Two of the US officials said covert operations would likely be the first part of the new action against Maduro.

The administration asked the D.C. Circuit to stay that ruling while it appealed.

After months of trading insults, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani smiled at each other, swapped compliments and pledged to collaborate on tackling crime and affordability in the nation’s biggest city at an unexpectedly friendly meeting at the White House on Friday.

US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential right-wing figure and MAGA acolyte who recently broke with President Donald Trump, announced she is quitting her seat in Congress, prompting him to double down yesterday on accusations she is a “traitor.”

Here are some takeaways from their closely watched encounter

"We agree on a lot more than I would have thought," Trump said

US President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders could be executed, calling them traitors and accusing them of “seditious behavior.”

President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday ordering the Justice Department to release documents from its long-running investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — files eagerly sought by both his political opponents and members of his own base who have pressed for greater transparency in the case.

US President Donald Trump said he will host New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting today, after fiercely attacking the 34-year-old self-described Democratic Socialist during his recent campaign.

It will be Trump’s first meeting with the democratic socialist who won this month’s mayoral election

Resolution previously received 13 votes in favour, none against

'You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that.'

The number of newly enrolled international students at US colleges and universities dropped by 17 percent this autumn following new restrictions on student visas and other Trump administration policies, according to a report released on Monday.

Thousands of flights were cancelled due to understaffing during the shutdown, which stretched into a record 43 days

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday said he believed the approaching vote on releasing Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein should help put to rest allegations that President Donald Trump had any connection to the late sex offender’s abuse and trafficking of underage girls.

The maximum total value of the bond purchases exceeded $337 million, according to the filings.

The US Justice Department said on Friday it will fulfil President Donald Trump’s request to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to former Democratic President Bill Clinton and JPMorgan JPM.N, as Trump sought to shift the focus from his relationship with the convicted sex offender.

Trump's lawyers sent the BBC a letter Monday accusing it of defaming the president

Washington began carrying out such strikes -- which experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers -- in early September, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

Groups ascribe to anti-Americanism, 'anti-capitalism,' and anti-Christian ideologies, says Rubio