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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: Dan Bongino, Deputy Director of the FBI listens to speakers during a news conference about the January 6th pipe bomber at the Department of Justice on December 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. Federal agents have arrested a suspect they are charging with placing two pipe bombs, which never exploded, the night before the January 6th, 2021 U.S. Capitol attack. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bongino officially steps down from FBI after serving less than a year as deputy director

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino officially stepped down from his post on Sunday after serving less than a year in his post with the bureau.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio points as journalists raise their hands to ask questions during an end-of-year press conference in the State Department Press Briefing Room in Washington, DC on December 19, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Rubio: U.S. is at war with drug trafficking organizations, not Venezuela

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is not at war with Venezuela, but is instead targeting drug trafficking organizations, following the capture of Nicolas Maduro.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the US Navy's new Golden Fleet initiative, unveiling a new class of warships, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025. President Donald Trump on December 22 announced a new class of heavily armed warships that will be named after himself -- an honor usually reserved for US leaders who have left office.Two of the Trump-class ships will be built initially but that number could grow substantially in the future, according to the president, who said they will be "some of the most lethal surface warfare ships" and "the largest battleship in the history of our country."Trump made the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida alongside Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Navy Secretary John Phelan, with images of the planned high-tech vessels on stands nearby. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth: U.S. Intervention in Venezuela is the ‘exact opposite’ of Iraq and Afghanistan

War Secretary Pete Hegseth proclaimed that the Venezuelan invasion is the “exact opposite” of the war in Iraq as Democrats and skeptical Republicans raise concerns.

A Department of Justice aircraft arrives with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores at Stewart Air National Guard Base on January 3, 2026 in Newburgh, NY, New York. President Trump confirmed in a news conference that the U.S. military carried out a large-scale strike in Caracas overnight resulting in their capture. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) / (L) Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima (via President Donald Trump; Truth Social)

Maduro and wife arrive in N.Y. after capture

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores, have touched down in Newburgh, New York, where they are to be held before they face trial on charges of narcoterrorism after their seizure at the hands of the United States.

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - JANUARY 03: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference as U.S. President Donald Trump listens at Mar-a-Lago club on January 03, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. During the event, President Trump confirmed that the U.S. military carried out a large-scale strike in Caracas overnight, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Secy. Rubio: Notifying Congress of Maduro’s capture would have endangered the mission

President Donald Trump took questions about the United States’ capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who explained why Congress was not notified about the plans prior to the attack on Caracas.

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - JANUARY 03: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the media during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club on January 03, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. President Trump confirmed that the U.S. military carried out a large-scale strike in Caracas overnight, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump: U.S. will ‘run’ Venezuela until a ‘proper transition’ of power may be made

President Donald Trump announced that the United States would remain in control of Venezuela while holding a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida following the “amazing” capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.