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President Trump said the U.S. is in charge in Venezuela after American forces carried out strikes in the country and captured President Nicolás Maduro. ABC News reports on big questions that remain over how the U.S. will carry out its agenda.
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez assumed the role of interim president over the weekend. The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson joins to discuss why opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado is being sidelined.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will oversee the Trump administration’s efforts in Venezuela after Maduro’s ouster. The Washington Post reports on the daunting task ahead of him.
Plus, authorities identified all of the victims in a deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort, the CDC said flu cases spiked in the U.S. in December, and the newest artistic creations entering the public domain in 2026.
Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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