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President Donald Trump celebrated the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, explaining how U.S. forces extradited the dictator and brought him to the U.S. to face narcoterrorism charges. “All Venezuelan military capacities were rendered powerless,” as U.S. forces “successfully captured Maduro in the dead of night,” he announced. Trump said both Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been captured and would face legal charges in the Southern District of New York. He called the operation “one of the most stunning, effective, and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history.” “It was an assault against a heavily fortified military fortress in the heart of Caracas,” Venezuela’s capital. He said no operation like it has been “seen since World War II.” “Not a single American service member was killed and not a single piece of American equipment was lost,” Trump added. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” the president posted on Truth Social Saturday morning. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had been indicted in the Southern District of New York. “Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States,” she wrote. “They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.” Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess…— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) January 3, 2026 The charges against Maduro date back to 2020, when the Justice Department under Trump announced indictments of Maduro and 14 other Venezuelan officials. Maduro’s wife’s name does not appear on that list, though it is possible the Justice Department is now pursuing charges against her. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly confirmed that Maduro is in U.S. custody. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, posted on X that Rubio had told him that Maduro “has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States, and that the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant.” “This action likely falls within the president’s inherent authority under Article II of the Constitution to protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack,” Lee added. Just got off the phone with @SecRubioHe informed me that Nicolás Maduro has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States, and that the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant… https://t.co/lXCxhPoKSZ— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) January 3, 2026 Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., claimed Trump was “starting an illegal war with Venezuela that Americans didn’t ask for and has nothing to do with our security.” “What is the actual security threat to the United States? And what happens next in Venezuela?” Murphy asked. “He cannot answer those questions—and that’s why there was no briefing to Congress to explain this action, and no briefing scheduled.” The senator suggested Trump made the extradition to satisfy his “vanity,” to enrich “Trump’s oil industry backers,” and to distract “voters from [Jeffrey] Epstein and rising costs.” President Trump thinks he is above the law. He steals from taxpayers. He thumbs his nose at the law.And now, he is starting an illegal war with Venezuela that Americans didn’t ask for and has nothing to do with our security. How does going to war in South America help…— Chris Murphy ? (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 3, 2026 Vice President JD Vance pushed back against claims that the extradition was “illegal.” “Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism,” Vance posted on X. “You don’t get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas.” In July, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the Cartel de los Soles a specially designated global terrorist group, mentioning that Maduro heads the organization. The State Department designated the cartel a foreign terrorist organization on Nov. 24. Last month, the White House designated Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang, a foreign terrorist organization. The White House stated that members of Tren de Aragua “are conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions against the United States.” The White House designation went on to claim that Venezuelan authorities “have ceded ever-greater control over their territories to transnational criminal organizations, including TdA. The result is a hybrid criminal state that is perpetrating an invasion of and predatory incursion into the United States, and which poses a substantial danger to the United States.” The Maduro regime dates back to the 1998 election of Hugo Chavez, who led the Bolivarian Revolution and established a new constitution for the country. Chavez openly embraced socialism and began nationalizing industries. Maduro succeeded Chavez after his death, and conditions in the country have steadily worsened. An economic crisis of hyperinflation, famine, disease, and crime has sparked a mass exodus from the country. “Maduro should be questioned about his regime’s campaign to destabilize our streets not just with narcotics but also through political unrest,” Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow for national security at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal in a statement Saturday. “Specifically, Maduro must come clean about the nature of the regime’s relationship with Black Lives Matter and Antifa.” Critics have accused Maduro of manipulating the results of the July 28, 2024 presidential election. Authorities disqualified María Corina Machado, a candidate for president, from running, and she supported the opposition’s alternative candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. She won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for her efforts. One Democrat celebrated Maduro’s ouster. “The capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, who oppressed Venezuela’s people is welcome news for my friends and neighbors who fled this violent, lawless, and disastrous rule,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., wrote on X. She criticized Trump for failing to notify Congress, and warned that “cutting off the head of a snake is fruitless if it just regrows.” The capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, who oppressed Venezuela's people is welcome news for my friends and neighbors who fled his violent, lawless, and disastrous rule.However, cutting off the head of a snake is fruitless if it just regrows.…— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@RepDWStweets) January 3, 2026 This is a breaking news article and it will be updated. The post BREAKING: Trump Announces Major Victory in Venezuelan Drug War appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Ten months ahead of November’s midterms, political and economic crosscurrents are colliding. Which of these conflicting trends prevail will greatly shape the next two years. And possibly even longer.Midterm elections are always important. Besides gauging the country’s political mood, they have proven integral to maintaining America’s political equilibrium. For good or ill, incumbent presidents and their party own the economy. The question is: Which economy will Republicans own?They are the “ebb” to the “flow” of America’s political tide. Historically, every four years a large tide of voters go to the polls and elect a president. Then every two years, the large voter flow ebbs back, and the president’s party suffers accordingly. This midterm is particularly important to Trump because he has proven susceptible to being baited by his opponents. After 2018, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) returned to the House speakership and unrelentingly harassed Trump over the last two years of his first term. These distractions and obstructions­ — especially during COVID — were undoubtedly a factor in Trump’s narrow 2020 Electoral College defeat.Today’s political crosscurrents are pronounced. We know the president’s party historically loses seats. The last two two-term presidents, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, suffered congressional losses averaging 22 House seats and 7.5 Senate seats. Such losses would hand Democrats control of Congress, giving them a House majority larger than Republicans’ narrow edge and a Senate majority bigger than the GOP’s current six-seat margin. Such outcomes would end Trump’s legislative agenda, and Democrats could set their own. To understand the potential impact, play back the recent funding impasse when Democrats shut the government down for the longest period ever — despite lacking control of either chamber. While Trump would be able to veto Democratic legislation and Republican numbers would be ample to uphold his vetoes, Democrats would have a formal hand in shaping the political agenda. This could greatly help their 2028 presidential prospects. RELATED: Republicans are letting Democrats lie about affordability Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesCurrent politics are blunting the historical midterm flow, however. Trump is divisive, with just a 43.4% favorable rating; however, his job approval rating of 43.1% is higher than Obama’s (42.4%) at the same point in his second term. Further, Democrats are in abysmal shape with just a 32.5% favorability rating. The current 2026 political map is also favorable to Republicans. While they have more seats (22 to 13) to protect in the Senate, the toss-up seats are evenly split: Republicans with Maine and North Carolina; Democrats with Georgia and Michigan. Mid-decade House redistricting efforts are also likely to favor Republicans somewhat; if the Supreme Court should allow race to be disregarded in drawing House districts when it rules on the Louisiana case currently before it, then even more redistricting could occur and amount to an even greater Republican advantage.Today’s economic crosscurrents are equally pronounced. For good or ill, incumbent presidents and their party own the economy. The question is: Which economy will Republicans own?At the micro level, the growing issue is “affordability.” Nationally, this is an overhang of inflation that surged during Biden’s administration and peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 — a 40-year high. Locally, affordability played well in New York City (which has been plagued by Democratic policies of rent control and excessive taxation, regulation, and litigation) in 2025’s mayoral race. It also played well in Virginia, where it linked powerfully into the record-long government shutdown. Democrats are therefore seizing on the issue with some success — particularly in the establishment media — and are trying to nationalize it. At the macro level, the economy is a different story. Despite “expert” predictions that Trump’s tariffs, green agenda rollback, attack on illegal immigration, and reduction in government would combine to wreck the economy, the reverse has occurred. In Trump’s first two full quarters in office, GDP is averaging over 4% growth: up 3.8% in the second quarter and 4.3% in the third. Inflation has also been moderate — 2.7% in November — certainly not the spike experts predicted and a far cry from the previous four years. RELATED: Conservatives face a choice in ’26: realignment or extinction MediaProduction via iStock/Getty ImagesSo politically, depending on your perspective, Republicans look to outperform historically. Their Senate majority looks safe for now, with the chance that Republicans could even gain a seat or two. By contrast, Republicans’ House majority looks vulnerable; this could be offset slightly by current mid-decade redistricting efforts. Yet even just half the average loss of the last two administrations in their second midterms would mean an 11-seat swing and a 226-209 Democratic majority. Economically, the question is whether the micro or the macro prevails. Can the micro become a national mood outside Democratic areas, or will the macro of strong GDP growth and moderate inflation have time to prevail? Expect political midterm fortunes to respond accordingly. What is certain is that the midterms will shape the last two years of Trump’s second term. And possibly determine who will run and who will win the presidency in 2028.Editor’s note: This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.

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