President Donald Trump approved the strike before Christmas after months of planning, including troops training using a model of Maduro’s compound.

The secretary of state says the US will retain "multiple levers of leverage" if Venezuela's leaders don't "make the right decisions".

President Trump said the U.S. would "run" Venezuela, following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday. But many questions remain about what's next.

Leaders across Northern California and the Bay Area are reacting after President Trump's announcement that the United States carried out strikes in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro.

The Venezuelan Supreme Court on Saturday directed the country's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, to assume the presidency.

When the United States conducted an overnight military strike on Venezuela on Saturday morning, Jan. 3, not only was the nation's leader, Nicolás Maduro, captured, but so was his wife, Cilia Flores.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been captured and flown out of Venezuela after the US carried out a large scale strike, US President Donald Trump announced. Follow for live updates.

Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.