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- Georgia: Trump 52%, Harris 45%
- North Carolina: Harris 49%, Trump 47%

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President Trump said at a press conference that the U.S. is “going to run” Venezuela in the aftermath of an early morning strike on the country that resulted in the…
President Trump announced early this morning that U.S. forces carried out what he described as a “large-scale strike against Venezuela,” resulting in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife….
“Under the banner of America First, President Trump is attacking countries all over the world,” Axios reports. “American interventionism is back, in Trumpian technicolor, as seen in the attacks in…
“The United States captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. But Mr. Maduro’s inner circle appeared on Saturday morning to have survived the U.S. strikes on the…
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Saturday that Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro has been charged with drug trafficking and “will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil…
President Trump said he asked Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to surrender, noting he spoke with him about a week ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. Said Trump: “I actually spoke…
“Traders on at least one prediction market late Friday night appeared to anticipate a rising chance that Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro would be ousted this month,” the Wall Street Journal reports….
“Top lawmakers on congressional intelligence committees split along sharp partisan lines Saturday on the U.S. seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Republicans and Democrats agreed that Maduro was not the…
“The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in an overnight raid bears resemblance to Manuel Antonio Noriega’s capture, in which the elite U.S. Delta Force seized the Panamanian strongman in…
President Trump suggested that his administration would continue to target Venezuelan government officials if they side with Nicolas Maduro, the New York Times reports. Said Trump: “If they stay loyal,…
President Trump said he would speak about the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro at 11 a.m. from Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence where he has spent the…
“President Trump is already being blasted by congressional Democrats for ordering strikes on military targets in Caracas, as part of an overnight operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan…
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The Kremlin denounced the U.S. actions against its ally Venezuela as unjustified and called for dialogue to prevent further escalation, the Wall Street Journal reports. From a statement: “Venezuela must…
President Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out “a large scale strike against Venezuela” and were flying President Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of the country, the New…
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
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