Democrats decry Venezuela attack as Republicans defend Trump after Senate briefing

Top Trump officials briefed 100 US senators on weekend raid while defending military operation and US presidentThe Trump administration’s top officials arrived on Capitol Hill this morning to defend one of the most audacious military operations in recent US history: the forcible capture of a sitting head of state from his own capital.Secretary of state Marco Rubio, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, attorney general Pam Bondi, CIA director John Ratcliffe, and Gen Dan Caine, chair of the joint chiefs of staff, briefed all 100 US senators on Operation Absolute Resolve, the lightning raid that plucked Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from his Caracas residence and deposited him in a New York City jail cell. Continue reading...