Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to make his first court appearance in New York City after the United States captured him in a surprise attack and flew him to New York.

A flurry of images purportedly showing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro circulated online after U.S. forces captured him on Jan. 3, 2026.

Venezuelans in Northern California react with fear and hope after Nicolás Maduro’s arrest, as a former FBI expert adds operation was a DOJ arrest, not an act of war.

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pled not guilty to drug trafficking charges Jan. 5 in New York federal court. "I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country," Maduro told the judge.

Bongino, 51, announced on his social media account that Jan. 3 was his last official day as deputy director of the FBI.

Viral social media posts claim rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs asked the FBI to transfer Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro into his prison cell sparking jokes about "oil." The claim is false. The post originated from a parody account,

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Start your morning with The National News Desk as Jan Jeffcoat sits down with Jody Weis to discuss the role the FBI played in Nicolas Maduro's capture, bringing insight and context to the stories shaping the day. Watch weekday mornings from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST, Monday through Friday.

A military strategist and former Latin America policy advisor breaks down what is known about the raid on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Amid high security, they were driven away in a motorcade. Their first stop was Drug Enforcement Agency office for processing.

Immigration experts in the United States and Latin America and groups that track Venezuelan prisons said Venezuela has no known policy or practice of sending prisoners to the U.S., and Venezuelan prisons remain overcrowded.

Candidates in California’s most competitive House races are splitting sharply along party lines over the U.S.’s capture of Nicolás Maduro — previewing how the two parties plan to approach the fast-moving international issue as the midterms near.