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Speaker says Trump not looking to take control militarily as Democrats say briefing raises more questions than answers

His explanation for why the Trump administration attacked Venezuela without congressional authorization does not stand up to scrutiny.

In today’s newsletter: Saturday’s capture of Nicolás Maduro by the US was as unexpected as it was swift – but what led Trump to topple the South American regime?

EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for 'calm and restraint by all actors' as the Trump administration remained vague on its transition plan for Venezuela after the ousting on Maduro. All member states, except for Hungary, supported the statement released by Kallas on Sunday night.

This is clearly a blatant, illegal and criminal act, say law experts

Resistance from Venezuelan officials and threats of regime change and oil seizures follow pressure campaign against Maduro

Here as elsewhere, lethargy in the legislature is no way to counter execss energy in the executive.

When it returns to Washington next week, Congress will face the fallout from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's ouster.

Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, has been apprehended and flown to the US where the US attorney-general has announced he will face charges of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism. The US military’s operation to snatch Maduro was carried out in the early hours of January 3 and follows months of steadily mounting…