesecker, Konstantin Toropin, Associated Press

Following the U.S. raid to apprehend then-President Nicolás Maduro in early January, several sanctioned tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including the ship that was boarded in the Indian Ocean overnight.