President Trump said on Saturday that the United States will “run” Venezuela following a U.S. military operation resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. BREAKING: President Trump Says the U.S. has “CAPTURED” President Maduro of Venezuela! “We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump said at a press conference. “So, we don’t want to be involved with having somebody else get in and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years,” he continued. “So, we are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition. And it has to be judicious, because that’s what we’re all about. We want peace, liberty and justice for the great people of Venezuela,” he added. Check it out: President Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition." pic.twitter.com/nUS9VSUkE7 — CSPAN (@cspan) January 3, 2026 NBC News has more: Trump’s remarks came after he announced early Saturday morning in a post on Truth Social that the U.S. had conducted strikes on Venezuela and captured Maduro and Flores. In a phone interview with Fox News, the president confirmed that the Venezuelan president and first lady were en route to New York, where he said Maduro had been indicted. The U.S. action was a stunning culmination of months of increased threats from Trump and his administration toward the Venezuelan leader. Carried out without congressional authorization, it immediately received pushback and questions from lawmakers. And it now leaves the future of Venezuela uncertain. In his remarks, Trump did not clarify what it would mean for the U.S. to “run” Venezuela but said that U.S. oil companies were prepared to make major investments in the country. “We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and start making money for the country,” he said. The U.S. president added that the U.S. military was prepared to strike Venezuela again if needed. “As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time,” Trump said. Footage below: JUST IN: President Trump says large United States oil companies are going to go into Venezuela and extract oil. "As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time." "We're going to have our very large United States oil… pic.twitter.com/xVcnCucL4i — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 3, 2026 CBS News shared further: A Republican senator said Secretary of State Marco Rubio had indicated that Maduro would face criminal charges in the U.S., where he was indicted years ago, and that Rubio “anticipates no further action in Venezuela.” The Trump administration has long accused Maduro of drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations, which Maduro denies. The strikes follow months of U.S. military buildup in the region, with the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and numerous other warships positioned in the Caribbean. In recent weeks, the U.S. has seized two oil tankers off Venezuela, launched deadly strikes on more than 30 boats the administration says were carrying drugs, and struck what President Trump called “the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs.”

Landlords and property owners in New York City are Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s prime targets. “If your landlord does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in,” Zohran said. Councilwoman Vicki Paladino believes he intends to seize properties. Frivolous complaints will be responded to and taken seriously, as he suggests in the clip below. […] The post Zohran Goes to War with Landlords, He Will Possibly Seize Properties appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The operation on Saturday was the culmination of months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation and its president, dictator Maduro. Mr. Maduro and his wife, taken overnight from their home on a military base, were aboard a US warship on their way to New York, where they were to face […] The post Nicolas & Celia Maduro to Be Tried in Far-Left New York City? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

We met the Brady Family in 1969. They became a television staple for decades. Whether you watched for the house, the kids, the kooky housekeeper, or the silly storylines, the Bradys touched millions of lives. The show depicted a blended family, one of the first on television, and showed us that all you need is love. The Brady Bunch was wholesome, but some thought it was too squeaky clean, including one of the stars’ moms. Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady, shared his mother’s disdain for the show during an episode of The Real Brady Bros. podcast. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Brady Bunch (@bradybunch) His Mom Hated “The Brady Bunch” Even Though It Made Her Son a Star Christopher Knight, now 68, claimed his mom felt the show was way too unrealistic for the times. “My mom thought it didn’t depict real life,” Christopher said. “My mom got mad at me for watching The Flintstones … She just didn’t like anything that played to kids. If it wasn’t thought-provoking or depth-y or gritty, you know, she liked to think of herself as an ‘artiste’ and as a result had that kind of attitude.” Christopher Knight added that his mother’s disdain likely stemmed from their home life, which was much different than the character he played on The Brady Bunch. His mother tried to make him hate the Bradys, too, but it didn’t work. “It’s just aspirational. Even if it isn’t real, if you want to take that as a premise, then this is really, you know, too good to be true. What’s wrong with too good to be true? I mean, it’s what we all react to in our programming around Christmas time…and all the programs are uplifting and aspirational, and there is a place for that,” he explained. “There just wasn’t in her world.” If you need a little bit of wholesome in your life, you can stream The Brady Bunch on Paramount+ This story’s featured image is by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM.

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