President Trump Totally Meant to Ask Congress Before Attacking Venezuela
For those confused about the decision to strike Venezuela, capture Nicolás Maduro, and bring him to New York City: This...
Photos: The Venezuelan Diaspora Celebrates the Capture of Maduro
Javier Torres / AFP / GettyVenezuelans living in Chile celebrate in Santiago on January 3, 2026, after U.S. forces captured...
Trump’s Audacious Success
Nicolás Maduro and his wife awoke yesterday in a safe house on a heavily fortified military base in the center...
What Gene Kelly Taught Me About How to Be a Dad
Of the two things that I can claim any great paternal accomplishment for, one is that my daughter, age 3,...
A Romantic Comedy of Errors
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The Last Days of the Southern Drawl
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The ‘America First’ President Takes On the World
American forces’ surgical capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, carried out in a daring raid...
American Justice Isn’t Supposed to Be Wrathful
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been forcibly taken from Venezuela and are being moved to the United...
The Messiness of a Post-Maduro World
The most memorable moment in the presidency of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro—at least until his kidnapping by Delta Force early this...
Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out
President Donald Trump has launched not a splendid little war, but perhaps a splendid little operation in Venezuela. He has...
Trump’s Critics Are Falling Into an Obvious Trap
When Donald Trump claims a success, two things quickly happen: From the pro-Trump side, the American people hear a huge...
The Campaign Against Venezuela Is Incoherent
The Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s regime lasted 12 years before America ended it today. This seems to be what the...
The Race for Global Domination in AI
Government officials in Hangzhou have grand ambitions to make their city in eastern China a global center for artificial intelligence—and...
Books That Open the Mind
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to...
Trump’s Risky War in Venezuela
This morning, President Trump unilaterally launched a regime-change war against Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, ordering strikes on multiple military targets...
